ATSC 113 Flying Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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2024/2025
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2024/2025
ATSC 113 Flying Exam Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Flying module A
VFR - Answer-Visual Flight Rules. You need good visibility and need to stay out of the clouds
VMC - Answer-Visual Meteorological Conditions. Is the name given to weather that is good
enough for you to fly VFR.
IFR - Answ...
static stability - Answer✔✔-simplest type of stability because it only depends on the
temperature layering in the atmosphere, not the wind
statically stable - Answer✔✔-warm air over cool air= static stability
statically unstable - Answer✔✔-cool air over warm air (and the atmosphere turns over) =
statically unstable
rawinsondes - Answer✔✔-weather balloons
front - Answer✔✔-boundary between warmer and cooler air
cold front - Answer✔✔-cold air advances toward warm air and pushes it up and out of the way.
warm front - Answer✔✔-cold air retreats
stationary front - Answer✔✔-boundry doesnt move much
occluded front - Answer✔✔-cold front catches up to merge with a warm front (fronts often
rotate around a low pressure center)
cumuliform clouds - Answer✔✔-found for thunderstorms at cold fronts
stratiform clouds - Answer✔✔-are often found at warm fronts
dry line - Answer✔✔-the boundary between dry and humid air of virtually the same
temperature
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