ASTB: Aviation CERTIFICATION FOR 2024/2025
There are several forces acting on an aircraft in straight-and-level flight. The backward or retarding force produced by air resistance is termed
a. drag.
b. gravity.
c. lift.
d. thrust.
e. weight. - //a. drag
Drag is the resistance ...
There are several forces acting on an aircraft in straight-and-level
flight. The backward or retarding force produced by air resistance
is termed
a. drag.
b. gravity.
c. lift.
d. thrust.
e. weight. - //a. drag
Drag is the resistance created by air particles striking and flowing
around the airplane when it is moving through the air.
If a hard-surfaced runway is numbered 22, the opposite direction
of the same runway would be numbered
a. 4
b. 12
c. 22
d. 26
e. 40 - //a. 4
,Hard-surfaced runways are numbered by their magnetic
headings. Runway 22 means a magnetic heading of 220° when
taking off or landing. The opposite direction of the same runway
would have a magnetic heading of approximately 40° and would
be numbered 4.
The hand signal that directs an airplane to make an emergency
stop is - //Waving hands above head that forms an X back and
forth, Emergency stop
The pilot banks the airplane by using the
a. ailerons.
b. brakes.
c. elevators.
d. flaps.
e. rudder. - //a. ailerons.
Ailerons are used to bank the airplane.
The airplane is controlled around its vertical axis by means of the
a. ailerons.
b. elevators.
c. pilot.
d. rudder.
e. wing flaps. - //d. rudder
, The rudder is used by the pilot to control the direction of yaw
about the airplane's vertical axis.
What was the name of the space vehicle that carried the
American astronauts who first landed on the moon?
a. Apollo 11
b. Aurora 7
c. Gemini 11
d. Faith 7
e. Skylab 1 - //a. Apollo 11
The space vehicle Apollo 11 carried Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E.
Aldrin Jr., and Michael Collins, who landed on the moon in 1969.
If an astronaut weighed 60 kilograms on Earth, his or her weight
on the moon would be
a. more than 60 kilograms.
b. less than 60 kilograms.
c. the same.
d. more or less, depending on location on lunar surface.
e. more or less, depending on the Earth's season. - //b. less than
60 kilograms.
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