Aerodynamics
The four forces
What is Lift, weight, thrust, and drag?
Moisture, instability, and lift.
What three ingredients are needed for a thunderstorm to form?
The horizontal distance from the aircraft's reference datum to the location where a weight acts.
What is an arm?
14 CFR Part 61
What regulation primarily covers pilot certification?
Weather, fuel, and route/navigation.
What are three important things you should consider before starting a cross-country flight?
The wing stalls.
What happens when an airplane exceeds its critical angle of attack?
Current observed weather conditions at an airport.
What does a METAR provide?
An imaginary vertical plane from which all horizontal measurements are taken.
What is the datum?
14 CFR Part 91.
What are the basic requirements for a pilot to act as PIC?
The difference between true north and magnetic north.
What is variation?
stall speed increases when the airplane enters a steep bank
What is load factor?
Showers, thunderstorms, gusty winds, turbulence, and sometimes rapid changes in visibility.
What type of weather is commonly associated with a cold front?
An aircraft weighs 4000 lb and has a total moment of 250,000 lb-in. What is its CG
What is 62.5
The pilot in command's responsibility and authority
What is 91.3?
VHF Omnidirectional Range.
What does a VOR represent?
Forward CG affects stability and speed.
What is increases stability but can slightly increase stall speed because additional tail-down force requires the wings to produce more lift
Significant hazardous weather such as severe icing, severe turbulence, volcanic ash, or dust/sandstorms.
What type of weather can a SIGMET warn pilots about?
The airplane may require more elevator authority to raise the nose, potentially making it difficult to achieve the proper landing attitude.
Why can an excessively forward CG be dangerous during landing?
How long is a third-class medical certificate generally valid for a pilot under age 40?
60 calendar months, subject to the applicable rules.
The forecast weather conditions at an airport.
What does a TAF tell you?
Load factor increases to 2 G, and stall speed increases by the square root of 2, or about 41%.
What is a level, coordinated 60° bank, what happens to load factor and stall speed?
The air is nearly saturated, so fog, low clouds, or reduced visibility may develop if cooling continues.
What does the small temperature/dew-point spread tell you?
Weight and moment.
What are the two basic components of a weight-and-balance calculation?
The pilot must have made at least 3 takeoffs and 3 landings within the preceding 90 days in the same category and class
What is required to carry passengers during the day under the passenger-carrying currency rules?
If you are on the 090° radial of a VOR, where are you located relative to the station
East of the station.