The following quiz is a test of your general aviation knowledge. Scoring is based on a 10-9-8 system. Points will be awarded with absolutely NO rhyme or reason, making the results completely arbitrary and in no way representative of your general avaition knowledge; therefore have fun and don't Google BTW please list your answers in the same order as the questions, it makes it a lot easier for me to follow.
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1 What are the 4 forces of flight acting on a plane in flight?
a--- lift, pitch, speed, sink
b--- lift, thrust weight, drag
c--- lift. thrust , sink, drag

2 How many wheels are on a Boeing 747?
a--- 14
b--- 16
c--- 18

3 ZED is an acronym for
a--- Zonal Employee Deduction
b--- Zonal Employee Discount
c--- Zone Employee (Travel) Discount

4 What airline began as a crop-dusting company?
a--- AA
b--- Delta
c--- Continental
d--- Piedmont

5 After touchdown on landing, panels are raised on top of the wings. These are called what?
a--- spoilers
b--- ailerons
c--- elevators

6 What is de-icing?
a--- catering removing ice from the galley.
b--- removing ice off flight surfaces
c--- FA's eating only the icing off birthday cakes

7 With what can dryness of the cabin be demonstrated?
a--- fork
b--- salt
c--- piece of bread
d--- FA's drinking lots and lots of water.

8 Which airline has a major hub in Dallas
a--- Southwest
b--- AA
c--- US Air
d--- Delta
e--- BA
f--- Quantas

9 You have 2 D3 passes left for the year. Unfortunately you have 10 friends/family members all asking for the passes. What do you do?
a--- Announce your airline has suspended passes for economic reasons
b--- Hold an essay contest
c--- go strictly by who asked first
d--- have no idea, this has never happened to you.
e--- other- (please explain your answer)

10 Who uses boarhogs?
a--- rampers
b--- mechanics
c--- pilots
d--- baggage
e--- gate agents[/list]

Ok, lets see some answers

Keep'em flying
Edited to add-
This quiz is closed. See following posts for solutions.



[This message was edited by Migflanker on February 18, 2004 at 12:46 PM.]

[This message was edited by Migflanker on March 07, 2004 at 02:34 PM.]