Technical Subject Areas

Question 1

If medical denied, can you fly with sport pilot certificate with driver’s license?

Answer 1

a sport pilot must hold at least a current and valid U.S. driver’s license in order to exercise this privilege.

Question 2

Challenges during taxi operations?

Answer 2

1) Construction
2) Distractions
3) Fatigue
4) Miscommunication with ATC
5) etc.

Question 3

What are the categories of airport signs?

Answer 3

Airport Signs and Markings

Question 4

What are the Airport Signs?

Answer 4

mandatory Instructions, locations, destination and information signs

Question 5

What are the Airport Markings?

Answer 5

Runway, taxiway, hold position, closed runway and taxiway

Question 6

Pre-flight planning items for students

Answer 6

1) Airport signs and markings
2) Review of Airport Diagrams
3) Briefings
4) Plan for critical times and locations
5) checklist
6) Brief passengers

Question 7

What is a practical classroom exercise on taxi safely?

Answer 7

Obtain an airport diagram
Taxi instruction to runway
and ask how would they perform

Question 8

What are the recommended practices to increase student situational awareness during taxi operations?

Answer 8

1) Current airport diagram
2) Monitor ATC instructions
3) focus outside
4) Cross reference heading indicator
5) Clear left clear right
6) Progressive taxi instruction

Question 9

Best practice of safety during the ground operations

Answer 9

1) Engine running: rotating beacon on
2) Taxi: Turn on nav light, position lights
3) crossing a runways all exterior lights
4) Hold short: All lights except landing lights
5) Take off all lights

Question 10

If you see a plane turned on landing lights on, what is that men most likely.

Answer 10

ATC cleared take off

Question 11

Without an operating control tower, what are the hazardous situations

Answer 11

More than one runway is being used
Instrument approach may be used on VFR runway or different runway.
Instrument approach to opposite direction

Question 12

What are the pre-cautions that you need to take when entering or crossing a runway IN non towered airport?

Answer 12

Listen CTAF for inbound traffic
scan full runway
self announce your position and intentions

Question 13

What is a HOT spot?

Answer 13

area with a history of potential risk of collision or runway incursion

where heightened attention by pilots and drivers is necessary.

Question 14

Lack of preparation leads to runway incursions. What are they?

Answer 14

• Communications,
• Airport knowledge, and
• Cockpit procedures for maintaining orientation.

Question 15

Relationship between pilot’s physical or mental condition and vision?

Answer 15

IMSAFE

Question 16

Factors that degrade a pilot’s vision

Answer 16

Visibility conditions
Windshield Conditions 
Bright Illumination
Dim Illumination
Dark Adaptation

Question 17

What is Bright illumination?

Answer 17

Reflect off clouds, water and snow

Question 18

Dim Illumination

Answer 18

Small print and color on charts may be not visible

Question 19

What is see and avoid concept

Answer 19

Vigilance should be maintained by each person operating an aircraft

Question 20

What is recommended scanning time

Answer 20

4-5 seconds inside and 15-16 seconds outside

Question 21

What is the relationship between speed differential and collision risk?

Answer 21

Imagine the difference between riding a pedal tricycle down the road verses a bullet bike. The same bolting dog in the road would be more difficult to avoid on the fast bike.

Question 22

relative altitude and difference of a flight in collision course. How do you determine?

Answer 22

no relative motion, it is likely to be on a collision course

If the other aircraft shows no lateral or vertical motion, but is increasing in size,take immediate evasive action.

Question 23

Downwash and longitudinal stability

Answer 23

Downwash from wings strike on the horizontal stabilizer and applies downward pressure

Balances the nose heavy of the plane

Question 24

Effects of speed on load factor

Answer 24

excess load can be imposed on the wing depends how fast airplane is moving

Question 25

Relationship between Center of Lift and Center of Gravity

Answer 25

Wing’s center of lift is to the rear of the center of gravity. This makes plane nose heavy.

This creates tail up. Horizontal stabilizer has slight negative AOA

Question 26

How does Angle of Incidence affect the control characteristics of your plane?

Answer 26

If the angle of incidence is 0 degrees, then that would require a nose high attitude and expose more of the underside of the fuselage to the relative wind. However, having an appropriate angle of incidence allows the fuselage to have a more horizontal orientation (and better visibility for the pilot from the cockpit) than if the wing was mounted exactly parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage.