1. Warm-Up – 2/16 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
The second airmail route established originated in New York and ended in _____ via ______?
What aircraft was the first commonly used to deliver mail?
What aircraft made it more profitable to carry passengers?
The Aeronautics Branch was authorized to investigate ________?
__________ was the name of the aircraft that Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic

2. Questions / Comments

3. Warm-Up – 2/16 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
The second airmail route established originated in New York and ended in _____ via ______?
What aircraft was the first commonly used to deliver mail?
What aircraft made it more profitable to carry passengers?
The Aeronautics Branch was authorized to investigate ________?
__________ was the name of the aircraft that Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic

4. 1918 - First airmail route was
Washington, DC and New York City (209 mi)
In 1919,
NY to Chicago (720 mi) via Cleveland was added
1st leg (409 mi);
2nd leg (311 mi)

5. Warm-Up – 2/16 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
The second airmail route established originated in New York and ended in _____ via ______?
What aircraft was the first commonly used to deliver mail?
What aircraft made it more profitable to carry passengers?
The Aeronautics Branch was authorized to investigate ________?
__________ was the name of the aircraft that Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic

6. Air Mail Speeds Up Delivery
De Havilland DH-4
Crew: Two Engine: 400-hp Liberty 12 Maximum speed: 128 mph Cruising speed: 90 mph Range: 400 miles
Carry about 400 lbs of mail

7. Warm-Up – 2/16 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
The second airmail route established originated in New York and ended in _____ via ______?
What aircraft was the first commonly used to deliver mail?
What aircraft made it more profitable to carry passengers?
The Aeronautics Branch was authorized to investigate ________?
__________ was the name of the aircraft that Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic

8. Air Mail Speeds Up Delivery
This incentive also created a demand for newer and larger aircraft
Some mail planes carried passenger BUT most were too small to carry only 2 or 3
More profitable to carry mail than passengers
Except for those that flew the Ford Tri-Motor aircraft

9. Warm-Up – 2/16 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
The second airmail route established originated in New York and ended in _____ via ______?
What aircraft was the first commonly used to deliver mail?
What aircraft made it more profitable to carry passengers?
The Aeronautics Branch was authorized to investigate ________?
__________ was the name of the aircraft that Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic

10. Air Mail Speeds Up Delivery
The Air Commerce Act of 1926 created the Aeronautics Branch which was authorized to:
License all planes and pilots
Establish and enforce air traffic rules
Develop navigational facilities
Map airways
Furnish flight information
Investigate accidents
Provide aviation safety through assistance and guidance to civil aviation

11. Warm-Up – 2/16 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
The second airmail route established originated in New York and ended in _____ via ______?
What aircraft was the first commonly used to deliver mail?
What aircraft made it more profitable to carry passengers?
The Aeronautics Branch was authorized to investigate ________?
__________ was the name of the aircraft that Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic

12. Pioneers Contribute to the Development of Air Power
Charles Lindbergh – first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (Spirit of St. Louis)
In 1927, took off from New York and landed in Paris
It took him 33 hours and 30 minutes
He became a world hero and a promoter of civil aviation.

13. Questions / Comments

14. THIS DAY IN AVIATION February 16
1912 — Frank Coffyn takes aerial views of New York City with a cinema camera while controlling his airplane with his feet and knees.

15. THIS DAY IN AVIATION February 16
1914 — Lts. J. C. Carberry and W. R. Taliaferro set Army altitude record of 8,700 feet.

16. THIS DAY IN AVIATION February 16
1935 — Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi attempt South Atlantic flight from Marseille, France, but are forced down at Cape Verde Islands.

17. THIS DAY IN AVIATION February 16
1960 — The Vought F8U-2N “Crusader” interceptor makes its maiden flight in Dallas, Texas.

18. THIS DAY IN AVIATION February 16
1982 — The first production Airbus Industrie A310 is rolled out at the factory in Toulouse, France, destined for Swissair as the launch customer.

19. Questions / Comments

20. February 2018 Quiz QUIZ 5 6 7 8 9 Glider Challenge Flight Line Friday
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY 5
AERY Software
Balsa Glider Construction 6 7 8 9
Glider Challenge
Flight Line Friday 10 11 12
Chapter 3
Intro
Atlantic Crossing 13
Barnstormers 14
Billy MItchell 15
Air Mail 16
Quiz 17 18 19
HOLIDAY 20
Aviation Pioneers
R-4 Helocopter 21
Chapter 3 Commercial Aviation 22
Chapter 3 Seaplanes 23
Tuskegee Airman
Test Review
Test 24 25 26
Chapter 4
Air Power Goes to War 27
Blitzkreig 28
Battle of Britain 1
Russian Front 2
QUIZ 3 4
US Enters War
Pearl Harbor
European Campaign
North Africa
Theories of Air Power  8
D-Day
Mighty 8th Museum

21. Chapter 3
The Golden Age
Quiz Review

22. Questions / Comments

23. Chapter 3
The Golden Age
QUIZ

24. Questions / Comments

25. Lesson Closure- Finish these Statements
1. One thing I learned today was ...
2. Something from today's lesson that I want to find out more about is ...
3. Something I found difficult to understand today was ...
4. I really enjoyed today's lesson because ...

26. Questions / Comments