The tailplane of a Seneca has an elevator and a trim tab, what does a Boeing 737 have?
The tailplane of a Seneca has an elevator and a trim tab, what does a Boeing 737 have?
The Boeing 737 has an all moving horizontal stabilizer.
Why are airplanes wary of windshear?
Why are airplanes wary of windshear?
Airplanes can get uncontrollable during windshear.
What sort of weather would you find at an occluded front?
What sort of weather would you find at an occluded front?
Low pressure weather, unstable weather.
What errors does an NDB suffer from?
What errors does an NDB suffer from?
NDB errors:
Interference from other NDB’s
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Static, especially near thunderstorms
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Night effect Coastal refraction
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Mountain effect
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Aircraft quadrantal error
What is an isobar?
What is an isobar?
A line on a meteorologic chart that joins places of equal sea level pressure (QNH).
What are the dangers of flying into thunderstorms?
What are the dangers of flying into thunderstorms?
Dangers of flying into thunderstorms:
Severe wind shear and turbulence (with a risk of structural problems, loss of altitude, loss of airspeed) Severe icing Hail Lightning strikes (with a risk of damage to electrical systems) Radio Communications and Navigation interference from static electricity in thunderstorms
You are at the end of the runway with the static ports blocked. What will be the reading on the altimeter after departure?
You are at the end of the runway with the static ports blocked. What will be the reading on the altimeter after departure?
The elevation at which the airplane departed from the runway.
You are on a flight from Stansted to Amsterdam and just after T/O you are at your cleared level of 2000ft when you have a complete radio failure. What are your actions?
You are on a flight from Stansted to Amsterdam and just after T/O you are at your cleared level of 2000ft when you have a complete radio failure. What are your actions?
First continue on the SID and try all available resources to check if you have a complete radio failure.
If so, squawk 7600 and return towards the airport.
What is an MCP and what is an FMA?
What is an MCP and what is an FMA?
The mode control panel is used to select the autothrottle, autopilot, and flight director operating modes. The flight mode annunciator displays current flight modes.
You are flying at FL350 and the temperature reads -30°C, is the aircraft at its optimum temperature?
You are flying at FL350 and the temperature reads -30°C, is the aircraft at its optimum temperature?
No because it is warmer, according to ISA temperature should be -55°C