Sample

The era of aviation began with which type of craft?

• Jet

• Hot Air Balloon

• Single-Engine Plane

Answer explanation

In 1783, the French Montgolfier brothers launched a hot air balloon and flew just over a mile. The era of human aviation had begun.

First and oldest commercial airline in Asia

• Japan Airlines

• Thai Airways

• Qatar Airways

• Philippine Airlines

Answer explanation

Philippine Airlines (PAL), known as Philippine Air Lines until 1970, is the flag carrier of the Philippines. Headquartered at the PNB Financial Center in Pasay, the airline was founded in 1941 and is the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia.

What is the primary purpose of "air traffic control"?

• to tell pilots how the control stick works

• to make sure planes don’t get lost over the ocean

• to keep planes away from each other

Answer explanation

Air traffic control’s primary purpose is to keep pilots and their planes away from one another. Otherwise, you know ... boom.

How do pilots know how fast they are traveling?

• Calculator

• Airspeed indicator

• Tachometer

Answer explanation

Pilots rely on airspeed indicators to understand how fast the plane is moving. The device may register speed in knots or MPH.

What’s a defining trait of a biplane?

• Two sets of wheels

• Two pilots

• Two sets of wings

Answer explanation

Biplanes are planes with two sets of wings. They are unmistakable as they soar through skies filled mostly with planes that have just one set of wings.

True or false, were the Wright Brothers the first ever to put a heavier-than-air, controlled aircraft into the skies?

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Several other inventors created variants of aircraft into flight before the Wright brothers. But thanks to their 1903 efforts, Orville and Wilbur really were the first to put a heaver-than-air, controlled plane into action.

Where would you find a "control tower"?

• in a plane cockpit

• at an airport

• on the back of a jet

Answer explanation

Control towers are the tall towers at airstrips across the world. There, air traffic controllers can better see the planes that they help guide in and out of the airport.

What is "general aviation"?

• all unscheduled, civil flight

• planes that carry generals to war

• commercial flights

Answer explanation

General aviation is an overarching term referring to all unscheduled, civil flights. It can refer to pilots out joyriding, hang gliders zooming from clifftops, or non-airline commercial air traffic.

“Airfoil" refers to which aspect of an aircraft?

• the brakes

• the electrical system

• the wings

Answer explanation

The airfoil refers to the shape of the plane’s wings. As airfoils move through air (or any other fluid), they begin generating the forces necessary for flight.

Which force helps planes fly?

• lift

• inertia

• friction

• magic

Answer explanation

As airfoils move through a fluid, like air, they generate a force called lift. Lift helps planes get off the ground.