Test Pilot

MIX 'N MATCH

Match the following Beech aircraft models with their appropriate names:

GENERAL

16. Fill in the blanks: When _____, Class _____ airspace reverts to Class _____. And when _____, it reverts further to Class _____ airspace.
17. Reader Larry Johnston asks: With what kind of deicing equipment was Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan's Curtiss Robin equipped during his famous misadventure across the Atlantic Ocean in 1938?
18. What is the difference between an auxiliary fuel pump and a fuel boost pump?
19. According to FAR Part 91, all aircraft are required to display position lights when flown at night. How are position lights arranged on a balloon?
20. Arrange the following aircraft in the sequence in which they were originally introduced: Beech Bonanza Model 35, Cessna 150, Cessna 172, and Piper Cherokee 140.
21. In terms of the number of aircraft built, what is the world's most popular jetliner?
22. A pilot is leveling off after climbing to cruise altitude. As airspeed increases, he notices that nose-up trim is required to maintain altitude. Assuming that the trim tab is operating normally, what is the most likely cause of the problem?
23. What aerobatic maneuver did Voyager perform during its historic nonstop flight around the world?
24. A vertical fin on the aft lower fuselage of an airplane is called a _____.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

25. Which of the following is most responsible for an airplane's reaction to turbulence?
    1. aspect ratio
    2. power loading
    3. wing loading
    4. wing span
26. A pilot flying an airplane on a magnetic heading of 360 degrees sees a balloon that is tracking 270 degrees ahead and to his right. Both aircraft are at the same altitude. According to regulation, the pilot of the airplane must
    1. climb.
    2. descend.
    3. alter course to the right.
    4. none of the above
27. Balloon fenders were used on
    1. airplanes.
    2. balloons.
    3. dirigibles.
    4. helicopters.

ANSWERS

16. the tower is closed; D; E; weather reporting is unavailable; G
17. The airplane was equipped with an 8-foot-long stick. Corrigan would stick it out the window to scrape ice off the wings as it accumulated during flight.
18. Although the terms are frequently misused and interchanged, an "aux" pump is used for starting, for takeoff, in case of engine-driven pump failure, and to pressurize fuel to the engine pump to prevent vapor lock at altitude. A boost pump is in a fuel tank and provides a head of pressure to the main pump.
19. A balloon is required only to display a single white position light that must be visible from all directions. This is in addition to a single flashing red or white anticollision light.
20. Beech Bonanza (1947), Cessna 172 (1956), Cessna 150 (1959), Piper Cherokee (1964).
21. The Boeing 737, of which more than 3,000 have been built. Until 1987, the Boeing 727 held this distinctive title.
22. The airplane is longitudinally unstable, which most likely is the result of an excessively aft center of gravity.
23. An outside loop of cosmic proportion.
24. It is a ventral fin. Its counterpart, a dorsal fin, is located on the top of a fuselage.
25. (c) Aircraft reaction (acceleration) to a vertical gust decreases as the load carried by each square foot of wing increases.
26. (d) The pilot may continue straight ahead because the two aircraft are in no danger of colliding. Think about it.
27. (a) During World War II, balloon fenders were guard rods that extended from the wing tips to the nose to protect an airplane from entanglement in the cables of barrage balloons.