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39 Cards in this Set
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Parallels of latitude run ____________. |
East and west |
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Meridians of longitude run _________. |
North and South |
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The ________ is an imaginary circle, equidistant from the poles of the earth. |
Equator |
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Coordinates in ATC do not include __________. |
Seconds |
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One minute of latitude is equal to ___________. |
1 NM |
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A _____________ is the shortest distance between two points on a sphere |
Great circle route |
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A __________ is a line, which makes the same angle with each meridian of longitude, and is longer than a great circle route. |
Rhumb line |
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How many minutes are there in 1 degree of latitude? |
60 |
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1 NM is equal to ________ SM |
1.15 |
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1 SM is equal to _________ NM. |
. 87 |
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UTC is also referred to as ___________. |
Zulu time |
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Each time zone is __________ of longitude. |
15 degrees |
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If it is 11 AM Central Daylight Time, what is the UTC time? |
1600z |
Subtract one hour from the conversion for DST. |
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What are the four types of speeds used in aviation? |
Indicated Airspeed(IAS), True Airspeed(TAS), Ground speed(GS), Mach Number (MACH) |
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Indicated Airspeed ________ with increases in altitude and temperature. |
Decreases |
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T or F : A wind report details the direction in which the wind is blowing to and the velocity in knots. |
F |
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An aircraft has a true airspeed of 110 knots and is encountering a headwind of 15 knots. What is the aircrafts ground speed? |
95 knots |
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___________ represents the intended path or the aircraft over the earth's surface. |
True course |
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_______ is the actual path that the aircraft has flown over the earth's surface. |
Track |
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T or F : In one hour, an aircraft drifts downwind an amount equal to wind speed. |
T |
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The track of a particular aircraft is 185 degrees and the heading is 170 degrees. What is the wind correction angle in degrees? |
15 degrees |
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_________ is the angular difference between true North and magnetic north A. Agonic line B. Deviation C. Variation D. Compass error |
C. Variation |
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__________ connect points of equal difference between true and magnetic north. |
Isogonic lines |
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________ connects points of zero variation. |
Agonic line |
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For an isogonic line with an East variation, _________ the degrees of variation. |
Subtract |
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For an isogonic line with West variation, ______ degrees of variation. |
Add |
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____________ is true heading corrected for variation. |
Magnetic heading |
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T or F : Wind in weather reports and forecast are given in reference to true North. |
T |
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_________ is the error of a magnetic compass due to magnetic influence in the structure and equipment in the aircraft. |
Deviation |
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What is the compass deviation affected by? |
Electrical system, engine, aircraft structure, misc equipment near compass etc. |
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___________ is the magnetic heading corrected for deviation. |
Compass heading |
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True heading is true course corrected for effects of ________. A. Magnetic variation B. Compass error C. Wind |
Wind |
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______________ is navigation of an airplane solely by means of computations based on airspeed, course, heading, wind direction, and speed, groundspeed, and elapsed time. |
Dead reckoning |
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______ is the determination of position by identification of landmarks from their representation on a chart. |
Pilotage |
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Circles parallel to the equator are called _______. A. Great circles B. Parallels of longitude C. Meridians D. Parallels of latitude |
D. Parallels of latitude |
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The prime meridian is the _________. A. Great circle passing through the North and South poles. B. Line located at 0 degrees latitude. C. Great circle running east and west around the earth. D. Line located at zero degrees longitude. |
D. Line located at zero degrees longitude |
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The ________ is an imaginary circle, equidistant from the poles of the earth. A. Prime meridian B. Equator C. International date line D. Rhumb line |
B. Equator |
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An aircraft encounters a 30 KT crosswind and makes no heading correction. After 2 hours of flight, how far off course would the aircraft be? A. 50 NM B. 15 SM C. 30 SM D. 60 NM |
D. 60 NM |
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At high altitudes, _______. A. An aircrafts IAS is higher than its TAS B. An aircrafts TAS is higher than its IAS C. An aircrafts groundspeed is always equal to its TAS D. An aircrafts IAS is always equal to its TAS. |
B. An aircrafts TAS is higher than its IAS |
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