- While airborne, the pedals control the
Your answer:
wheels.
throttle.
rudder.
Nothing. They only work while on the ground.
- Turning the yoke left or right while the plane is in flight causes the plane to
Your answer:
roll.
yaw.
stall.
pitch.
- Supersonic flight occurs when a plane exceeds
Your answer:
800 miles per hour (mph).
1000 miles per hour (mph).
441 miles per hour (mph).
760 miles per hour (mph).
- Pulling back on the yoke to slow the plane down so it can settle onto the runway is called
Your answer:
flaring.
coordination.
alignment.
rotation.
- The propeller and engine on the C182RG provide
Your answer:
thrust.
drag.
weight.
lift.
- What gauge indicates how high a plane is?
Your answer:
Directional gyro
Airspeed indicator
Altimeter
Throttle
- Which instrument is important to use when the horizon vanishes from sight?
Your answer:
Altimeter
All of the above
Directional gyro
Attitude indicator
- If coordinated flight is observed in a left turn, the ball of the turn coordinator will be
Your answer:
left.
center.
right.
up.
- The commercial aircraft built by the French and British governments and capable of supersonic flight is the
Your answer:
Concorde.
Cessna 182RG.
747.
Cecord.
- A coordinated turn occurs when the plane turns and at the same time.
Your answer:
banks
climbs
stalls
descends
- The actual speed registered on the altimeter is the
Your answer:
true airspeed.
indicated airspeed.
real airspeed.
None of the above
- What is the term for a plane moving on the ground?
Your answer:
Revving
Hangar rash
Taxiing
Crabbing
- The process of correcting a stall is called
Your answer:
uncoordinated turn.
coordinated turn.
recovery.
descent.
- On final approach, you should use
Your answer:
large control movements.
the brakes.
a lot of power.
small control and power movements.
- Pulling or pushing the yoke while the plane is in flight causes the plane to
Your answer:
pitch.
stall.
roll.
yaw.
- The force that is influenced by gravity is called
Your answer:
weight.
thrust.
drag.
rotation.
- The attitude indicator shows the nose up/down position from the horizon. This axis is called
Your answer:
roll.
yaw.
pitch.
stall.
- You cause rotation by
Your answer:
pressing the left rudder pedals.
pressing the right rudder pedals.
pulling back on the yoke.
pressing the toe brakes.
- The heading indicator has similar characteristics to the
Your answer:
compass.
vertical speed indicator.
artificial horizon.
altimeter.
- The Wright Brothers first successful flight took place in
Your answer:
1903.
1905.
1920.
1892.