AERT3200 Midterm Review

During preflight preparation, weather report forecasts which are not routinely available through Flight Service can best be obtained by means of contacting the

• pilot's automatic telephone answering service

• air route traffic control center

• weather forecast office (WFO)

The minimum flight visibility for VFR flight increases to 5 statute miles beginning at an altitude of

• 14,500 feet MSL

• 10,000 feet MSL if above 1,200 feet AGL

• 10,000 feet MSL regardless of height above ground

Which maximum range factor decreases as weight decreases

• Altitude

• Airspeed

• Angle of attack

Your VFR flight will be conducted above 10,000 feet MSL in class E airspace. What is the minimum flight visibility

• 3 SM

• 5 SM

• 1 SM

What wind conditions would you anticipate when squalls are reported at your destination

• Rapid variations in wind speed of 15 knots or more between peaks and lulls.

• Peak gusts of at least 35 knots combined with a change in wind direction of 30 degrees or more.

• Sudden increase in wind speed of at least 16 knots to a sustained 22 knots or more for at least 1 minute.

From which measurement of the atmosphere can stability be determined

• Atmospheric pressure

• The ambient lapse rate

• The dry adiabatic lapse rate

Dashed lines on a surface analysis chart, if depicted, indicate that the pressure gradient is

• weak

• strong

• unstable

Both lift and drag would be increased when which of these devices are extended

• flaps

• spoilers

• slats

During a takeoff made behind a departing large jet airplane, the pilot can minimize the hazard of wingtip vortices by

• being airborne prior to reaching the jet's flightpath until able to turn clear of its wake

• maintaining extra speed on takeoff and climb out

• extending the takeoff roll and not rotating until well beyond the jet's rotation point

For takeoff, the blade angle of a controllable-pitch propeller should be set at a

• small angle of attack and high RPM

• large angle of attack and low RPM

• large angle of attack and high RPM