VFR Airport Safety - See And Avoid

What system do pilots and ATC use to identify the location of other aircraft flying nearby?

• Time, location, speed

• Clock, distance, altitude

• Location, orientation, attitude

You’re cruising at 7500 feet. Where would you look if ATC told you, “Traffic, five o’clock, 2 miles, 8000

feet”?

• Straight ahead and down

• Out the left window, toward the front, and up

• Out the right window, behind the wing, and up

What is the best way to scan for traffic?

• . Look straight ahead, relax your eyes, and look for movement

• Look straight ahead and then back and forth from right to left

• Start at the left and move to the right in 10-degree steps

Which aircraft position would be of most concern when observed by another cruising aircraft?

• 12 o'clock, on the horizon, moving in the same direction but at a slower speed.

• 9 o'clock, below the horizon, moving in the opposite direction at a greater speed.

• 3 o'clock, on the horizon, moving in the same direction at a slower speed.

• 12 o'clock, above the horizon, climbing in the opposite direction

Standard traffic patterns improve airport safety by

• bringing all aircraft closer together so that pilots can clearly identify registration numbers.

• putting aircraft in predictable places at predictable times.

• ensuring that each available runway will be used by alternating aircraft.

To avoid conflicts with other aircraft, a pilot should be aware that there is a greater risk when

• a low wing airplane is in a climbing turn toward a high wing airplane.

• a low wing airplane is at a lower altitude than a high wing airplane.

• a high wing airplane is in a climbing turn toward a low wing airplane.

• a high wing airplane is in a descending turn toward a low wing airplane.

Identify the correct statement about aircraft at the same altitude.

• Aircraft appearing on the horizon are at the same altitude.

• Aircraft appearing above the horizon are at the same altitude.

• Aircraft appearing below the horizon are at the same altitude.

• The altitude of aircraft cannot be determined by their relation to the horizon.