Aviation History
Aerodynamics
Weather
Regulations
Miscellaneous
100
Who was the first person to have sustained and controlled flight in a powered airplane on Dec 17th 1903? First and Last name required!
Orville Wright
100
That part of the drag on an airfoil that arises from the development of lift is called?
Induced drag
100
In the Northern Hemisphere surface winds tend to flow which direction around a high pressure system
Clockwise (anticyclonically)
100
Over congested areas a person may not operate an aircraft below what altitude within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet except for takeoff and landings?
1000 feet
100
If Y=100 and Z=50, X must =?
Answer: 50
(50X50) + (100X25)=100X50
2500 + 2500= 5000
5000= 5000
200
What was the name given to the custom made airplane flown by Charles Lindbergh on his solo, non-stop flight from Long Island to Paris in May 1927?
The Spirit of St. Louis
200
If an airplane is certified in the Normal Category and has a maximum gross weight of 2,550 pounds this means the wings (including primary and secondary controls) have been certified to support how much weight before deforming (Limit Load Factor)?
9,690 pounds (2,550*3.8)
200
Due to earths orbit around the sun being elliptical, during what month is the earth closest to the sun?
Bonus 500: what is the name of this event?
January
Perihelion
200
Evening civil twilight is the period between sunset and when the geometric center of the sun is at most how many degrees below the horizon?
6 degrees
200
After taking over the counter medications on the FAA's NO GO Medication table you should wait at least how long before flying?
5 times the dosage interval
300
Who was the first pilot to successfully fly an airplane by instruments only (blind flying)?
Jimmy Doolittle
300
On a V-g diagram, what is the point called where the curved positive G stall line meets the upper G limit line.
Va or Maneuvering speed
300
If air with a temperature of 20deg C and a Dew Point of 12deg C is forced upward, at what approximate altitude would you expect clouds to form?
1000 meters or 3,200 feet (+/- 500 feet)
(Temp-Dew Point)/2.5=base of clouds
300
Per 91.113 which aircraft would have the right-of-way between a glider and an airship?
The glider
300
If your static port(s) become blocked during cruise flight, would your airspeed indicator read higher/lower/same as it should as you descend below the blockage altitude?
higher
400
What kind of airplane was the Enola Gay, the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
400
As a propeller aircraft climbs the airspeed associated with Vx increases and Vy decreases. What is the name of the point in which the two airspeeds are the same?
Absolute Ceiling
400
A boundary that separates warm, dry air from warm, moist air. It usually represents a zone of instability along which thunderstorms form.
Dryline
400
If a runway has 12 runway threshold stripes it means the runway is how wide?
150 feet
400
If aircraft oil is labeled as 20W-50, what does the W stand for?
Winter
500
Who received the first ever U.S pilot license to be issued? (Last name only is fine)
William P. MacCracken Jr.
500
In high altitude and high speed flight what is the name given to the situation in which the stall speed of the aircraft in Mach number equals the Maximum operating speed, where any decrease in sped will stall the aircraft but any increase in speed will exceed the maximum operating speed?
Coffin Corner
500
The development or strengthening of middle-latitude (extratropical) cyclones.
Cyclogenesis
500
For the purposes of Wake Turbulence Separation Minima, ATC classifies aircraft as "heavy" when the aircraft is capable of takeoff weights of ?????? pounds or more whether or not they are operating at this weight during a particular phase of flight.
300,000
500
The word Radar, is actually an acronym standing for what?
RAdio Detection And Ranging