Stage 1

Question 1

What are the four forces of flight?

Answer 1

Lift, weight, thrust, drag

Question 2

Pave checklist

Answer 2

IMSAFE

Question 3

IMSAFE

Answer 3

Illness
Medications
Stressor
Alcohol
Fatigue
External pressures

Question 4

Stability

Answer 4

Dynamic-roll
Longitudinal- pitch (positive, neutral, negative)

Question 5

Left turning tendancies

Answer 5

-Torque
-P-factor (propeller/force corckscrewing around plane)
-Slipstream
-gyroscopic precession

Question 6

Right-of-way

Answer 6

Lower and slower (slower is priority)

Question 7

Minimum safe altitude

Answer 7

2000 over congested area and mountains,
1000 over everything else

Question 8

Powerplant

Answer 8

Air cooled, dual opposed, 160hp, low-led fuel, made by lycombing

Question 9

Angle of attack

Answer 9

Measured by wind over wing and angle to that relative wing

Question 10

Stalls

Answer 10

Not producing lift because not enough wind over wing. Happens when critical angle of attack is exceeded

Question 11

Spin

Answer 11

Yaw +stall = spin. During a spin both wings are stalled

Question 12

Towered vs non-towered

Answer 12

Towered: report as instructed
Non-towered: report all maneuvers and start and end transmission with airport name

Question 13

Collision avoidance

Answer 13

Always scan outside

Question 14

Required minimum equipement

Answer 14

-airspeed indicator
-tachometer
-oil pressure
-magnetic heading indicator
-altimeter
-temp gage
-oil temperature
-fuel gage
-landing gear position indicator
-anti collision light system
-manifold pressure gage
-elt
-safety belt

Question 15

Transponder requirments

Answer 15

30 nm of DC, mode c veil, class bravo and Charlie

Question 16

Documentation and airworthiness

Answer 16

-pilot license
-gov issued ID
-medical card

Question 17

Parts 1, 61, 91

Answer 17

Part 1: index, abbreviations, definitions
Part 61: how to earn pilots license
Part 91: how to violate pilots license (operating rules)

Question 18

Airmets

Answer 18

Air meteorological events

T:turbulence
Z:icing
S:ifr conditions

Question 19

Sigmets

Answer 19

Significant meteorological events that are potentially hazardous

-thunderstorms producing 3/4 inch or larger hail
-dust storms
-severe turbulence
-severe icing

Question 20

Metars

Answer 20

Meteorological terminal area report

Question 21

Tafs

Answer 21

Terminal area forcast: larger area/longer duration forecast than metars

Question 22

Airport marking colors

Answer 22

Runway = white
Taxiways= yellow

Question 23

Two categories of airspace

Answer 23

Regulatory
Non-regulatory

Question 24

Major components (wings, fuselage, landing gear, ect)

Question 25

Airport pattern

Answer 25

(Departure/upwind) -crosswind -downwind -base -final

Question 26

Aim chpt 2

Question 27

Regulatory airspace types

Answer 27

Class A, B, C, D and E airspace areas, restricted and prohibited areas. A is most restrictive

Question 28

Class A

Answer 28

18,000 feet MSL up to and including FL 600, including the airspace overlying the waters within 12 nautical miles off the coast

Question 29

Class B

Answer 29

airspace from the surface to 10,000 feet MSL surrounding the nation's busiest airports in terms of IFR operations (upside-down wedding cake)

Question 30

Mode c veil

Answer 30

The airspace within 30 nautical miles of an airport listed in Appendix D,

Question 31

Class c

Answer 31

airspace from the surface to 4,000 feet above the airport elevation (charted in MSL) surrounding those airports that have an operational control tower, are serviced by a radar approach control,

Question 32

Class d

Answer 32

surface to 2,500 feet above the airport elevation (charted in MSL) surrounding those airports that have an operational control tower

Question 33

Class e

Answer 33

airspace that is designated to serve a variety of terminal or en route purposes

Question 34

Class g

Answer 34

airspace that has not been designated as Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, or Class E airspac

Question 35

Pattern legs

Answer 35

Crosswind, downwind, base, final

Question 36

Pattern altitude

Answer 36

Propeller-driven aircraft enter the traffic pattern at 1,000 feet above ground level (AGL).

Question 37

Lahso

Answer 37

Land and hold short operations (of a runway or taxiway)

Question 38

Notams

Answer 38

Notices to air missions

Question 39

Vasi

Answer 39

Visual Approach Slope Indicator

Question 40

P-40

Answer 40

Camp david restricted space

Question 41

Alcohol wait time

Answer 41

8 hours

Question 42

Safety- judging other aircraft height

Answer 42

Use the horizon

Question 43

Safety

Answer 43

Keep lights on, keep a clean windshield, cockpit management

Question 44

Sources of weather information

Answer 44

1-800-WX-BRIEF brief (logged) http://www.1800wxbrief.com (liedos)

Question 45

Hazard

Answer 45

condition, object or activity with the potential of injuries or damage

Question 46

Risk

Answer 46

the assessed potential for adverse consequences resulting from a hazard

Question 47

Spin recovery

Answer 47

Power: idle Ailerons: neutral (and flaps up) Rudder: full opposite to the spin and held in that position Elevator: forward Hold these inputs until rotation stops, then: Rudder: neutral Elevator: easy pull to straight and level or a climbing attitude

Question 48

SFRA and P-40 Airspace

Answer 48

Check notams and tfrs

Question 49

Gauges

Answer 49

Airspeed/altimeter don't need electrical. Magnetic heading indicator. Vacuum gauges (labeled)

Question 50

Bernoulli's principle

Answer 50

states that an increase in the speed of a fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in pressure