What is the maximum operating ceiling of a typical jet?

What is the maximum operating ceiling of a typical jet?

41.000ft

How does GPWS work?

How does GPWS work?

GPWS is a central computer system that receives various data inputs on configuration, (radio altimeter) height/altitude and instrument landing system glide slope deviation and is able to alert the pilot when a dangerous situation is about to occur.

If you where picking up 10.000 litres of fuel in Newfoundland (cold weather), and 10.000 litres of fuel in Lima, Peru (hot weather), where would you have picked up the most fuel?

If you where picking up 10.000 litres of fuel in Newfoundland (cold weather), and 10.000 litres of fuel in Lima, Peru (hot weather), where would you have picked up the most fuel?

In Newfoundland. With cold weather density increases, therefore you would pick up a higher mass in Newfoundland.

What is N1, N2, EGT and EPR?

What is N1, N2, EGT and EPR?

N1= Low pressure compressor spool or fan rotation speed. Usually expressed as a % of Max N1.

N2= High pressure compressor rotation speed.

EGT= Exhaust gas temperature, indicates the temperature at the first stage of the turbine, which is the most critical temperature in the engine.

EPR= Engine pressure ratio of the inlet to the jet pipe, displayed on the EPR gauge to use as a parameter for setting engine thrust

What is a wing tip?

What is a wing tip?

A wing tip is the part of the wing that is the most distant from the fuselage of a fixed-wing aircraft.

Explain what coffin corner is and what happens when reaching the coffin corner?

Explain what coffin corner is and what happens when reaching the coffin corner?

Occurs at absolute ceiling where low speed buffet and high speed (Mach) buffet are coincident.

When reaching the coffin corner, both increasing and decreasing the corner speed will result in a loss of control (either the aircraft stalls, or mach buffeting starts).

You are flying in a straight line on an airway when your company calls and requests you to return to base, what will you do first?

You are flying in a straight line on an airway when your company calls and requests you to return to base, what will you do first?

Inform ATC.

What is convergency?

What is convergency?

Meridians converge from their maximum distance apart (at the equator) to the poles where they meet.

Great circles are the shortest distance between two points and convergency represents the change in direction experienced between those points.

Why is a great circle the shortest distance between two points?

Why is a great circle the shortest distance between two points?

The track changes constantly.

What are wing tip vortices?

What are wing tip vortices?

Wingtip vortices are tubes of circulating air that are left behind a wing as it generates lift.

They are caused by the difference in pressure above and below the wing causing the air to 'escape' from the high pressure area below the wing to the low pressure area above the wing, by rolling around the tip of the wing. This creates a vortex that trails behind the wing.

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