Pilot's Quiz - Miscellaneous Part 3

1. When flying IFR in controlled airspace, which of the following does NOT have to be reported to ATC?

a. Passing each reporting point specifically requested by ATC
b. Information relating to safety of flight
c. Unforeseen weather conditions encountered
d. Remaining estimated time en-route

2. How many hours of flight training may an instructor give in a 24-consecutive hour period?

a. Six
b. Twelve with two half-hour rest periods
c. Eight
d. Unlimited

3. In 1988, what prompted the FAA to order older B-737s to fly no higher than 23,000 feet?

a. Inspections showed pressurization systems were unreliable
b. A 737's fuselage ripped open near Hawaii
c. Engine reliability could not be maintained
d. High airspace was reserved for larger aircraft

4. The first parachute jump in the United States was made in New Jersey in what year?

a. 1907
b. 1818
c. 1905
d. 1912

5. An airport in New Jersey served all airline flights for New York City until a mayor refused to leave the airplane and insisted to be flown to a general aviation field in Queens because his ticket said New York as his destination?

a. Rudolph Giuliani
b. Jimmy Walker
c. Fiorello LaGuardia
d. "Big Jim" Brady

6. Nine-eleven, when two airplanes hit the Twin Towers, was not the first time a New York City building had been hit by an aircraft. When was the first?

a. 1945 - A B-25 bomber hit the Empire State Building
b. 1928 - A flying boat hit the Chrysler Building
c. 1954 - A helicopter hit the side of the Pan Am Building
d. 1938 - Douglas Corrigan flying a Curtiss Robin hit the ferry building trying to land at Governor's Island.

7. A localizer provides guidance throughout the descent path to a runway threshold from how many miles out from the antenna?

a. Ten
b. Thirty five
c. Thirty
d. Eighteen

8. What is the highest altitude at which an automated weather station can report clouds?

a. 10,000 feet
b. 12,000 feet
c. 8,000 feet
d. No limit

9. What prompted the FAA to be taken out of the Department of Commerce and become an independent agency?

a. General aviation grew rapidly after World War II
b. General Billy Mitchell urged it at his court marshal
c. Planes from United Airlines and TWA collided over the Grand Canyon
d. An airplane struck a New York City building

10. Where and when did the first recorded mid-air collision between two aircraft occur?

a. French and English airliners near Paris in 1922
b. A military fighter and an American Airlines DC-3 near El Paso in 1935
c. Two commuter planes near Nantucket in 1941
d. Two Curtiss Falcon Mail Planes near Pittsburgh in 1925

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