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Questions for REVISION QUESTION 1

Answer the following questions

1. Convert 70 metres/sec into knots.
2. On the Boeing 737-400 EFIS EHSI, on which modes is a Weather Radar Display available?
3. Pressure Altitude is 27,000 feet, OAT = -35°C, Mach No = 0.45, W/V = 270/85, Track = 200°T. What is drift and groundspeed?
4. Civil Twilight occurs between
5. Given: A polar stereographic chart whose grid is aligned with the zero meridian. Grid track 344° , Longitude 115° 00’W, calculate the true course? (Assume N Hemisphere)
6. How many nautical miles are travelled in 1 minute 45 seconds at a groundspeed of 135 knots?
7. At 65 nm from a VOR you commence a descent from FL330 in order to arrive over the VOR at FL 100. Your mean groundspeed in the descent is 240 knots. What rate of descent is required?
8. On a Transverse Mercator chart, scale is exactly correct along the?
9. Your radial from the SHA VOR (5243N 00853W) is 120° M. From the CRK VOR (5151N 00830W), the radial is 033° M. What is your position? - (use E(LO)1)
10. What is the radial and DME distance from CRK VOR (5151N 00830W) to position 5220N 00910W?
11. Given: True Track = 352 Variation = 11W Deviation = - 5 Drift = 10 R What is Heading (C)?
12. What is the formula for Conversion Angle?
13. A pilot accidently turns OFF the INS in flight, and then turns it back ON a few moments later. Following this incident
14. Which of the following indicates an advisory airspace (ADA) boundary?
15. G/S = 240 knots, Distance to go = 500 nm. What is time to go?
16. At the magnetic equator
17. An aircraft departs Guam ( 13N 145E) at 2300 Standard Time on 30th April local date. Flight Time to Los Angeles, California, USA (34N 118W) is 11 hours 15 minutes. What is the California Standard Time and local date of arrival? Assume Summer Time is being kept.
18. An aircraft equipped with an Inertial Navigation system (INS) flies with INS 1 coupled with autopilot 1. Both inertial navigation systems are navigating from waypoint A to B. The inertial systems’ CDU s show: XTK on INS 1 = 0 XTK on INS 2 = 8L From this information it can be deduced that
19. On a Direct Mercator chart, a rhumb line appears as a
20. What is the definition of magnetic variation?
21. An aircraft at position 2700N 17000W travels 3000 km on a track of 180°T, then 3000 km on a track of 090°T, then 3000 km on a track of 000°T, then 3000 km on a track of 270°T. What is its final position?
22. The heading is 299°G. Magnetic variation is 90°W and chart convergence is 55°W. What is magnetic heading?
23. An aircraft has a TAS of 300 knots and a safe endurance of 10 hours. If the wind component on the outbound leg is 50 knots head, what is the distance to the point of safe endurance?
24. In which IRS mode does gyro-compassing take place?
25. What is the radial and DME distance from SHA VOR (5243N 00853W) to Birr airport (5304N 00755W)?
26. Course 040°T, TAS 120 kn, Wind speed = 30 knots. From which direction will the wind give the greatest drift?
27. On a triple-fit IRS system, present positions on the CDU
28. The FMC can calculate: 1) Fuel necessary to divert round bad weather. 2) Fuel required for a missed approach, climb to altitude and fuel required to alternate. The correct combination is
29. What is the meaning of the term ‘standard time’?
30. What is the weight in kilogrammes of 380 US Gallons at a Specific Gravity of 0.78?
31. When and where are IRS positions updated?during all phases of flight
32. What rate of descent is required to maintain a 3.5° glideslope at a groundspeed of 150 knots?
33. Given: Runway direction 083°(M), Surface W/V 035/35kt. Calculate the effective headwind component.
34. An aircraft’s compass must be swung
35. The agonic line
36. On the Polar Stereographic projection, a Great Circle appears as
37. (For this question use Annex C) Complete line 5 of the ‘FLIGHT NAVIGATION LOG’, position ‘J’ to ‘K’. What is the HDG°(M) and ETA?
38. In a ring laser gyro, the purpose of the dither motor is to:Enhance the accuracy of the gyro at all rotational rates
39. What is the chart convergence factor on a polar stereographic chart?
40. Why are the detector units of slaved gyro compasses usually located in the aircraft wingtips?
41. Position A is at 70S 030W, position B is 70S 060E. What is the Great Circle track of B from A, measured at A?
42. You leave A to fly to B, 475 nm away, at 1000 hours. Your ETA at B is 1130. At 1040, you are 190 nm from A. What groundspeed is required to arrive on time at B?
43. On a Polar Stereographic map, a straight line is drawn from position A (70N 102W) to position B (80N 006E). The point of highest latitude along this line occurs at longitude 035 W. What is the initial straight-line track angle from A to B, measured at A?

 


 

44. What is a line of equal magnetic variation?
45. You enter the start position of an INS from a ramp at 7019.2N 13946.3W but you incorrectly enter 13946.3E instead of W. You fly to 7019.2N 180E/W without updating the INS in flight. What longitude is indicated on your INS present position display?
46. TAS = 240 knots. Track is 180°T. The relative bearing from an NDB is 315R at 1410. At 1420 the bearing has changed to 270R. What is your distance from the NDB at 1420?
47. Convergency on a Transverse Mercator chart is correct at
48. The principle of ‘Schuler Tuning’, as applicable to INS / IRS systems, is applicable to
49. In an Inertial Navigation System (INS), Ground Speed (GS) is calculated:by integrating gyro precession in N/S and E/W directions respectively
50. What is the diameter of the Earth?