Aviation History
SMS
"General" Aviation
Aviation Knowledge
100

These aviators conducted a flight in the US for 12 seconds and 120 feet.

Who are the Wright Brothers?

100

The abbreviation SMS is short for this aviation program.

What is Safety Management System?

100

The abbreviation PAVE is short for this risk management tool

What is Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment, External pressures?

100

The phases of flight with disproportionately high accident rates.

What are takeoffs and landings?

200

This female was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

Who is Amelia Earhart?

200

Name the 4 SMS components/pillars.

What is Safety Policy, Safety Assurance, Safety Risk Management, Safety Promotion

200

This method of spin recovery is commonly known and widely used in general aviation.

What is PARE (Power idle, ailerons neutral, rudder opposite, elevator forward)?

200

Taxiing on to the runway, line up on the centerline, but you cannot takeoff is referred to this ATC/Tower instruction.

What is "Line Up and Wait"?

300

This is the year Purdue University Airport opened.

What is 1930?

300

This person is SATT's Accountable Executive.

Who is Dr. Brian Dillman?

300

The Dirty Dozen represents 12 human factors that can lead to dangerous occurrences. Name three

What is lack of communication, lack of assertiveness, complacency, fatigue, stress, lack of knowledge, lack of resources, lack of awareness, distractions, pressure and norms?

300

This was the main reason for the creation of Dispatch from the perspective of safety programing. 

What is safety mitigation?

400

This airport was bulldozed without notice by Mayor Daley in 2003

Meigs Field

400

The risk management formula.

What is Risk = Severity X Likelihood?

400

These 5 hazardous attitudes contribute to poor pilot judgement.

What is Anti-authority, Impulsivity, Macho, Resignation, Invulnerability?

400

Runway 28 has 12 threshold stripes which correlates to this many feet wide.

What is 150 ft.?

500

This is the oldest airline still in operation. 

What is KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (1919)?

500

Safety reporting identifies hazards and risks in the operation. The Safety Team reviews and analyze the reports and creates action. This process falls under ____  component.  

What is Safety Assurance?

500

This tool enables proactive hazard identification, is easy to use and can visually depict risk.

What is the Flight Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT)?

500

The FAA retired this weather planning tool in 2016.

What is the Area Forecast?