Aviation History
This university is the only one to have ever operated an airline.
What is Purdue University?
When departing a non-towered airport, a pilot typically announces intentions on this frequency.
What is CTAF?
KATL
What is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport?
This aviation weather report type is issued routinely every hour or half-hour.
What is a METAR?
This airspeed is the best glide speed for club aircraft.
What is 73 knots?
This country invented the kite ~2,000 years ago.
What is China?
The instruction “squawk VFR” directs a pilot to set this standard transponder code in the United States.
What is 1200?
RJTT
What is Tokyo Haneda Airport?
This atmospheric layer, where most weather occurs, decreases in temperature with altitude until reaching the tropopause.
What is the troposphere?
This airspeed is the stall speed for club aircraft in landing configuration.
What is 44 knots?
This is another word for a dirigible.
What is a Zeppelin?
This phrase, often abbreviated in radio calls, indicates that a pilot is monitoring a frequency but may not be able to transmit.
What is "receiving only"?
CYYZ
What is Toronto Pearson International Airport?
In aviation forecasts, “VCTS” indicates thunderstorms in the vicinity, typically defined within this distance from the airport.
What is within 10 nautical miles?
This is the MGW of 33T.
What is 2440 lbs?
This US state was officially declared the birthplace of aviation.
What is Ohio?
Before entering a runway for departure, pilots at controlled airports must receive this from ATC.
What is a takeoff clearance?
WSSS
What is Singapore Changi Airport?
This hazard occurs when temperature increases with altitude, often trapping pollutants and reducing aircraft climb performance.
What is a temperature inversion?
This is what the '1' means in PA 28-161.
What is semi-tapered wings?
This city was the location of the first free flight of a hot air balloon.
What is Paris, France?
This instruction replaced the older phrase "position and hold."
What is "line up and wait"?
YSSY
What is Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport?
This law states that for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature, pressure and volume are inversely proportional.
What is Boyle's Law?
This is the brand of the engines in club aircraft.
What is O-320-D3G?