Test Pilot

GENERAL

1. Why is that sultry time of year between early July and early September referred to as the "dog days of summer?"
2. Why was America's first jetliner referred to as a 707?
3. Who was the first woman to fly solo around the world?
4. Why does the registration number of U.S. aircraft begin with the letter N instead of some other letter (such as a U)?
5. Why did many World War II bombs whistle after being dropped?
6. The term brake horsepower is used in conjunction with reciprocating engines. What is the significance of bhp?
7. When scud running, why is it that a pilot often is deceived into believing that the weather ahead of the airplane usually is better than the weather behind?

MULTIPLE CHOICE

8. Which of the following does not belong?
   1. wind shift
   2. pressure increase
   3. temperature change
   4. precipitation change
9. A pilot is changing heading from north to northwest (in the shortest direction) while performing an inverted turn. To initiate recovery from this turn he should simultaneously move the
   1. right aileron up and apply right rudder.
   2. left aileron up and apply right rudder.
   3. right aileron up and apply left rudder.
   4. left aileron up and apply left rudder.
10. A brave helicopter pilot takes off and climbs vertically as the surface warm front of a warm-front occlusion approaches his ground position. As he climbs, he will first be in the
    1. warm air mass, then the cold air mass, and then the cool air mass.
    2. cool air mass, then the warm air mass, and then the cold air mass.
    3. cold air mass, then the cool air mass, and then the warm air mass.
    4. cool air mass, then the cold air mass, and then the warm air mass.

TRUE OR FALSE

11. If frontogenesis describes the birth of a front, then frontolysis is a term used to describe the dissipation of a front.
12. The minimum legal age for soloing an aircraft in the United States is 14.
13. Using observed indicated airspeed to obtain calibrated airspeed and then correcting the result for temperature and pressure altitude results in true airspeed.
14. A pilot is concerned about the safety of his flight and needs timely but not immediate assistance. This is an emergency and justifies emergency action.

ANSWERS

1. This is when Sirius, the Dog Star, rises and sets with the sun.
2. The Boeing 707 was Boeing's 707 ^th design. Not all designs, however, were built.
3. In 1964, Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock, a housewife from Columbus, Ohio, used a Cessna 180 to complete the 23,103-sm circumnavigation in less than 30 days.
4. When an international convention met in Paris in 1919 to decide upon matters of national registration, the first-ever flight across the Atlantic had just been comple ted by the American NC-4 flying boats. Their worldwide popularity led to the selection of the letter N for U.S.-registered aircraft.
5. The whistle was added and designed to terrify those on the ground.
6. The bhp is the same as shaft horsepower. In aviation, each represents the amount of horsepower delivered by the crankshaft to the propeller.
7. When looking aft, ground objects disappear in the veil of reduced visibility, creating the illusion of worsening visibility. When looking ahead, conditions seem to be improving because forward motion causes progressively more terrain to come into view.
8. d. The other conditions indicate a frontal passage. Dry fronts have little or no precipitation associated with them.
9. a. The airplane must roll clockwise about its longitudinal axis (as viewed from behind). Aileron and rudder inputs are the same as when recovering from an upright left turn.
10. c. In any frontal system, the coldest air is at the bottom and the warmest air is at the top.
11. True. These terms are used in conjunction with warm, cold, and occluded fronts.
12. True. This applies, however, only to balloons and gliders. A student must be 16 years old to solo an airplane or helicopter. There is no minimum age for soloing an ultralight.
13. False. This fails to consider instrument error, which varies betw een individual airplanes of the same make and model.
14. True. Such an urgent condition is defined in the Aeronautical Information Manual as an emergency.