Pilot – June 2018

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Answers

How air-brained are you?

By James Allan

1 c

2 c

Northampton3 a

Obanb

Old Wardenc

Enniskillend

Barrowe

Chichesterf

Fife Airportg

Lashendenh

4 d

5 b

6 c

7 b

According to CAP413, 8 c

aircraft should report ‘long

final’ between 8nm and 4nm

on a straight-in approach and

report ‘final’ when 4nm or less

from the threshold. However,

for light aircraft operations

circuit dimensions may be

might a reduced so answer

also be correct

The Beardmore Inflexible, 9 c

built at Dalmuir, Clydebank

in 1928, was an advanced

experimental transport of

stressed skin construction,

had a massive span of 157 feet

(larger than the WWII Boeing

B-29 Superfortress) and

weighed over 17 tonnes. Only

one was built

May issue: 10 d

was April's winner

Newcastle of Adam Wilson

upon Tyne

1 

A pilot flying over a desolate location
where an aircraft has recently made
an emergency landing sees that survivors
have laid out material on the ground
forming a capital letter ‘F’. What does
this mean?
a all on board are fit and well
b fatalities have occurred
c they need food and water
d they need firearms

2 

Which are the appropriate words to
replace ƎƎƎƎ, ƏƏƏƏ and ƐƐƐƐ in the
following sentence? ‘Your ASI reading
ƎƎƎƎ affected by air density. At higher
altitudes the air density is lower so the
ASI ƏƏƏƏ and the TAS is ƐƐƐƐ IAS.’
a is over-reads lower than
b is not reads correctly equal to
c is under-reads higher than
d is not over-reads lower than
e can be under-reads lower than

3 

Several aerodromes in the UK such
as Lands End (St Just) and York
(Rufforth) have a secondary name as well
as their more widely used primary name.
What are the primary names of those that
have the following secondary names?
a Sywell e Walney Island
b North Connel f Goodwood
c Biggleswade g Glenrothes
d St Angelo h Headcorn

4 

If there is an inversion at 5,000 feet
what does this mean?
a air temperature rises from ground level to
5,000 feet instead of falling as normal
b a layer of turbulence at 5,000 feet is
severe enough to turn an aircraft
upside-down
c airframe icing is expected at and above
5,000 feet
d the boundary between layers of warm air
above and colder air below is at 5,000 feet

5 

On a colour-coded ASI where can
you find the maximum permitted
airspeed for extension of the flaps?
a bottom of the green arc
b top of the white arc

c red line

d top of the green arc

6 

Assuming that the drop in

temperature with height is the same

as in the ICAO Standard Atmosphere,

how long will it take an aircraft climbing

steadily at 500ft/min to reach freezing

level if it starts from an altitude where the

air temperature is +4°C?

a two minutes c four minutes

b three minutes d six minutes

McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

c Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound and Sukhoi

Su-27 Flanker

d Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet and

Northrop Grumman F-14 Tomcat

8 

You have been cleared to fly a

straight-in approach to a major

airport and ATC first requests you to

‘Report long final’ and then to ‘Report

final’. At which distances from the

runway threshold should you make

these reports?

a 4nm and 2nm c 8nm and 4nm

b 10km and 4km d 3nm and 1nm

9 

What type of aircraft was the

‘Inflexible’?

a an experimental version of the Vickers

Wellington WWII bomber with stiffened

geodetic wing structure

b one of the first microlight aircraft that

wasn’t of flex-wing design

c a three-engine heavy transport aircraft,

designed and built in Scotland

d a Convair strategic bomber used in the

1960s by the US Air Force

e one of the Akron class of rigid airships

built in 1931 by Goodyear for the US

Navy

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10 

Which of these sources

of information about wind

velocity provide the wind direction in

Degrees True North?

a METAR

b TA F

c ATIS (Automatic Terminal Information

Service)

d ATC (Tower or Approach)

Quiz

7 

You probably don’t want your light

aircraft to be intercepted by aircraft

like these but you should still be able

to identify what types these are, closer

aircraft first?

a Eurofighter Tornado and Panavia Typhoon

b Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and