Useful tips for everyday
What is flying speed measured in? knots Airspeed is usually measured (and indicated) in knots (nautical miles per hour) although other units of measurement are…
How often do airlines replace engines? Times typically run between 1,500 and 2,500 hours and there’s usually a calendar factor of about 12 years so…
What are two safety guidelines for an evacuation? Building Evacuation Procedures Safely stop your work. Shut down equipment that could become unstable or present a…
What is flight ATD? What does ATD stand for? Actual Time of Departure is the time when an airplane is actually taking off. The counterpart…
When was the gyroscope invented? 1852 This mechanism was invented in 1852 by physicist Léon Foucault during his studies of the Earth’s rotation. If a…
What VHF channel must you monitor? channel 16 You won’t be using the vast majority of channels on your VHF. However, channel 16 on your…
How do you get RVR? Measurement. Originally RVR was measured by a person, either by viewing the runway lights from the top of a vehicle…
How does helicopter land? In normal powered helicopter flight, air is drawn into the main rotor system from above and exhausted downward, but during autorotation,…
What is steep turn in aircraft? A steep spiral is a gliding turn where the pilot maintains a constant radius around a surface-based reference point…
Is the 737 Max aerodynamically unstable? “The root of the problem is that the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft will remain aerodynamically unstable. It will still…