Salty's Av-Quiz No. 2
IMC Final to Port Arthur
by Garen Evans
A normal evening in the cockpit is not all so normal when the fog rolls in from the coast. On vectors to the VOR approach to runway 12 can you figure out where you are by looking at the instruments alone?
What is the indicated airspeed?
A. 125 knots
B. 140 knots
C. Don Knots
D. 160 knots
What is your attitude?
A. Banking left
B. Banking right
C. Level flight
D. Upside down
What is your altitude at this very moment?
A. 250 feet
B. 12150 feet
C. 3150 feet
D. 2150 feet
How far are you from BPT?
A. 160 knots
B. 3.6 nm
C. Too far to tell
D. 6.3 nm
What is the altimeter setting?
A. 30.21
B. 30.12
C. There is no altimeter
D. 118
What is your vertical speed?
A. 9500 fpm
B. 8500 fpm
C. 950 fpm
D. 850 fpm
Where are you in the traffic pattern?
A. Entering right downwind
B. On final
C. Entering left base
D. Entering right base
What is VASI?
A. Vertical Airway Sequencing Indicator
B. View All Stations Interval
C. Very Ample Stewardess Indicator
D. Visual Approach Slope Indicator
What is a crosswind leg?
A. A flight parallel to the landing runway in the direction of landing.
B. A flight path at right angles to the landing runway off its upwind end.
C. A flight to Kerrville for lunch with your girlfriend.
D. A flight where traffic is interrupted by the wind
You've just received instructions that a 737 is on short final and to extend the downwind leg -what is your new heading?
