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Question 1

What does EASA stand for?

Answer 1

European aviation and safety agency

Question 2

What does CAA-BE stand for?

Answer 2

Civil aviation authority Belgium

Question 3

What are the critical phases of a flight?

Answer 3

The first five minutes, the last five minutes and ground operations

Question 4

What does the fuselage carries?

Answer 4

The payload, (passengers + cargo) and the fuel

Question 5

What is the shape of the fuselage and why?

Answer 5

It’s round for equalised pressure distribution

Question 6

What’s the purpose of the wings?

Answer 6

It provides lift and it also carries fuel

Question 7

What do the flaps and slats do?

Answer 7

They provide additional lift, however, also additional drag.

Question 8

What’s the purpose of the flaps & slats

Answer 8

They allow the plane to fly slow

Question 9

What’s the purpose of the spoilers?

Answer 9

It helps reducing the speed of the aircraft

Question 10

When are the spoilers used?

Answer 10

In flight- when the aircraft is going too fast

After landing- to assist in the braking

Question 11

What’s the purpose of the tail?

Answer 11

It provides stability and control

Question 12

What’s the purpose of aircraft control?

Answer 12

To change the direction in which the aircraft is going

Question 13

3 primary flight controls:

Answer 13

Elevator - pitch up and down (climb or descent)
Ailerons - roll left and right (change compass direction)
Rudder - yaw left and right (aircraft control during crosswind, landing or engine failure)

Question 14

What do the engines do?

Answer 14

They make the aircraft go forward by generating a force called thrust

Question 15

What are the additional functions of the engines?

Answer 15

They provide:

• electric power
• airconditioning and pressurisation
• hydraulic pressure

Question 16

What is the APU

Answer 16

auxiliary power unit (small jet engine in the tail)

Question 17

What does the APU provide?

Answer 17

Electricity and compressed air> used for airconditioning and engine start

Question 18

What are the forces during the flight?

Answer 18

Weight - due to gravity
Lift - from the wings
Thrust- from the engines
Drag - caused by fuselage and wings

Question 19

Wat is A rejected take off ?

Answer 19

When a problem occurs during takeoff and the pilots decide to stop the takeoff on the runway

Question 20

What is V1?

Answer 20

Speed of no return, the aircraft is going too fast to safely stop on the runway.

Question 21

What is a go around?

Answer 21

When the pilots judge that an approach can’t be continued to a successful landing.

Question 22

What are the possible reasons for a go around?

Answer 22

• obstructed runway
• unstabilized approach
• visual references have not been established
• technical issue

Question 23

What does holding mean?

Answer 23

Waiting area for the aircraft that haves arrived at their destination but can’t land yet

Question 24

What are the differences between mayday and pan-pan?

Answer 24

Mayday= emergency situation (life threatening)

Pan-pan= urgency situation but not life threatening

Question 25

What’s the cruising altitude?

Answer 25

Between 35.000 - 41.000 ft

Question 26

What causes ice on the wings?

Answer 26

Less lift + more resistance

Question 27

What is the difference between de-icing and anti-icing?

Answer 27

De-icing is removing snow or ice of the aircraft and anti-icing is a protective layer

Question 28

What is the holdover time?

Answer 28

The time that the aircraft is protected after de/anti-icing

Question 29

What does ATC do?

Answer 29

• prevent collisions
• organize flow of traffic
• provide information to pilots

Question 30

What are types of turbulence? and what causes them?

Answer 30

Thermal - due to rising of warm air

Mechanical - due to mountains or terrain

Thunderstorms

Wake turbulence- due to other aircraft

Jet stream CAT- occurs between a fast jet stream and a slow jet stream