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Pot Luck
100

This is how you would spell the word "FUN" using the phonetic alphabet 

What is - Foxtrot, Uniform, November

100

This is how often should fuel sumps be drained to check for moisture

Prior to each flight

100

These are the 4 major components of an aircraft

What are fuselage, power plant, empennage & wings

100

These are the 4 major types of weather fronts

What is Cold Front, Warm Front, Stationary Front & Occluded Front

100

This is the second layer of the atmosphere that warms with altitude?

What is the Stratosphere

200

This type of airport has a beacon that flashes green, white & yellow

What is a Heliport

200

This is the only time the forces of weight, drag, lift & thrust in equilibrium

What is straight & level flight

200

This is considered to be standard pressure & temperature    

What is 29.92 Inches of Mercury & 15o C (or 59o F)

200

Clouds are classified based on these 2 main criteria

What are altitude & shape

200

Tell an appropriate altitude to fly IFR (above 3,000 ft.) on a Compass Heading of 123o  

What is (Even Thousands)

300

A light gun alternating between flashing red and green 

What is "Proceed using extreme caution"

300

This is the altitude that supplemental oxygen is required immediately for all passengers & crew

What is 15,000 ft

300

Sitting on the ground in your airplane & putting 29.92 into your Kollsman Window will display this on your altimeter?

What is Pressure Altitude

300

This is the most dangerous type of low level wind shear

What is a Microburst

300

This type of hypoxia causes pilots to lose consciousness because g-forces cause blood to pool in their lower half

What is Stagnant Hypoxia

400

What kind of Airmet would be issued if there is low visibility

What is Sierra

400

An appropriate altitude to fly VFR (above 3,000 ft.) on a Compass Heading of 199o  

What is (odd thousands + 500)

400

The aviation world operates on a ‘world clock’ that reports it’s time in this format

What is Zulu Time

400

This type of navigation uses time, distance & direction to estimate location

What is Dead Reckoning

400

This is the formula for calculating CG or Center of Gravity

What is Total Weight/Total Moment

500

These 3 conditions create the strongest Wake Turbulence Vortices

What are Slow, Heavy & Clean 

500

If flying over an Isogonic line of 8 degrees East, a pilot should adjust their course by.... 

-8o

500

These are the two forces acting on an aircraft, used as a ratio shown as L/D

What are Lift & Drag

500

This is the phone number for contacting a FSS for a preflight weather briefing

What is 1-800-WX-Brief

500

This type of altitude is corrected for non-standard temperature & non-standard pressure

What is Density Altitude