F

Question 1

FAA

Answer 1

Federal Aviation Administration

Question 2

False horizon

Answer 2

Inaccurate visual information for aligning the
aircraft, caused by various natural and geometric formations
that disorient the pilot from the actual horizon.

Question 3

Federal airways

Answer 3

Class E airspace areas that extend upward
from 1,200 feet to, but not including, 18,000 feet MSL, unless
otherwise specified.

Question 4

Feeder facilities

Answer 4

Used by ATC to direct aircraft to
intervening fixes between the en route structure and the
initial approach fix.

Question 5

Final approach

Answer 5

Part of an instrument approach
procedure in which alignment and descent for landing are
accomplished.

Question 6

Final Approach Fix (FAF)

Answer 6

The fix from which the IFR
final approach to an airport is executed, and which identifies
the beginning of the final approach segment. An FAF is
designated on government charts by a Maltese cross symbol
for nonprecision approaches, and a lightning bolt symbol for
precision approaches.

Question 7

Fixating

Answer 7

Starting at a single instrument, thereby interrupting the cross-check process.

Question 8

Fixed-pitch propellers

Answer 8

Propellers with fixed blade angles.
Fixed-pitch propellers are designed as climb propellers,
cruise propellers, or standard propellers.

Question 9

Fixed slot

Answer 9

A fixed, nozzle shaped opening near the leading
edge of a wing that ducts air onto the top surface of the wing.
Its purpose is to increase lift at higher angles of attack.

Question 10

Flameout

Answer 10

A condition in the operation of a gas turbine
engine in which the fire in the engine goes out due to either
too much or too little fuel sprayed into the combustors

Question 11

Flaps

Answer 11

Hinged portion of the trailing edge between the
ailerons and fuselage. In some aircraft ailerons and flaps are
interconnected to produce full-span “flaperons.” In either
case, flaps change the lift and drag on the wing.

Question 12

Floor load limit

Answer 12

The maximum weight the floor can sustain

per square inch/foot as provided by the manufacturer.

Question 13

Flight configurations

Answer 13

Adjusting the aircraft control surfaces
(including flaps and landing gear) in a manner that will
achieve a specified attitude.

Question 14

Flight Director Indicator (FDI)

Answer 14

One of the major components
of a flight director system, it provides steering commands that
the pilot (or the autopilot, if coupled) follows.

Question 15

Flight Level (FL)

Answer 15

A measure of altitude (in hundreds of feet)
used by aircraft flying above 18,000 feet with the altimeter
set at 29.92 “Hg.

Question 16

Flight Management System (FMS)

Answer 16

A measure of altitude (in hundreds of feet)
used by aircraft flying above 18,000 feet with the altimeter
set at 29.92 “Hg.

Question 17

Flight path

Answer 17

The line, course, or track along which an aircraft

is flying or is intended to be flown.

Question 18

Flight patterns

Answer 18

Basic maneuvers, flown by reference to the
instruments rather than outside visual cues, for the purpose
of practicing basic attitude flying. The patterns simulate
maneuvers encountered on instrument flights such as holding
patterns, procedure turns, and approaches.

Question 19

Flight strips

Answer 19

Paper strips containing instrument flight

information, used by ATC when processing flight plans.

Question 20

Fog

Answer 20

Cloud consisting of numerous minute water droplets
and based at the surface; droplets are small enough to be
suspended in the earth’s atmosphere indefinitely. (Unlike
drizzle, it does not fall to the surface. Fog differs from a
cloud only in that a cloud is not based at the surface, and is
distinguished from haze by its wetness and gray color.)

Question 21

Force (F)

Answer 21

The energy applied to an object that attempts to
cause the object to change its direction, speed, or motion.
In aerodynamics, it is expressed as F, T (thrust), L (lift), W
(weight), or D (drag), usually in pounds.

Question 22

Foreign Object Damage (FOD)

Answer 22

Damage to a gas turbine
engine caused by some object being sucked into the engine
while it is running. Debris from runways or taxiways can
cause foreign object damage during ground operations, and
the ingestion of ice and birds can cause FOD in flight.

Question 23

Form drag

Answer 23

The drag created because of the shape of a component or the aircraft.

Question 24

Frise-type aileron

Answer 24

Aileron having the nose portion
projecting ahead of the hinge line. When the trailing edge
of the aileron moves up, the nose projects below the wing’s
lower surface and produces some parasite drag, decreasing
the amount of adverse yaw.

Question 25

Front

Answer 25

The boundary between two different air masses./

Question 26

Frost

Answer 26

Ice crystal deposits formed by sublimation when

temperature and dewpoint are below freezing.

Question 27

Fuel load

Answer 27

. The expendable part of the load of the airplane.
It includes only usable fuel, not fuel required to fill the lines
or that which remains trapped in the tank sumps.

Question 28

Fundamental skills

Answer 28

Pilot skills of instrument cross-check, instrument interpretation and aircraft control.

Question 29

Fuselage

Answer 29

The section of the airplane that consists of the
cabin and/or cockpit, containing seats for the occupants and
the controls for the airplane.