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What are line of longitude?
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Eighteen primary great circles going north-south
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What are latitude line?
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Parallel line having 10 degree spacing between them from the equator to the poles
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What is the prime meridian?
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The starting point for lines of longitude or zero degrees. passes from the north pole to the south pole through Greenwich England
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What is Mercator?
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a cylindrical projection of a map
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what is conic projection?
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It places a cone over the earth and projects the meridian and paralles
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what is the most ccommonly used aeronautical chart?
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Sectional chart
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Who do sectional maps help most?
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pilots who fly aircraft over short distances
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What do relief charts describe?
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elevations
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How are relief charts depected?
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by color tints, contour lines and shading
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Hydrographic features refer to what?
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water
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How are streames and lakes depicted on a sectional?
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in blue
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On a sectional map how are cities and town featured?
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in bright yellow
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On a sectional map how are small towns shown?
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small back circles
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What are the three kinds of airports?
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civilian, military or joint use
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How is a civilian unpaved airport marked?
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magenta circle
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What is marked near the name of the airport?
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height above sea level and length of runway
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How is a military airport marked?
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The same as civilian except and abbreviation for the owning military service
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What are joint use airports?
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Where civilian and military share runways?
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How are joint use airports marked?
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With its name with both civilian and military listing
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What is subject to control by faa air traffic controllers?
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Controlled airspace
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What is the largest area of controlled airspace called?
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The continental control area
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Control areas are around what?
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most airports
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What are airways?
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three-dimensional highways in the sky
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What is special use airspace?
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prohibited and restricted airspace
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What is a true course line?
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a line or series of lines that the navigator indicataes the airplane will follow
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What is magnetic courses?
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Magnetic north is different from true north because the magnetic north and south poles are not the same a the geographic north and south poles
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When does compass deviation occur?
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Once the compass is mounted in a plane. It must be adjusted because of electrical power and metals in the aircraft
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what is a altimeter?
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The only non-electronic means the pilot has of determining the distance over the service
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what is true airspeed vs. ground speed?
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airspeed tells the pilot how fast the airplane is flying through the air. Ground speed is a measure of how fast your aircraft is going across the surface of the earth
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What does wind do?
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effect of wind on an airplane can either increase or decrease the ground speed depending on whether the plane is flying with or against the wind
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What is a wind triangle?
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a tool pilots use to figure out where the wind drift will cause the aircraft to fly over the ground.
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What does pilotage mean?
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navigating by reference to visible landmarks
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What does Dead Reckoning involve?
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the systematic consideration of all factors that will and could affect the flight
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What is the aircraft radio used for?
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an aid to navigation because it is the pilot's communication's link with faa personal
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What does VOR stand for?
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Very High Frequency Omnidirectional radio Range
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What is the VOR?
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is the second half of the aircraft radio.
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What must the VOR be tuned to?
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the broadcast frequency of the Vor radio station just like the aircraft radio
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What does ADF stand for?
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Automatic Directional Finder
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What is the ADF? i
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is another type of radio receiver that is used to determine direction, but it does not provide as much information as the VOR
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What does DME stand for?
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Distance measuring equipment
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What does the DME do?
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sends a signal and measures the time it takes to go from the aircraft to the VORTAC and return.
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Radar works on the principle of what?
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of reflected radio energy.
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What do weather radars show?
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areas of precipitation and storms
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What does the VOR system do?
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The total system includes the airplane receivers and the ground stations working together to help the pilot navigate.
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what does LORAN stand for?
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Long-range navigation
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What is LORAN?
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It is a complete navigation system that is used by large cargo ships and many small, privately owned sea craft. It is also used by aircraft as a means of navigation.
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What is GPS?
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Consists of roughly24 satellites in orbit around the Earth, several ground tracking stations and a receiver in the aircraft.
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What does GPS stand for?
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Global positioning system
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What does PPS stand for?
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Precise positioning system
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What is PPS?
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is the military's encoded signal
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What is SPS?
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is the civilian public's signal
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What does SPS stand for?
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Standard positioning system
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What is inertial navigation?
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is a self contained unit located withing the aircraft that needs only to be programmed for the starting point and a destination
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What does RNAV stand for?
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Area Navigation system
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What is RNAV?
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is a computer controlled navigation system that allows pilots to fly directly from the airport of origin to the destination airport without passing over a single VOR station
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What does ILS stand for?
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Instrument Landing System
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What is ILS?
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is used only within a short distance from the airport and only when the purpose is to land the airplane
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What does MLS stand for?
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In Europe, this system is replacing the ILS It is more efficient than the ILS
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Differential GPS landing systems can what?
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be molded to the community's need and still satisfy the aviator.
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On a map, parallel lines are called line of what?
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latitude
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The prime meridian passes from the north pole to the south pole thourgh where?
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Greenwich, england
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What is the term to discribe elevations on maps?
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relief
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On a map, the largest area of controlled airspace is called the _____ control area?
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continental
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Which of the following is a tool used by a pilot to determine where wind drift will cause the airacraft to fly over the ground?
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wind triangle
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Which of the following is a technique of navigation that involves the systematic consideration of all factors that iwll and could affect a flight?
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dead recodoning
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t/f LORAN is an acronym for long range navigation
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true
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t/f The Global Positioning system GPS consists of one major satellite in orbit around the earth and several ground tracking stations?
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False
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The Standard Positioning System SPS is the military's encoded signal and accuracy is controlled by a program called selective assignment? t/f
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false
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The instrument landing system ILS is used only within a short distance of the airport, but is used for both takeoff and landings? t/f
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false
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