BUQSOC: AVIATION NAVIGATION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The speed at which the aircraft is moving through the air is the definition for which of the
following? - Answers - Airspeed
The speed at which the aircraft is moving in relation to the Ground? - Answers - Ground
speed (GS)
A Tailwind (TW) increases the aircrafts? - Answers - Ground speed (GS)
Which one of the following is the aircraft direction & speed represented by True Heading
(TH) & True Airspeed (TAS)? - Answers - Air Vector
Which of the following is the aircraft's actual flight path (Track [TRK]) & Ground speed
(GS)? - Answers - Ground Vector
Which of the following is a route measures to the nearest lines of latitude & longitude? -
Answers - True Course (TC)
Which of the following is the definition or Calibrated Airspeed (CAS)? - Answers -
Indicated Airspeed corrected for errors
Which of the following is the definition of distance? - Answers - Measured space
between 2 points & measured in Nautical Miles (NM)
Indicated Airspeed (IAS) is the airspeed head directly from the aircraft airspeed
_________? - Answers - Indicator
TAS is the calibrated airspeed corrected for error due to our density (Temp &
_________?) - Answers - Pressure
A leg is a section or a flight plan between 2 _________? - Answers - checkpoints
True Heading is a true course that has been adjusted for _____________. - Answers -
Wind
What is the FAA requirement for aircraft to carry more fuel for a daytime flight? -
Answers - +30 minutes
Pilotage is navigating solely by reference to __________. - Answers - Landmarks
ANSWERS
The speed at which the aircraft is moving through the air is the definition for which of the
following? - Answers - Airspeed
The speed at which the aircraft is moving in relation to the Ground? - Answers - Ground
speed (GS)
A Tailwind (TW) increases the aircrafts? - Answers - Ground speed (GS)
Which one of the following is the aircraft direction & speed represented by True Heading
(TH) & True Airspeed (TAS)? - Answers - Air Vector
Which of the following is the aircraft's actual flight path (Track [TRK]) & Ground speed
(GS)? - Answers - Ground Vector
Which of the following is a route measures to the nearest lines of latitude & longitude? -
Answers - True Course (TC)
Which of the following is the definition or Calibrated Airspeed (CAS)? - Answers -
Indicated Airspeed corrected for errors
Which of the following is the definition of distance? - Answers - Measured space
between 2 points & measured in Nautical Miles (NM)
Indicated Airspeed (IAS) is the airspeed head directly from the aircraft airspeed
_________? - Answers - Indicator
TAS is the calibrated airspeed corrected for error due to our density (Temp &
_________?) - Answers - Pressure
A leg is a section or a flight plan between 2 _________? - Answers - checkpoints
True Heading is a true course that has been adjusted for _____________. - Answers -
Wind
What is the FAA requirement for aircraft to carry more fuel for a daytime flight? -
Answers - +30 minutes
Pilotage is navigating solely by reference to __________. - Answers - Landmarks
