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AFOQT Aviation – Qs And As
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AFOQT Aviation – Qs And AsFour Areodynamic forces acting on an airplane are? ✔ Ans - Drag, Lift, Thrust, Weight
An airplane wing is designed to produce lift resulting from relatively: ✔ Ans - Positive below the wing/Negative above the wing
Forces acting on a plane in a steady flight condition? ✔ Ans - Lift equals
weight and thrust equals drag
A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the surface is a signal that the pilot is: ✔ Ans - Cleared to taxi
Steady red light from the tower means? ✔ Ans - Keep circling
Flashing red light means? ✔ Ans - Unsafe to land
The propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other side to: ✔ Ans - Produce thrust
When in the Down position position wingflaps provide? ✔ Ans - Increase drag and lift
What makes an airplane turn? ✔ Ans - Horizontal component of lift
What is one advantage of an airplane said to be inherently stable? ✔ Ans - The Airplane will require less effort to control.
If the elevator trim tabs on a plane are lowered, the plane will tend to? ✔ Ans - Nose up
The pilot always advances the throttle during a: ✔ Ans - Climb
The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the? ✔ Ans - Ineffectivness of the airlerons and elevator It is ordinarily desirable to provide an unusually long flight strip at municipal airports for the takeoff of? ✔ Ans - Heavily loaded ships in the air
The small hinged section on the elevator of the most airplanes is known as the: ✔ Ans - Trim Tab
At night, airport taxiways are identified by omnidirectional edge lights that are? ✔ Ans - Blue
If the ammeter in an aircraft shows a negative value this means: ✔ Ans - Output from the alternator or generator output is inadequate
The thrust of a turbojet is developed by compressing air in the inlet and compressor, mixing the air with fuel and burning it in the combustor and... ✔ Ans - Expanding the gas stream through the turbine and nozzle
A ramjet engine consists of? ✔ Ans - Inlet, combustion zone and a nozzle
For a fixed wing aircraft, lift is generated _____ to the direction of flight. ✔ Ans - Perpendicular
The angle formed by the chord of an airfoil or wing and the direction of the relative wind is known as the: ✔ Ans - Angle of attack
Pilot tubes furnish data to an instrument that is used by aircraft pilots in about the same way that a ________ is used by and automobile driver. ✔ Ans - Speedometer
The part of the aircraft that holds the cargo, fuel and passengers- as well as providing a base for the other aircraft parts- is known as the: ✔ Ans - Fuselage
On a conventional aircraft the ____ controls pitch and ____ controls Yaw. ✔ Ans - Horizontal stabilizers and Vertical Stabilizers
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