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ASA Part 1 Instrument Questions and Answers | Latest Update | 2024/2025 | Rated A+ What is the function of a transponder? A. To provide navigational assistance B. To transmit the aircraft's position to air traffic control C. To calculate fuel efficiency D. To maintain altitude B. To transmit the aircraft's position to air traffic control What is the purpose of using a wind correction angle? A. To improve fuel efficiency B. To adjust the aircraft's course for wind C. ...

What are the requirements for an instrument rating? FAR 61.65 - ️️- 50 hrs of PIC cross country flight time; 10 must be in airplanes - 40 hrs of actual or simulated instrument time - 15 hrs of instrument flight training from an authorized instructor in the aircraft category - 3 hrs of instrument training within 60 days from an authorized instructor 250 NM cross country conducted under IFR; including 3 different kinds of approaches When is an instrument rating required? FAR 61.3e, 91.1...

When is an Instrument rating required? - ️️Carring Passengers for hire on xc in excess of 50nm or night In Weather condition less than the minimum for VFR flight In Class A Airspace Under IFR conditions or IFR flight plan Under Special VFR within Class B, C,D and E surface areas .....between sunset and sunrise What are the recency of experience requirements to be PIC of flight under IFR - ️️(61.57) A Flight Review Within 6 calendar months preceding the month of the flight (6-HIT...

IFR Equipment Requirements : G - Generator or alternator R - Radios for navigation and communication A - Attitude Indicator B - Ball/Slip-skid Indicator C - Clock (digital or sweep hand) A - Altimeter (sensitive) R - Rate of Turn Indicator D - Directional Gyro In addition to VFR day and night requirements. What is VDP? : VDP is the point on an approach where if crossed at the indicated altitude will result in red over white on a VASI or two reds and two whites on a PAPI 2 | P a g e...

Describe the privileges of an instrument rating. - ️️Pilot an aircraft under the IFR or at night under the VFR. CASR (61.855) State the recency limitations for the conduct of a circling approach under the IFR. - ️️- Passed the flight test for the rating which included a circling approach in the previous 12 months; or - The most recent IPC included a circling apprach CASR (61.860 (3)) State the recency limitations for the conduct of a flight under the IFR in a type rated aircraft...

In order to act as pilot-in-command of a multi-engine aircraft in an air taxi service a pilot must have completed - Answer- a PPC, ground and flight training initially and in the last year. While operating under air taxi rules may a pilot carry passengers in a single-engine aircraft during IFR or night VFR? - Answer- Only if authorized in the AOC and complies with the Commercial air standards. Flight crew member qualifications for air taxi services are - Answer- a valid CPL or ATPL and pro...

What part of your eye allows you to perceive color? Rods Cones Nerves Cones On a flight from Salina, on the upper portion of the chart, to Hutchinson, on the lower portion, your true course will be approximately 103°. 193°. 283°. 193 Determine the density altitude for these conditions: Altimeter setting: 30.35 Runway temperature: +25°F Airport elevation: 3,894 ft. MSL 2,000 feet MSL 2,900 feet MSL 3,500 feet MSL 200 feet MSL If you have several cruising altitudes selected for a flight, ho...

IFR Flight Time Requirements - ️️a) 50 hours cross country as PIC (at least 10 in airplanes) b) 40 hours Instrument (actual or simulated) c) 15 hours instrument dual training from CFI (in same type) d) 3 hours instrument training within 60 days prior to test e) 250 NM cross-country conducted under IFR with 3 different types of approaches When is Instrument Rating required? - ️️a) On IFR Flight Plan b) In Class A Airspace c) In weather conditions less than VFR d) Under special V...

Air Commerce Act of 1926 - ANSWER- Created a new Aeronautics Branch known as the CAA (the precursor of the FAA) Function of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) - ANSWER- Make safety rules and economic regulation of the airlines Deregulation of the airlines created this airline design - ANSWER- Hub and spoke system What act created the FAA? - ANSWER- Federal Aviation Act (FAA) What act created the TSA? - ANSWER- Transportation Safety Act (TSA) Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 - ANSWER- Cr...

Where may significant international information and data affecting the use of foreign or international airspace, such as temporary changes or permanent changes that have not been published in other permanent sources, be found? - The International Notice to Airmen (IN). Annex 5, Units of Measurement to be Used in Air and Ground Operations, contains: - Standard units of measurement, their applications, and conversion factors. The United States depends on ICAO for which of the following? - Ens...