Semester 1 Review (Groups B/C/D)

Semester 1 Review

Groups B/C/DFirst Year Beginning

Second Year Advanced

Rules

•ONE person may speak at a time• Hand must be raised in order to answer

(sorry... that rule is no fun)• Opposing team can steal if question cannot be

answered in a reasonable amount of time• Interruptions will result in a 100 point

deduction• Winning team receives FAA “Crossing the

Line” water bottles!!

ONE!!

How many people can speak at a time?

Home - CategoriesBasics of

FlightAircraft

InstrumentsSigns,

Markings, and Diagrams

Traffic Pattern Communication Miscellaneous

100 100 100 100 100 100

200 200 200 200 200 200

300 300 300 300 300 300

400 400 400 400 400 400

500 500 500 500 500 500

FINAL JEOPARDY

Basics of Flight: 100

• What is the name of the scientific principle that allows an airfoil to create lift, and who is it credited to?

Bernoulli’s Principle, Daniel Bernoulli

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• What are the four forces of flight and in which directions do they act?

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Lift, up; Weight/Gravity, down; Thrust, forward; Drag, downward


• Define the following terms:– Angle of Attack– Critical Angle of Attack

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Angle of Attack - angle between wing chord and relative windCritical Angle of Attack - AOA in which the wing cannot produce sufficient lift and stalls if exceeded


• Explain in general how the control surfaces of the airplane work when manipulated.

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When a control surface is lowered or raised, it either adds to or takes away from the available surface area of that airfoil to produce lift. When the control surface is lowered, surface area is increased, therefore lift is increased and vice versa.


• Explain how an airfoil produces lift.

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Air is separated at the leading edge of the wing. According to Bernoulli’s Principle, a fluid’s pressure decreases as velocity increases. Because the top half of the airfoil has a greater distance than the bottom half, the air on top must travel faster than the air on the bottom in order to meet together at the same point at the trailing edge of the wing. This creates low air pressure on the top of the wing and high air pressure on the bottom, which keeps the plane airborne.

Aircraft Instruments: 100

• What instruments consist of the “standard six pack?”

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1. Airspeed Indicator2. Attitude Indicator3. Altimeter4. Turn Coordinator5. Heading Indicator6. Vertical Speed Indicator


• Does the airspeed indicator indicate speed through the air or over the ground?

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Through the air (AIRspeed indicator)


• What three pieces of information does the attitude indicator tell you at a glance?

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1. Degrees of pitch2. Degrees of bank3. Climb or descent


• What outside element effects the changes for the altimeter and the vertical speed indicator and what measures this element?

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Air pressure measured by static port


• Your attitude indicator has just failed. What other instruments can you use that will tell you the same information and why?

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1. Turn Coordinator - indicates bank2. VSI - indicates climb or descent,

remember 4 second delay!

Signs, Markings, and Diagrams: 100

• What do the colors of the backgrounds of signs on the field mean (red, yellow, black)?

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1. red = caution2. yellow = direction3. black = location


• What are the two types of X’s, where are they found, and what do they mean?

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Raised and painted; runways and taxiways; closed


• What is the purpose of hold short lines? What are the consequences for crossing them without authorization?

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Hold short lines are to keep planes out of potentially hazardous areas such as runways without an ATC clearance. If crossed without a clearance, pilots can get an infraction warning from the FAA and possibly have their license revoked.


• What do the amount of lines that consist of the threshold indicate to pilots?

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By counting the amount of lines that make up the runway threshold, a pilot can determine the width (left to right) of the runway. This is especially useful in emergency landing situations to ensure the plane will fit on the runway.


• Give at least four examples of pertinent information that can be found on an airport diagram.

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1. airport information2. runways (dimensions/elevations)3. taxiways4. ramps5. world coordinates6. magnetic variation7. currency dates

Traffic Pattern: 100

• What are the legs of the traffic pattern in order?

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Upwind, Crosswind, Downwind, Base, and Final


• How can the traffic pattern be related mathematically?

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The traffic pattern represents a big rectangle. With each turn, depending on the direction, a heading can be assigned to each leg given the heading on takeoff.


• Which directional pattern is standard and what would be the reason for not following this standard?

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standard: left-handWe would fly a right-hand traffic pattern in the case of parallel runways because if both runways use the left-hand pattern, the patterns would overlap each other.


• According to standard, at which points in the traffic pattern do you enter and exit?

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Enter: mid-downwindExit: straight upwind


• Describe the six major checkpoints throughout the traffic pattern.

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1. upwind - begin crosswind turn approximately 700 ft. AGL

2. downwind - level off at 1,000 ft. AGL and power back to approximately 2300 RPM

3. downwind - abeam #s... power, pitch, flaps, 85 knots

4. base - flaps 20, 75 knots5. final - flaps full, 65 knots6. final - idle power and flare over

threshold

Communication: 100

• What are the 4 Ws?

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1. Who you’re addressing2. Who you are3. Where you are4. What you want

Communication: 200

• Who controls ramps and taxiways, and who controls runways and airspace?

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Ground: ramps/taxiwaysTower: runways/airspace

Communication: 300

• Transmit to Peachtree Ground given the following information:– Peachtree Tower– Cessna 78253– Epps Ramp– VFR to the north

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Peachtree Tower, Cessna 78253 is on the Epps ramp, VFR to the north with information.

Communication: 400

• Read back the following ATC instructions:– Cessna 78253, Peachtree Tower. Cleared to land runway

2L, number 3 behind the Mooney, advise traffic in sight. Winds are 30 at 4. Caution: cranes are operating in the vicinity and balloons are being released from the ground approximately 03 miles to the south of the field.

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Peachtree Tower, Cessna 78253. Cleared to land runway 2L, number 3 behind the Mooney and will advise.

Communication: 500

• Read back the following ATC instructions:– Cessna 78253, Peachtree Tower. Fly midfield at or above

2,000, enter left downwind runway 2L and I’ll call your base.

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Peachtree Tower, Cessna 78253. Fly midfield at or below 2,000, left downwind runway 2L.

Miscellaneous: 100

• How should one perform the preflight inspection in order not to accidentally skip anything on the checklist?

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Miscellaneous: 200

• Why can ice be harmful when it builds up on the airframe of the plane?

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Ice buildup on the plane, especially on the wings, can drastically change the shape of the airfoil, therefore not allowing it to produce lift the same way which is potentially dangerous.

You don’t want this to happen! By the way, this is an Airbus.

Miscellaneous: 300

• Why does Vs increase as the weight of the plane increases?

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The more weight you put in the plane, the more lift you need to support that weight; therefore, the stall speed will increase as you add weight to the plane.

Miscellaneous: 400

• For how long should you hold the nose fuel sump?

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Approximately 4 seconds

Miscellaneous: 500

• How many counterbalances does the aileron have?

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3

Final JeopardyPlace your wagers. Minimum = 100

• What does ATP stand for and what is the main use of this certification?

FINISH

Airline Transport Pilot - mostly used for airline captains because the captain is required to hold an ATP

Game Over

• Congratulations to the winning team!!!

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