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1
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Lift

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Force necessary to overcome gravitational force to keep the airplane flying is termed

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2
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Ailerons are used primarily to

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Roll the airplane

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3
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Ailerons are located

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On the outer edge of the wings

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4
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Pitch makes the airplane

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Nose tilt up and down

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5
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Bank makes the airplane

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Roll, which results a turn

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6
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The four aerodynamic forces acting on an airplane are

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Drag, lift, thrust and weight

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7
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An airplane wing is designed to produce lift resulting from relatively

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Positive (High) air pressure below the wings surface and negative (Low) air pressure above the wings surface

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8
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Flight Instruments

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Airspeed Indicator, Altimeter Attitude Indicator, Vertical Speed Indicator, Heading Indicator, Magnetic Compass, Turn Coordinator (AKA Rate of Turn Indicator), inclinometer

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9
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Engine Instruments

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Tachometer, Ammeter (battery), voltmeter,

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10
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Altimeter

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Altitude in MSL (based on barometric pressure)

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11
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Attitude

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Artificial horizon

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12
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Vertical Speed

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How many feet per minute climbing/descending

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13
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Tachometer

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Engine RPM

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14
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Ammeter

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Battery Power

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15
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Forces acting on an aircraft in a steady flight condition (no change in speed or flight path) AKA equilibrium

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Lift equals Weight, Thrust equals Drag

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16
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A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the surface is a signal that the pilot

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Is cleared to taxi

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17
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Steady red light signal from the tower to aircraft approaching to land

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Continue circling

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18
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Flashing red light signal from the tower to aircraft approaching to land

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Airport is unsafe for landing

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19
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Propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other side to

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Produce thrust

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20
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When in the down (extended) position wingflaps provide

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Greater lift and more drag

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21
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What makes an airplane turn

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Horizontal componenet of lift

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22
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What is one advantage of an airplane said to be inherently stable

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Airplane will require less effort to control

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23
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If the elevator trim tabs on the airplane are lowered, the plane will tend to

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Nose up

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24
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The pilot always advances the throttle during a

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Climb

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25
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The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the

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Ineffectiveness of the ailerons and elevator, shaking/buffeting of control surfaces, stall horn noise (if stall warning equipped)

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26
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It is ordinarily desirable to provide an unusually long flight strip at municipal airports for the take-off of

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Heavily loaded ships in still air

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27
Q

A closed runway is marked on an airfield diagram with

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X X X

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28
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Over run is marked on an airfield diagram with

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> > >

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29
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The rearward retarding force of airplane drag is opposed by

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Thrust

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30
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Cowling is located

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Around the engine

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31
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Airport taxiways are identified at night by omni directional edge lights in what color

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Blue

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32
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If the aircraft ammeter is indicating a minus value, this means the

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Generator or alternator output is inadequate, because the battery is discharging

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33
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The angle formed by the chord of an airfoil and the direction of the relative wind is called the

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Angle of attack

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34
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Aircraft Structure

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Fuselage Wings (w/ ailerons & flaps) Empennage (tail) Landing Gear Power Plant

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35
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Empannage Parts

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Fixed: Vertical stabilizer and horizontal stabilizer Moveable: Rudder, elevator, trim tabs

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36
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Power Plant Parts

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Engine Propeller

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37
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What does the cowling do

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Helps cool the engine

38
Q

Propeller creates

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Thrust

39
Q

What does the rudder do

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Moves the airplane nose left and right (yaw)

40
Q

What does the elevator do

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Moves airplane nose up and down

41
Q

Atmospheric pressure

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Weather changes help lift airplane, actuates some flight instruments

42
Q

Air Density

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Effects airplanes capability

43
Q

Less dense air

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reduces power, thrust and lift

44
Q

Density

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Decreases with altitude

45
Q

Increase temps

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Decreases density

46
Q

Axes of Flight

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Pitch, Roll, Yaw

47
Q

Pitch

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Lateral Axis (thru wings) Nose & Tail up and down Elevators

48
Q

Roll

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Longitudinal Axis (thru body) Wings up and down Ailerons

49
Q

Yaw

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Vertical Axis (up and down) Wings side to side Rudder

50
Q

Rudder

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Push left pedal, rudder moves left, moves tail to right and nose to the left.

51
Q

Secondary Flight Controls

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Flaps, leading edge devices, spoilers and trim devices

52
Q

Trim Systems

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Relieve pilot of the need to maintain constant pressure on flight controls

53
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Altimeter Purpose

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One of most vital inst. in acft. Measures where acft is at in atmosphere presents as altitude.

54
Q

Altimeter Hands

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Short: 10,000’s feet Middle: 1,000’s feet Long: 100’s feet

55
Q

Vertical Speed Indicator VSI or VVI

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Indicates whether plane is climbing, descending or in level flight Ex: rate of climb 500fpm

56
Q

Airspeed Indicator

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Pressure measured, different colored arcs. White-Flap operating range Green-Normal Operating Range Yellow-Caution range Red-Never exceed speed

57
Q

Turn Indicators

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Like a “level”, if ball is uncentered aerodynamic forces are unbalanced.

58
Q

Attitude Indicator

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Miniture airplane and horizon bar. Indicates attitude of airplane relative to the true horizon.

59
Q

Heading Indicator (aka directional gyro)

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Basically compass, not affected by flight.

60
Q

Turn Indicator

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If aileron & rudder mvmnts are coordinated during turn, ball remains centered.

61
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Magnetic Compass

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Sets gyroscopic heading indicator. 30 degrees appears as 3.

62
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Basic Flight Maneuvers

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Straight & Level Turns Climbs Descents

63
Q

Rudder moves

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airplanes nose left and right

64
Q

Aileron moves

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Airplane wing

65
Q

Elevator control moves

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airplane nose up and down

66
Q

Flying by attitude

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visually establishing airplanes attitude with reference to natural horizon

67
Q

Trim

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Used to relieve all possible control pressures held after desired altitude has been attained

68
Q

Straight and level flight

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Main maneuver Constant heading and altitude is maintained Wing tips even with horizon

69
Q

Level Turns

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All 4 primary ctrls used (ailerons, elevator, throttle & rudder)

70
Q

3 Types Level Turns

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Shallow 20 degrees Medium 20-45 degrees Steep 45+ degrees

71
Q

Empannage (cabin)

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not considered a major component of an aircraft structure

72
Q

Moving the control wheel or stick to the right will cause the right aileron to

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Rotate forward

73
Q

If the control wheel or stick is moved forward

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Airspeed will increase Aircraft pitch will change

74
Q

If the left rudder is pressed then the aircraft will

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yaw

75
Q

Mach refers to

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speed of sound

76
Q

As the radius of a turn decreases the

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positive g-forces are increased

77
Q

As altitude increases in order to maintain the same amount of lift an aircraft must

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fly faster

78
Q

If a pilot is instructed to land on Rwy 27 using a straight approach, the heading should be

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270 degrees

79
Q

When flaps are extended

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Drag and lift increase

80
Q

Which two flight controls are used to control the rate of a turn

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Elevator and ailerons

81
Q

An aircraft on a heading of 325 is flying

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Northwest

82
Q

Under normal VFR conditions how much of a pilots attention should be focused on cockpit instruments

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10%

83
Q

Large yellow X’s painted on the end of the runway indicate

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closed runway

84
Q

The axis which extends lengthwise thru the fuselage from the nose to tail is

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longitudinal axis

85
Q

The transponder code which indicates an in-flight emergency is

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7700

86
Q

Climb Types

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Normal Best rate of climb (Vy) Best angle of climb (Vx)

87
Q

An aircraft instructed to land on Rwy 23L would establish an approach heading of

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230 degrees

88
Q

Flaps are generally used

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during takeoff and during landing

89
Q

The tachometer

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indicates the speed at which the engine crankshaft is rotating. Not a flight instrument!

90
Q

The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the

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ineffectiveness of the ailerons and elevator

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