Aerospace Journey Of Flight Ch 9

Front 1

What are line of longitude?

Back 1

Eighteen primary great circles going north-south

Front 2

What are latitude line?

Back 2

Parallel line having 10 degree spacing between them from the equator to the poles

Front 3

What is the prime meridian?

Back 3

The starting point for lines of longitude or zero degrees. passes from the north pole to the south pole through Greenwich England

Front 4

What is Mercator?

Back 4

a cylindrical projection of a map

Front 5

what is conic projection?

Back 5

It places a cone over the earth and projects the meridian and paralles

Front 6

what is the most ccommonly used aeronautical chart?

Back 6

Sectional chart

Front 7

Who do sectional maps help most?

Back 7

pilots who fly aircraft over short distances

Front 8

What do relief charts describe?

Back 8

elevations

Front 9

How are relief charts depected?

Back 9

by color tints, contour lines and shading

Front 10

Hydrographic features refer to what?

Back 10

water

Front 11

How are streames and lakes depicted on a sectional?

Back 11

in blue

Front 12

On a sectional map how are cities and town featured?

Back 12

in bright yellow

Front 13

On a sectional map how are small towns shown?

Back 13

small back circles

Front 14

What are the three kinds of airports?

Back 14

civilian, military or joint use

Front 15

How is a civilian unpaved airport marked?

Back 15

magenta circle

Front 16

What is marked near the name of the airport?

Back 16

height above sea level and length of runway

Front 17

How is a military airport marked?

Back 17

The same as civilian except and abbreviation for the owning military service

Front 18

What are joint use airports?

Back 18

Where civilian and military share runways?

Front 19

How are joint use airports marked?

Back 19

With its name with both civilian and military listing

Front 20

What is subject to control by faa air traffic controllers?

Back 20

Controlled airspace

Front 21

What is the largest area of controlled airspace called?

Back 21

The continental control area

Front 22

Control areas are around what?

Back 22

most airports

Front 23

What are airways?

Back 23

three-dimensional highways in the sky

Front 24

What is special use airspace?

Back 24

prohibited and restricted airspace

Front 25

What is a true course line?

Back 25

a line or series of lines that the navigator indicataes the airplane will follow

Front 26

What is magnetic courses?

Back 26

Magnetic north is different from true north because the magnetic north and south poles are not the same a the geographic north and south poles

Front 27

When does compass deviation occur?

Back 27

Once the compass is mounted in a plane. It must be adjusted because of electrical power and metals in the aircraft

Front 28

what is a altimeter?

Back 28

The only non-electronic means the pilot has of determining the distance over the service

Front 29

what is true airspeed vs. ground speed?

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airspeed tells the pilot how fast the airplane is flying through the air. Ground speed is a measure of how fast your aircraft is going across the surface of the earth

Front 30

What does wind do?

Back 30

effect of wind on an airplane can either increase or decrease the ground speed depending on whether the plane is flying with or against the wind

Front 31

What is a wind triangle?

Back 31

a tool pilots use to figure out where the wind drift will cause the aircraft to fly over the ground.

Front 32

What does pilotage mean?

Back 32

navigating by reference to visible landmarks

Front 33

What does Dead Reckoning involve?

Back 33

the systematic consideration of all factors that will and could affect the flight

Front 34

What is the aircraft radio used for?

Back 34

an aid to navigation because it is the pilot's communication's link with faa personal

Front 35

What does VOR stand for?

Back 35

Very High Frequency Omnidirectional radio Range

Front 36

What is the VOR?

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is the second half of the aircraft radio.

Front 37

What must the VOR be tuned to?

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the broadcast frequency of the Vor radio station just like the aircraft radio

Front 38

What does ADF stand for?

Back 38

Automatic Directional Finder

Front 39

What is the ADF? i

Back 39

is another type of radio receiver that is used to determine direction, but it does not provide as much information as the VOR

Front 40

What does DME stand for?

Back 40

Distance measuring equipment

Front 41

What does the DME do?

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sends a signal and measures the time it takes to go from the aircraft to the VORTAC and return.

Front 42

Radar works on the principle of what?

Back 42

of reflected radio energy.

Front 43

What do weather radars show?

Back 43

areas of precipitation and storms

Front 44

What does the VOR system do?

Back 44

The total system includes the airplane receivers and the ground stations working together to help the pilot navigate.

Front 45

what does LORAN stand for?

Back 45

Long-range navigation

Front 46

What is LORAN?

Back 46

It is a complete navigation system that is used by large cargo ships and many small, privately owned sea craft. It is also used by aircraft as a means of navigation.

Front 47

What is GPS?

Back 47

Consists of roughly24 satellites in orbit around the Earth, several ground tracking stations and a receiver in the aircraft.

Front 48

What does GPS stand for?

Back 48

Global positioning system

Front 49

What does PPS stand for?

Back 49

Precise positioning system

Front 50

What is PPS?

Back 50

is the military's encoded signal

Front 51

What is SPS?

Back 51

is the civilian public's signal

Front 52

What does SPS stand for?

Back 52

Standard positioning system

Front 53

What is inertial navigation?

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is a self contained unit located withing the aircraft that needs only to be programmed for the starting point and a destination

Front 54

What does RNAV stand for?

Back 54

Area Navigation system

Front 55

What is RNAV?

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is a computer controlled navigation system that allows pilots to fly directly from the airport of origin to the destination airport without passing over a single VOR station

Front 56

What does ILS stand for?

Back 56

Instrument Landing System

Front 57

What is ILS?

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is used only within a short distance from the airport and only when the purpose is to land the airplane

Front 58

What does MLS stand for?

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In Europe, this system is replacing the ILS It is more efficient than the ILS

Front 59

Differential GPS landing systems can what?

Back 59

be molded to the community's need and still satisfy the aviator.

Front 60

On a map, parallel lines are called line of what?

Back 60

latitude

Front 61

The prime meridian passes from the north pole to the south pole thourgh where?

Back 61

Greenwich, england

Front 62

What is the term to discribe elevations on maps?

Back 62

relief

Front 63

On a map, the largest area of controlled airspace is called the _____ control area?

Back 63

continental

Front 64

Which of the following is a tool used by a pilot to determine where wind drift will cause the airacraft to fly over the ground?

Back 64

wind triangle

Front 65

Which of the following is a technique of navigation that involves the systematic consideration of all factors that iwll and could affect a flight?

Back 65

dead recodoning

Front 66

t/f LORAN is an acronym for long range navigation

Back 66

true

Front 67

t/f The Global Positioning system GPS consists of one major satellite in orbit around the earth and several ground tracking stations?

Back 67

False

Front 68

The Standard Positioning System SPS is the military's encoded signal and accuracy is controlled by a program called selective assignment? t/f

Back 68

false

Front 69

The instrument landing system ILS is used only within a short distance of the airport, but is used for both takeoff and landings? t/f

Back 69

false