What’s That Instrument?
This instrument tells a pilot how high the aircraft is above sea level.
What is the altimeter?
These clouds are often thin, wispy, and found high in the atmosphere.
What are cirrus clouds?
The rotating beacon at a civilian airport flashes these two colors.
What are green and white?
This control adjusts the fuel-air ratio entering the engine.
What is the mixture control?
“IMSAFE” is a checklist used to evaluate this.
What is pilot fitness/readiness to fly?
This gyroscopic instrument shows if the wings are level with the horizon.
What is the attitude indicator?
This weather phenomenon forms when warm moist air cools to the dew point near the ground.
What is fog?
Signs with yellow lettering on a black background provide this type of information.
What is taxiway direction/location information?
Carburetor heat helps prevent this engine problem.
What is carburetor icing?
The hazardous attitude “I can do it” is known as this.
What is invulnerability/macho?
This instrument uses pitot and static pressure to show aircraft speed.
What is the airspeed indicator?
Thunderstorms are most commonly associated with this type of cloud.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
This runway marking looks like piano keys at the runway threshold.
What are threshold markings?
This item provides electrical power when the engine is running.
What is the alternator?
Looking outside and scanning for traffic is part of this collision avoidance method.
What is see and avoid?
A slipping or skidding turn is shown on this instrument with a small ball.
What is the turn coordinator?
Frost on an aircraft wing is dangerous because it disrupts this.
What is airflow/lift?
A segmented circle helps pilots determine this at non-towered airports.
What is traffic pattern direction/runway information?
This backup power source is commonly used if the alternator fails.
What is the battery?
A pilot should always use this before taking off from an unfamiliar airport.
What is the airport diagram?
This instrument indicates vertical speed in feet per minute.
What is the VSI (vertical speed indicator)?
A rapid change in wind speed or direction near the ground is called this.
What is wind shear?
The numbers painted on a runway are based on this.
What is magnetic heading?
What is 3?
Continuing into deteriorating weather despite obvious danger is often called this.
What is “get-there-itis”?