BASIC AERONAUTICS AND AERODYNAMICS AIRCRAFT IN MOTION FLIGHT NAVIGATION THE AIRPORT AIR CARRIERS GENERAL AVIATION JEOPARDY

BASIC AERONAUTICS AND AERODYNAMICS AIRCRAFT IN MOTION FLIGHT NAVIGATION THE AIRPORT AIR CARRIERS GENERAL AVIATION DOUBLE JEOPARDY

THE MUTUAL ATTRACTION OF MOLECULES THAT SLOWS THE RATE OF AIR FLOW IS CALLED VISCOUS DRAG RETURN

THIS TERM DESCRIBES THE CURVATURE OF AN AIRFOIL CAMBER RETURN

THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE AIRFOIL CHORD LINE AND THE ONCOMING AIR IS CALLED THE ANGLE OF ATTACK RETURN

THIS PRINCIPLE STATES THAT PRESSURE DECREASES AS THE SPEED OF A FLUID INCREASES BERNOULLI’S PRINCIPLE RETURN

THIS AXIS RUNS FROM THE AIRPLANE’S NOSE TO THE AIRPLANE’S TAIL LONGITUDINAL RETURN

THESE COMPONENTS MAY BE COMMANDED TO PROTRUDE FROM THE LEADING EDGES OF SOME WINGS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IS LANDING SLATS RETURN

THESE COMPONENTS MAY BE COMMANDED TO POP UP ON THE UPPER SURFACES OF SOME WINGS IN ORDER TO BANK THE AIRCRAFT SPOILERS RETURN

AN AIRPLANE THAT HAS TWO MAIN WHEELS AND A TAIL WHEEL IS SAID TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF LANDING GEAR CONVENTIONAL RETURN

ON A CHART, LINES THAT INDICATE DISTANCE NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR ARE CALLED PARALLELS OF LATITUDE RETURN

THE PRIME MERIDIAN PASSES FROM THE NORTH POLE TO THE SOUTH POLE THROUGH THIS CITY GREENWICH, ENGLAND RETURN

THIS TERM IS USED TO DEPICT ELEVATIONS ON MAPS AND CHARTS RELIEF RETURN

THE LARGEST AREA OF CONTROLLED AIRSPACE OVER THE UNITED STATES IS CALLED THE CONTINENTAL CONTROL AREA RETURN

THE PAVED AREA WHERE AIRPLANES PARK IS CALLED THE RAMP RETURN

AN AIRPLANE WOULD PROCEED FROM THE RAMP TO A RUNWAY VIA ONE OR MORE TAXIWAYS RETURN

WHEN ON FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING AT NIGHT, THE PILOT WILL SEE LIGHTS OF THIS COLOR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RUNWAY GREEN RETURN

A RUNWAY ALIGNED WITH THE MAGNETIC DIRECTION OF 162 DEGREES WOULD HAVE THESE NUMBERS PAINTED NEAR THE BEGINNING 16 RETURN

THIS AGENCY REGULATES AIRLINE SAFETY AND CONTROLS AIRCRAFT FLYING OVER THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION RETURN

THIS ACT GAVE THE AIRLINES FREE ENTRY INTO THE AIR ROUTES OF THE U.S. AIRLINE DEREGULATION ACT OF 1978 RETURN

AIRLINERS MAY BE DESCRIBED AS BELONGING TO ONE OF THESE THREE CATEGORIES MODERN AIRLINERS, CARGO CARRIERS, OR REGIONAL/COMMUTER AIRCRAFT RETURN

THIS AIRLINER WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE THREE ENGINES MOUNTED NEAR THE TAIL BOEING 727 RETURN

THIS TERM REFERS TO ALL CIVIL AVIATION OTHER THAN FLYING DONE BY SCHEDULED AIR CARRIERS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GENERAL AVIATION RETURN

FLYING AN AIRCRAFT FOR OTHER THAN BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL USE IS CALLED PERSONAL AVIATION RETURN

THIS COMPANY IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF GENERAL AVIATION AIRPLANES CESSNA RETURN

THIS CITY IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE AIR CAPITAL OF THE WORLD WICHITA, KANSAS RETURN

THE FOUR BASIC FORCES OF FLIGHT ARE LIFT, DRAG, WEIGHT, AND THRUST RETURN

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AIRPLANE’S EMPTY WEIGHT AND MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE WEIGHT IS CALLED THE USEFUL LOAD RETURN

THESE TWO GASES MAKE UP ABOUT 79% AND 21% OF OUR ATMOSPHERE, RESPECTIVELY NITROGEN AND OXYGEN RETURN

THESE NUMBERS REPRESENT STANDARD PRESSURE AT SEA LEVEL, EXPRESSED RESPECTIVELY AS PSI AND INCHES OF MERCURY 14.7 AND RETURN

THIS IS THE SIMPLEST TYPE OF ALL JET ENGINES BECAUSE IT HAS NO MOVING PARTS RAMJET RETURN

THIS TYPE OF FUSELAGE STRUCTURE IS MADE PRIMARILY OF SKINS AND STRINGERS; IT HAS NO INTERNAL BRACING MONOCOQUE RETURN

THIS GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENT DISPLAYS AN ARTIFICIAL HORIZON ATTITUDE INDICATOR RETURN

THIS IS THE AIRPLANE’S MOST IMPORTANT NAVIGATION INSTRUMENT MAGNETIC COMPASS RETURN

THE CHART MOST COMMONLY USED FOR AIR NAVIGATION IS CALLED THE SECTIONAL AERONAUTICAL CHART RETURN

THIS TERM REFERS TO THE FACT THAT THE MAGNETIC COMPASS MIGHT NOT ACCURATELY INDICATE THE AIRPLANE’S MAGNETIC HEADING COMPASS DEVIATION RETURN

SYSTEMATIC CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT THE AIRPLANE’S TRACK IS CALLED DEAD RECKONING RETURN

A MAGENTA CIRCLE DEPICTS THIS TYPE OF FEATURE ON A SECTIONAL AERONAUTICAL CHART NON-TOWERED (“UNCONTROLLED”) AIRPORT RETURN

THREE CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES AT AIRPORTS ARE ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND NOISE RETURN

PILOTS OF AIRCRAFT NEEDING FUEL, HANGAR SPACE, OR OTHER SERVICES CONTACT THIS ORGANIZATION FIXED BASE OPERATION RETURN

A ROTATING BEACON DISPLAYING A SEQUENCE OF GREEN-WHITE-WHITE INDICATES THIS KIND OF AIRPORT MILITARY RETURN

MOST RUNWAYS HAVE THIS TYPE AND COLOR OF LINE PAINTED DOWN THE MIDDLE DASHED WHITE RETURN

THIS AIRLINER WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE TWIN ENGINES MOUNTED NEAR THE TAIL SUD AVIATION CARAVELLE RETURN

THE BOEING 747F IS AN EXAMPLE OF A CARGO CARRIER RETURN

THE BAE JETSTREAM 31 AND THE EMBRAER 120 ARE EXAMPLES OF REGIONAL AIRCRAFT RETURN

THE UNITED STATES MAKES ENGINES FOR THIS AIRCRAFT WHICH IS BUILT BY AN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AIRBUS RETURN

THIS IS THE LONGEST CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCED AIRPLANE IN AMERICAN AVIATION HISTORY PIPER PA-18 SUPER CUB RETURN

THESE AIRCRAFT DO NOT REQUIRE CERTIFICATION, AND PILOTS DO NOT NEED A LICENSE TO FLY THEM ULTRALIGHTS RETURN

FLYING WITHOUT ENGINE POWER AND WITHOUT LOSS OF ALTITUDE IS CALLED SOARING RETURN

BEECH AIRCRAFT COMPANY BUILT SIX TYPES OF AIRCRAFT USED FOR PERSONAL AVIATION. THE ONLY ONE STILL IN PRODUCTION IS THE BONANZA RETURN