Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest was formerly known as this virtual airline
What is FlyWithAlexander
The U.S. Airspace located above ZOA and below ZVR
What is ZSE
The current newest line of VATSIM Pilot IDs (Ex. 157...)
What are 192 CIDs
The force opposite of thrust
What is Drag
The airline representing the region where it was founded, now headquartered in Seattle
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Pacific Northwest was founded in this year
What is 2021
The class of airspace surrounding SeaTac
What is Class B airspace
This client is used alongside VATSIM to display model-matched aircraft in real time
What is vPilot or xPilot
During takeoff, this control surface helps pitch the aircraft nose up
What is the elevator
This major aviation event is held annually and brings in over 500,000 attendees
What is EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh
The first non-staff member to join Pacific Northwest
This boundary marks the transition from domestic U.S. airspace to oceanic control
What is the FIR boundary
The abbreviation for the Brazilian division of VATSIM
What is VATBRZ
This instrument remains accurate during a vacuum system failure
What is the magnetic compass
This international organization assigns 4-letter airport codes used in flight plans
What is ICAO
Pacific Northwest was founded on his birthday
Who is Ansel
The FAA designates this special-use airspace for high-volume military operations, which may restrict civilian aircraft entry.
What is an MOA (Military Operations Area)
The month that VATSIM was founded
What is July
When entering a holding pattern, these three entry methods must be considered
What are direct, teardrop, and parallel entries
This line of latitude marks the northern boundary of most controlled airspace in the U.S., beyond which special NOTAMs and polar procedures often apply.
What is the 66th parallel (Arctic Circle)
Pacific Northwest currently has this many pilots on its roster
What is 98
This lesser-known vertical airspace classification is used in oceanic airspace to separate traffic based on performance and routing, and includes special procedures like MNPS or RNP-10
What is RVSM airspace
This many pilots were active in the past 6 months on the VATSIM network
What is 120,000
This aerodynamic phenomenon occurs during a steep turn when the load factor increases and the aircraft's stall speed rises, even though airspeed remains constant
What is accelerated stall?
The ICAO airport identifier for McMurdo Station in Antarctica
What is NZPG