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An aircraft is flying around the Earth eastwards along the 60N parallel of latitude

at a ground speed of 360 knots. At what ground speed would another aircraft have to fly eastwards along the Equator to fly once round the Earth in the same journey time?

Pressure Altitude is 28 000 feet, OAT = -45°C, Mach No = 0.46, W/V = 270/85, Track = 200°T. What is the drift and groundspeed?

What is the highest latitude listed below at which the Sun will rise above the horizon and set every day?

Heading is 156°(T), TAS is 320 knots, W/V is 130/45 and the Variation is 10°W. What is your magnetic track?

On a Lambert chart, the convergence factor is .78585. What is the parallel of tangency?

What is the duration of civil twilight?

At what times of the year does the length of the hours of daylight change most rapidly?

G/S = 240 knots, Distance go = 530 NM. What is time to go?

How many nautical miles are travelled in 1 minute 45 seconds at a ground speed of 135 knots?

Given:

Airport elevation is 1000 feet.

QNH is 988 hPa

What is the approximate airport pressure altitude?

Civil Twilight occurs between:

Given:

Magnetic heading 311°

Drift is 10° left

Relative bearing of NDB 270. What is the magnetic bearing of the NDB measured from the aircraft?

Isogonal lines converge as follows:

The agonic line:

At 0422 you are 185 NM from a VOR at FL370. You need to descend at a mean

descent rate of 1800’/min to be at FL80 overhead the VOR. Your ground speed in

the level cruise is currently 320 knots. In the descent your mean G/S will be 232 knots. What is the latest time to commence descent?

Please refer to Appendix A.

What is the chart symbol for a lightship?

What is the reason for seasonal changes in climate?

What is the definition of magnetic variation?

You fly from 49N to 58N along the 180 E/W meridian. What is the distance in kilometres?

Fuel flow per hr is 22 US.gal, total fuel on board is 83 imp.gal. What is the endurance?

On a Lambert’s chart the constant of the cone is 0.80. A is at 53N 04W. You plan

to fly to B. The initial Lambert’s chart straight-line track is 070(T) and the rhumb line track from A to B is 080(T). What is the longitude of B?

An aircraft is at FL140 with an IAS of 210 and a true OAT of -5°(C). The wind

component is -35 knots. When the aircraft is at 150 NM from a reporting point,

ATC request the crew to lose 5 minutes by the time they get to the beacon. How much do they need to reduce IAS?

Your pressure altitude is FL55, the QNH is 998, and the SAT is +30°(C). What is density altitude?

The value of variation

A compass swing is performed in order to correct for:

On which chart projection is it not possible to show the North Pole?

The chart that is generally used for navigation in polar areas is based on a:

You are on an ILS 3-degree glide slope which passes over the runway threshold at

50 feet. Your DME range is 25 NM from the threshold. What is your height above

the runway threshold elevation? (Use the 1 in 60 rule and 6000 feet = 1 nautical mile)

The angle between the true great circle track and the true rhumb line track joining

the following points: A (60S 165W) and B (60S 177E) at the place of departure A?

An aircraft at FL370 is required to commence descent at 120 NM from a VOR and to

cross the facility at FL130. If the mean GS for the descent is 288 kt, the minimum rate of descent required is:

What is the weight in kilograms of 380 US Gallons at a Specific Gravity of 0.78?

Grivation is the combination of

A useful method of a pilot resolving, on a visual flight, any uncertainty in the aircraft’s position is to maintain visual contact with the ground and:

An aircraft homing to a VOR/DME loses 2500 feet in 11.1 NM change of DME range.

What is the gradient of the slope?

Given: Track 198°, Heading 184°, TAS 427 kt and GS 453kt, what are the W/V and Drift Angle?

A Lambert’s Conical conformal char

The pressure alt is 29 000 feet and the SAT is -55°(C). What is density altitude?

Given: Aircraft height = 2500 feet, ILS GP angle = 3°, at what approximate distance from the threshold can you expect to intercept the glide-path?

An aircraft departs a point 0400N 17000W and flies 240 NM South, followed by 240 NM East, then 240 NM North, then 240 NM West. What is its final position?

At what latitude does the maximum difference between geodetic and geocentric latitude occur?

On a chart, 90.74 km is represented by 7.0 centimetres. What is the scale?

By what amount must you change your rate of descent given a 10 knot decrease in headwind on a 3° glide slope?

5 hours 20 minutes and 20 seconds time difference is equivalent to which change of longitude?

On a particular direct Mercator wall chart, ‘the full length of the parallel of latitude at 53N is 133 cm long. What is the scale of the chart at 30S?

You are flying 090°(C) heading. Deviation is 2W and Variation is 12E. Your TAS is 160 knots. You are flying the 070 radial outbound from a VOR and you have gone 14 NM in 6 minutes. What is the W/V?

What is the highest latitude on the Earth at which the Sun can be vertically overhead?

Required course 045°(T), W/V = 190 /30, FL = 55 @ ISA, Variation = 15°W. CAS = 120 knots. What is mag heading and G/S?

What rate of descent is required to maintain a 3.5° glide slope at a ground speed of 150 knots?

Position A is at 70S 030W, position B is 70S 060E. What is the great circle track of B from A, measured at A?

Isogonals are lines of equal:

The value of magnetic variation on a chart changes with time. This is due to

On a 5% glide slope your groundspeed is 150 kt. What should be your rate of descent to maintain the glide slope?

On a particular take-off, you can accept up to 10 knots tailwind. The runway QDM

is 047, the variation is 17°E and the ATIS gives the wind direction as 210. What is the maximum wind strength you can accept?

At the magnetic equator

In which months is the difference between apparent noon and mean noon the greatest?

What is a line of equal grivation?

An aircraft leaves at 0900UTC on a 250 NM journey with a planned ground speed

of 115 knots. After 74 NM the aircraft is 1.5 minutes behind the planned schedule. What is the revised ETA at the destination?

Which of these is a correct statement about the Earth’s magnetic field?

An aircraft at position 0000N/S 16327W flies a track of 225°(T) for 70 NM. What is its new position?

An aircraft flies a great circle track from 56°N 070°W to 62°N 110°E. The total distance travelled is:

You are heading 345°(M), the variation is 20°E, and you take a radar bearing of 30° left of the nose from an island. What bearing do you plot from the island?

The sensitivity of a direct reading magnetic compass is:

The angle between the plane of the Equator and the plane of the Ecliptic is:

In which month does aphelion occur?

Given:

IAS 120 kt

FL80

OAT +20°(C)

What is the TAS?

An aircraft at position 60°N 005°W tracks 090°(T) for 315 km. On completion of the flight the longitude will be:

On the Polar Stereographic projection, a great circle appears as:

Given: Position A is 60N 020W, Position B is 60N 021W, and Position C is 59N 020W, what are, respectively, the distances from A to B and from A to C?

What is the maximum possible value of Dip Angle at either Pole?

At 1000 hours an aircraft is on the 310 radial from a VOR/DME, at 40 nautical miles

range. At 1015 the radial and range are 040/40 NM. What is the aircraft’s track and ground speed?

Lines of latitude on a chart are always

The orbit of the Earth round the Sun is elliptical. An ellipse has 2 foci. Which of the following is a correct statement?

Given that the value of ellipticity of the Earth is 1/297 and that the semi-major axis

of the Earth, measured at the axis of the Equator is 6378.4 km, what is the semi- minor axis of the Earth measured at the axis of the Poles?

Given: Runway direction 083°(M), Surface W/V 035/35 kt. Calculate the effective crosswind component.

What is the dip angle at the North Magnetic Pole?

Convert 80 metres/sec into knots.

Given: True course 300°

Drift 8°R

Variation 10°W

Deviation -4°

Calculate the compass heading.

During a low level flight 2 parallel roads are crossed at right angles by an aircraft. The time between these roads can be used to check the aircraft:

The angle between True North and Magnetic North is known as:

An aircraft flies 100 stat.m in 20 minutes. How long does it take to fly 215 NM?

Position A is 55N 30W. Position B is 54N 20W. The great circle track from A to B, measured at A, is 100°(T). What is the rhumb line bearing from A to B?

An aircraft’s compass must be swung:

Where is a compass most effective?

An aircraft is flying at FL200, the OAT is 0°C. When the actual air pressure on an

airfield at MSL is placed on the subscale of the altimeter the indicated altitude is 19 300 ft. What is the aircraft’s True Altitude?

Given: FL350, Mach 0.80, OAT -55°(C), calculate values for TAS and LSS

‘ISA Dev = +30°C, Pressure alt = 5000 feet. What is true alt?

Please refer to Appendix A. What does symbol 9 represent?

At 65 NM from a VOR you commence a descent from FL330 in order to arrive over the VOR at FL80. Your mean ground speed in the descent is 240 knots. What rate of descent is required?

An aircraft at position 2700N 17000W travels 3000 km on a track of 180°(T), then

3000 km on a track of 090°(T), then 3000 km on a track of 000°(T), then 3000 km on a track of 270°(T). What is its final position?

On a chart, meridians at 45N are shown every 10 degrees apart. This is shown on the chart by a distance of 14 cm. What is the scale?

Given: For take-off an aircraft requires a headwind component of at least 10 kt

and has a cross-wind limit of 35 kt. The angle between the wind direction and the runway is 45°. Calculate the maximum and minimum allowable wind speeds.

The scale on a Lambert’s conformal conic chart

A Lambert conformal conic chart has a constant of the cone of 0.80.

A straight line course drawn on this chart from A (53°N 004°W) to B is 080° at A; course at B is 092°. What is the longitude of B?

The main reason that day and night, throughout the year, have different durations is due to the:

An island is observed to be 15°(T)o the left.

The aircraft heading is 120°(M), variation 17°(W).

The bearing (°T) from the aircraft to the island is:

You are heading 080°(T) when you get a range and bearing fix from your AWR on a headland at 185 NM 30° left of the nose. What true bearing do you plot on the chart?

What is the meaning of the term ‘standard time’?

Given: Runway direction 083°(M), Surface W/V 045/35 kt. Calculate the effective headwind component.

If variation is East, then

What is the formula for conversion angle?

You are homing to overhead a VORTAC and will descend from 7500 QNH to be

1000 AMSL by 6 NM DME. Your ground speed is 156 knots and the ROD will be 1000 feet/min. At what range from the VORTAC do you commence the descent?

On a direct Mercator chart, a rhumb line appears as a

An aircraft is at 10°N and is flying North at 444 km/hour. After 3 hours the latitude is

What is the chart convergence factor on a Polar Stereographic chart?

Given:

TAS = 485 kt, OAT = ISA +10°C, FL410. Calculate the Mach Number.

How do rhumb lines (with the exception of meridians) appear on a Polar Stereographic chart?

What is the rhumb line track from A (4500N 01000W) to B (4830N 00500W)?

You leave A to fly to B, 475 NM away, at 1000 hours. Your ETA at B is 1130. At

1040, you are 190 NM from A. What ground speed is required to arrive on time at B?

An aircraft at position 8500N 02000E flies a rhumb line track of 075°(T). What will be its path over the Earth?

The distance between two waypoints is 200 NM.

To calculate compass heading the pilot used 2°E magnetic variation instead of 2°W.

Assuming that the forecast W/V applied, what will the off track distance be at the second waypoint?

Ground speed is 540 knots. 72 NM to go. What is time to go?

Your position is 5833N 17400W. You fly exactly 6 NM westwards. What is your new position?

Given: Heading 165(M), Variation 25W, Drift 10°R, G/S 360 knots. At ‘A’ your

relative bearing to an NDB is 325R. Five minutes later, at ‘B’, the relative bearing is 280(R). What is the true bearing and distance from ‘B’ to the NDB?

Isogrivs are lines that connect positions that have:

What is the effect on the Mach number and TAS in an aircraft that is climbing with constant CAS?

An aircraft starts at position 0410S 17822W and heads true north for 2950 NM,

then turns 90 degrees right, and maintains a rhumb line track for 314 kilometres. What is its final position?

A-C = 50nm (A-B = 30nm, B-C=20nm)

ATA A is 1010. ETA B is 1030. ETA C is 1043.

ATA B is 1027. What is revised ETA C?

What is the diameter of the Earth?

The relative bearing to a beacon is 090°R. Three minutes later, at a ground speed

of 180 knots, it has changed to 135°R. What was the distance of the closest point of approach of the aircraft to the beacon?

What is the shortest distance between Point ‘A’ (3543N 00841E) and Point ‘B’ (5417N 17119W)?

You are at FL150 and the SAT is -5°(C). You are over an airport with an elevation of 720 feet. The QNH is 1003. Assume 27 feet = 1 hPa. What is your true height?

Course 040°(T), TAS 120 kt, Wind speed = 30 knots. From which direction will the wind give the greatest drift?

The rhumb line distance between points A (60°00’N 002°30’E) and B (60°00’N 007°30’W) is:

An aircraft is at 5530N 03613W, where the variation is 15W. It is tuned to a VOR located at 5330N 03613W, where the variation is 12W. What VOR radial is the aircraft on?

On a conformal chart, the standard parallels are 41° 20’N and 11° 40’N. What is the constant of the cone?

The distance A to B is 90 NM in a straight line. You are 60 NM from A when you fix

your position 4 NM to the left of track. What correction do you need to make to arrive at B?

TAS = 240 knots. Track is 180°(T). The relative bearing from an NDB is 315(R) at 1410. At 1420 the bearing has changed to 270(R). What is your distance from the NDB at 1420?

How does scale change on a normal Mercator chart?

On a direct Mercator chart, great circles are shown as

A rhumb line is: