Pilot UK - April 2015

April 2015 | Quiz

1

Which of the following aviation

abbreviations is/are unlikely to affect

you as a GA pilot flying a light

aircraft in VMC?

a EOBT b CVR c UTC d RASH

2

You’re flying an ILS approach and,

as you fly over the outer marker

which is 6 nm from the runway

threshold, you notice that your CDI needle

is two dots left of centre. Approximately

how far away in metres from the

centreline of the approach is your aircraft

displaced laterally?

a 50m b 100m c 200m d 750m

3

You are flying abroad and using an

aeronautical chart on which the

heights of some restricted airspace

and obstacles are printed in metres. Which

is the rule of thumb to use when

converting metres to feet?

a multiply by 3

b add 10% and then multiply by three

c divide by three

d multiply by 3 then add 10%

4

What are the lines called which, on

a meteorological chart, join points

of equal atmospheric pressure?

a isoclines b isogonals c isomers d isobars

5

A GPS receiver calculates its

position by determining its distance

from a number of satellites. What

does it measure in order to do this?

a the phase difference between signals from

the satellites

b the time taken for a signal from the receiver

to pass to each satellite and return

c the time between transmission and

reception of a signal from a satellite

d the time between reception of signals from

different satellites

6

What is Va?

a maximum speed in turbulent air

b maximum speed for full control

movement

c approach speed

d stalling speed with flaps and undercarriage

retracted

e design manoeuvring speed

7

This

V-shaped

aerial on

the tail fin of this

light aircraft is

connected to

which piece of on-board

equipment?

a COM VHF transceiver

b ADF

c GPS

d VOR

8

As you taxi out from

the apron to depart a

busy airport with

which you are not familiar

the Tower controller says,

“Golf Tango-Romeo taxi via

Echo 1 to Runway 23.” You

proceed along taxiway Echo 1

and see that Runway 30

crosses it between where you are and the

hold for Runway 23. Do you have to stop

there and call Tower for clearance to cross

Runway 30?

a yes b no

9

You are taking an over-the-counter

medication (e.g. Ibuprofen) for a

sore leg muscle and the label

warns of possible side-effects such as

nausea and disorientation. How soon after

the dosing interval should you wait before

you fly as pilot in charge of an aircraft?

a provided you are not experiencing any

side-effects, there is no need to wait.

b do not fly until the recommended interval

between doses has passed.

c do not fly until twice the recommended

dosing interval has passed.

d do not fly until three times the

recommended dosing interval has passed.

How air-brained are you?

By James Allan

Not many light aircraft b 1

are fitted with a Cockpit

Voice Recorder. EOBT is

estimate off-block time

(used in flight plans); UTC

is co-ordinated universal

time (aka GMT or Zulu

time) and RASH is the

abbreviation used in TAFs

and METARs for

rain-showers.

Full deflection on a c 2

VOR CDI equates to 10°

(so each dot represents

2°) but full deflection on

an ILS Localizer is

normally only 2.5° (so

each dot represents 0.5°).

The 1 in 60 rule gives a 1

degree deviation at 6nm

(= 11.1 km) as 185 metres.

(both give the d or b 3

same result)

d 4

c 5

(design b or e 6

manoeuvring speed can

be defined as the speed

above which it is unwise

to make full application of

any single flight control,

because that could

generate forces greater

than those for which the

airframe structure has

been designed)

d 7

(a clearance to ‘taxi b 8

to’ the take-off runway

assigned to the aircraft is

not a clearance to cross

that assigned take-off

runway, or to taxi onto

that runway but it is a

clearance to cross other

runways that intersect the

taxi route to that assigned

take-off runway)

The EU Essential c 9

Requirements for Air

Operations. Paragraph 7.g

states:

‘A crew member must not

perform allocated duties

on board an aircraft when

under the influence of

psychoactive substances

or alcohol .... ‘ If a

medicine label warns of

side-effects, many AMEs

recommend that a pilot

should not fly until twice

the recommended dosing

interval has passed. So, if

the label says ‘take every

4 hours’ then you should

wait at least 8 hours after

your final dose before

flying.

a Q10 Spring

winner was Phil March’s

Marsh of Aylesford, Kent

Answers

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10

Which of these groups of three

instruments are all connected to the

static source?

a VSI, altimeter and DI

b altimeter, suction gauge and AI

c VSI, ASI and altimeter

d suction gauge, altimeter and ASI

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