Chapter 8

What is the Tracke Error Angle? Given:

Planned track: 197°(T)

Actual heading: 213°(T)

Actual in-flight drif: 12°left

• 16° right

• 4° right

• 4° left

• 12° left

Given the following information for a flight navigated by dead reckoning, what is the track error angle?

Planned track: 065° (T)

Variation: 12° E

Deviation: +5°

Planned heading: 054° (C)

In flight drift: 8°L

• 4°L

• 4°R

• 2°L

• 2°R

An aircraft is flying due South. At 1000 hrs, point P bears 267°(T) from the aircraft. At 1006 hrs, point P bears 275° (T) from the aircraft. If the aircraft has a ground speed of 120kts, estimate the range of the aircraft from point P.

• 100NM

• 90NM

• 85NM

• 103NM

You are approaching Innsbruck, Austria on a glide slope of 3.5°. What height (QFE) should you be at 2nm range?

• 700ft
• 600ft

• 800ft

• 650ft

You are approaching Rota, Spain on runway 28 which has a glide slope of 2.6°. At what height should you be at 4nm range?

• 990ft

• 940ft

• 1040ft

• 1240ft

You are approaching Paris/Charles de Gaulle on a glide slope of 3°. At what height (QFE) should you be at a range of 2nm?

• 600ft
• 500ft

• 650ft

• 700ft

You are approaching Innsbruck, Austria, on a glide slope of 3.5°.

What rate of descent (ROD) is required to maintain the glide slope in if ground speed is 120 kts?

• 600ft/min

• 500ft/min

• 800ft/min

• 700ft/min

You are approaching Rota, Spain on runway 28 which has a glide slope of 2.6°.

What rate of descent (ROD) is required to maintain the glide slope in if ground speed is 180 kts?

• 780ft/min

• 700ft/min

• 630ft/min

• 850ft/min

You are approaching Paris/Charles de Gaulle on a glide slope of 3°.

What rate of descent (ROD) is required to maintain the glide slope if ground speed is 150kt?

• 700ft/min

• 750ft/min

• 600ft/min

• 850ft/min

On the approach to London Heathrow runway 27, glide slope 3°, you reduce speed from 150 kts to 120 kts. What change should you make to your ROD to maintain glideslope?

• Increase by 150ft/min

• Decrease by 300ft/min

• Increase by 300ft/min

• Decrease by 150ft/min