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From the Right Seat
Pete Rafle ATP, CFII
To mark the start of a new year, I thought I would present a brief quiz. I hope you will enjoy testing you general aviation knowledge. Good Luck!! (Answers are below...scroll down)
1. The first air cargo flight on record occurred when 5 bolts of blue necktie silk, weighing 60 lbs., were flown from Dayton, OH to Columbus, a distance of 65 miles. It happened in
a. 1918 b.1899 c. 1910 d.1931
2. A route which follows the shortest distance between any two points on the globe is known as a ___________________________.
3. The thin white cirrus clouds seen at very high altitudes are often called ________________________ because that is what they resemble.
4. The shortest route from New York City to Chungking lies directly over the North Pole, an air distance of 7,500 miles. Can you tell how much shorter this is than the surface route across the Pacific?
a. 1500 miles b. 3000 miles c. 10,000 miles d. 6500 miles
5. You are flying at 4,000 feet MSL. The visibility is unlimited. How many miles away is the horizon?
a. 200 b. 83 c.140 d. 35
Now climb to 10,000 ft. The horizon is
a. 26 b. 132 c. 400 d. 70 miles distant?
6. When it is 12 Noon in Washington, D.C., it is 6 pm in Paris. If you depart Washington, in a Lockheed Constellation, at 12 Midnight, and your flight time takes 15 hours, the time in Paris when you arrive will be_______________.
a. 5 pm. b. 3 am c. 9 pm d.12 noon
7. Part 2: Here’s a tougher one in two parts. You and a friend leave New York at
the same hour, you fly to Los Angeles, and he to Paris. If each flight takes 14 hours ( It’s
A Connie!), and your friend lands at 5 pm, Paris time, What time is it in Los Angeles
when you arrive?___________________.
7b. What time did you both leave New York?___________________
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