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At the equator of the earth, one degree is equal to ____ nautical miles.
60 nautical miles
One nautical mile equals
6076 feet
Victor Airways are shown on the chart in blue. They are
A) controlled airspace
B) low altitude airways
C) special use airways
D) both a and b
D) both a and b
The line drawn on the aeronautical chart from the starting point to the destination is called the
A) magnetic heading
B) compass course
C) variation
D) true course
D) true course
Navigation by reference to visible landmarks is called
A) landmark steerage
B) radio navigation
C) pilotage
D) dead reckoning
C) pilotage
Deviation in the magnetic compass is caused by the
A) difference in the location b/t true and magnetic north
B) precession of gyroscope over time
C) magnetic fields in the aircraft distorting the lines of magnetic north
D) presence of flaws in the permanet magnets of the compass
C) magnetic fields in the aircraft distorting the lines of magnetic north
Which of the following is a form of radio navigation?
A) piltoage and VOR navigation
B) VOR navigation and ADF navigation
C) pilotage and ADF navigation
D) dead reckoning and ADF navigation
B) VOR navigation and ADF navigation
What is the agency primarily responsible for aviation safety?
A) CAB
B) NASA
C) National Saftey Trans. Board
D) FAA
D) FAA
The angle b/t the chord line and the relative wind:
A) angle of incidence
B) lift angle
C) AOA
D) dihedral angle
C) AOA
difference b/t true course and magnetic course
A) ground track
B) wind correction angle
C) magnetic deviation
D) magnetic variation
D) magnetic variation
On sectional charts, airports which have control towers are what color?
blue
A VOR is a
Very-high frequency omnidirectional radio range
A runway numbered 27 means the runway direction is ______
265-274 degrees
What color are runway lights?
white
Airspace above 18,000ft in which only IFR traffic is permitted
Class A
Airspace where ATC has neither authority nor the responsibilty foe control over traffic is Class __.
Class G
Victor Airways are examples of Class ____ airspace.
Class E.
Taxiway lights are what color?
Blue
On sectional charts, airports that have control towers are what color?
Blue
Movement of an aircraft about the vertical axis is called
yaw
induced drag is a byproduct of the production of ______
lift
What happend to induced drag as airspeed increases?
decreases
at constant speed, constant altitude flight; lift=_____ and thrust=_____
lift = weight
thrust = drag
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intro to aerospace exam 2
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