Dragon-wings From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3920 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (10 years 12 months 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1570 times:
I misses 2 of them, these are the ones I missed
On a typical IFR flight which frequency would you contact first?
When would you use an SID?
Hurricane From United States of America, joined Feb 2002, 1440 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (10 years 12 months 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1552 times:
Swa tpa From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 1559 posts, RR: 43 Reply 5, posted (10 years 12 months 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1534 times:
7/7!!! A couple of lucky guesses though. Im not sure what SIDS is but I got the right answer somehow.
Tom in NO From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 40 Reply 7, posted (10 years 12 months 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1525 times:
Since when does one "contact" the ATIS?.....Isn't the correct term "monitor" the ATIS. The first freq you "contact" is clearance". I know, I'm picky.
Tom in NO (at MSY)
"The criminal ineptitude makes you furious"-Bruce Springsteen, after seeing firsthand the damage from Hurricane Katrina
Delta737 From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 516 posts, RR: 11 Reply 9, posted (10 years 12 months 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1499 times:
Piece of cake!
How about the average cruise speed of an african swallow?
FredT From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2002, 2184 posts, RR: 26 Reply 10, posted (10 years 12 months 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 1485 times:
Tom,
egg-zactly. I guess you're free to contact ATIS all you like, but you'll only end up stepping on the ATIS broadcast and P-O'ing people busy writing down their WX.
I'd like to throw a bullshit flag on the DME question as well. If you're going to measure a DME, I suggest using a tape measure. It's just a box among other black boxes in a VOR/DME installation.
And even if the question was "what unit is the informatin given by a DME displayed in", it could be nm, km, freaking Ångströms (although that'd be a ridiculously high number) or the length of my... no, not that on second thought, it would give ridiculously small numbers. It's up to whoever made the instrument in the aircraft.
It measures 'distance'. It measures distance by measuring time. So milliseconds would be more correct than nm...
Oh, and a squak code is something they made up. A squawk code on the other hand...
I wouldn't phrase the maximum speed question so broadly either. There's certainly somewhere where 250KIAS/10k does not apply. A 'usually' somewhere would have saved the day.
Nice quiz though. If I find time, I'll try to be constructive and send a Q or two.
Cheers,
Fred
I thought I was doing good trying to avoid those airport hotels... and look at me now.
EGGD From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 12426 posts, RR: 40 Reply 11, posted (10 years 12 months 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 1474 times:
Although I'm more of a photographer than a private pilot in training, I managed to get 7 out of 7, some of them I knew and some I just had a 'hunch' about. SID was departure, and monitoring the ATIS came first....
Funny thing was, there was then a question about ATIS after that and what it is (Automated Terminal information service..?), so surely they could've worded the first correctly..
Regards
Dan
Let's See how you Did...
Number of Questions : 7
Number of Correct Answers : 7
You got 100 Right.
Dazed767 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5447 posts, RR: 53 Reply 14, posted (10 years 12 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1379 times:
FredT From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2002, 2184 posts, RR: 26 Reply 18, posted (10 years 12 months 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1306 times:
SAS-A321,
on a multiple choice on an exam I got way back when, one of the answers basically claimed that the tail rotor on an AH64 is there to "cool the ground crew during the loading of the very heavy missiles used".
Yup, one of those questions some put in (but completely disregard when it comes to grades) to make sure nobody scores a zero.
Cheers,
Fred
I thought I was doing good trying to avoid those airport hotels... and look at me now.
Jmacias34 From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 379 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (10 years 12 months 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1280 times:
7/7 - only one I was unsure of when I answered was the DME question.
Flyingbronco05 From United States of America, joined May 2002, 3838 posts, RR: 3 Reply 21, posted (10 years 12 months 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1242 times:
Missed one, the SIDS one. I have never heard of SIDS. Can someone fill me in?
Wilcharl From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1158 posts, RR: 3 Reply 24, posted (10 years 12 months 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1192 times:
TominNO
that got me too.. how does one go about contacting atis... i dont think the nice recorded voice will reply no matter how lonley one is
25 CMK10: 4/7 and im realyl ashamed of myself i could have done better. DC-10's Forever
33 Pilothica737: I got 7/7.. but I had t guess o the SID one.. what is that ayway Pilothica737
34 NWA: that was SO simple. 7/7. Do you have a harder test for us?
35 Pilothica737: NWA, sorry abouall the nasty coments about Northwest, earlier this year.. I totaly agree with you on the quiz though.... Jacqueline
36 TWAMD-80: That was fun I have to be honest though, I missed one. TW
37 Duff: SID = Standard Instrument Departure Speaks for itself really. It is basically a set route (given to the pilot prior to departure) put in place to assi
38 FredT: For those wondering, a SID is a Standard Instrument Departure. A STAR (Standard Terminal Arrival Route) in reverse sort of, if you are familiar with t
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cant be that hard coz i got full marks. 
It's up to whoever made the instrument in the aircraft.
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