Aviation History, Common Terms, and FAA Codes

Question 1

FSDO

Answer 1

Flight Standards District Office:
FAA has 80 locations
-Accident investigation
-Enforcement of aviation regulations
-Certification and surveillance of air carriers, air operators, flight schools/training centers, and airmen including pilots and flight instructors
-Staffed by Aviation Safety Inspectors

Question 2

ASI

Answer 2

Aviation Safety Inspectors
- enforce safety regulations and standards for production, operation, maintenance, and/or modification of aircraft used in civil aviation
-also specialize in conducting inspections of various aspects of aviation systems, such as aircraft and parts manufacturing, aircraft operation, airworthiness, and cabin safety

Question 3

AIM

Answer 3

Aeronautical Information Manual

Question 4

Airplane

Answer 4

Engine-driven fixed-wing aircraft heavier than air, that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of air against its wings

Question 5

Glider

Answer 5

a heavier-than-air aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of air against its lifting surfaces and whose free flight does not depend principally on an engine

Question 5

lighter-than-air aircraft

Answer 5

an aircraft that can rise and remain suspended by using contained gas weighing less than the air that is displaced by the gas
ie. airship - an engine- driven lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered
- balloon - a lighter-than - air aircraft that is not engine driven, and that sustains flight through the use of either gas buoyancy or an airborne heater

Question 6

large aircraft

Answer 6

more than 12,500 lbs, maximum certificated takeoff weight

Question 6

small aircraft

Answer 6

aircraft of 12,500 lbs or less

Question 7

VFR

Answer 7

visual flight rules
- set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going

Question 8

ADM

Answer 8

Aeronautical Decision-Making

Question 9

Six Steps for good decision making

Answer 9

1. identify personal attitudes hazardous to safe flight
2. learning behavior modification techniques
3. learning how to recognize and cope with stress
4. developing risk assessment skills
5. using all resources
6. evaluating the effectiveness of one’s ADM skills

Question 10

Title 49

Answer 10

United States Code requiring registration of US civil aircraft as a prerequisite to operation

Question 11

CFR

Answer 11

Code of Federal Regulations

Question 12

Title 14

Answer 12

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) laws and regulations pertaining to aeronautics, air transportation and aviation