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Trivia Teaser …and speaking of aeronautical societies…

Question: What and when was the first technical society for the purpose of both establishing initial credibility for…

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Trivia Teaser: More Than A Rubber Band

Question: Who was the first person to build a rubber band powered airplane, and what was so special…

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Trivia Teaser: Fixed Wing Fuselage

The first modern configuration airplane in history, comprising a fixed wing, fuselage, with horizontal and vertical tail surfaces,…

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Trivia Teaser: Air Resistance

The first person to correctly state the relationship between air resistance and velocity was?

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Trivia Teaser: Wind Tunnels

The first person to propose the use of wind tunnels to gather aerodynamic data was?

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Trivia Testers: Air resistance and velocity

The first person to correctly state the relationship between air resistance and velocity was

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Trivia Teaser: Wind Tunnels

The first person to propose the use of wind tunnels to gather aerodynamic data was?

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Trivia Teaser: Safety First

If it is not possible to get a departure clearance from ATC, and you absolutely must take off…

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Trivia Teaser: Go Ahead, Make Your Day

True or False: America actually had a designated airplane the sole function of which was to be shot…

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Trivia Teaser: For want of a shoe…

True or false: Taking off in a jet airliner with a deflated tire can cause a fire.

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Trivia Teaser: The first bad apple

The first case of unlawful interference with a civil airliner occurred where?

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Trivia Teaser: Just a spoonful of sugar…

True or false: It has been calculated that to carry regularly the weight of just one small sachet…

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Trivia Teaser: Best Altitudes

For a 50-minute flight, what is the most theoretically efficient altitude to climb to?

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Trivia Teaser: Quick! What’s that number, again?

You are flying a Normal Category aircraft. During cruise, ATC informs you that moderate turbulence is to be…

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Trivia Teaser: Best glide, but with a wrinkle

A pilot is in gliding flight at the optimum indicated glide speed and then enters a turn. To…

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Trivia Teaser: Keeping it centered

True or false: NASA and the USAF designed tailless aircraft. In such aircraft, would it be correct to…

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Trivia Teaser: Muddying up the waters

True or false: A departing airliner may stir the fog near an RVR sensor.

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Trivia Teaser: The men from the boys

Special crew qualifications were required to land using a rather infamous approach to the southeast into Hong Kong…

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Trivia Teaser: The real first swept-wing fighter

Question: America’s first swept-wing fighter was?

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Two Props and a Pink Slip

I have survived five checkrides in my 18-year flying history, and I dreaded every one. Only one, my…

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Trivia Teaser: More Last Words

Question: You've seen the Trivia question about the first words spoken by mankind on another heavenly body, but…

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Trivia Teaser – Built to Last

Question: True or false: Some airport signs are built to withstand the equivalent of an F5 tornado.

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IFR Alternates and Minimums Made Easy

Flight under instrument flight rules (IFR) is largely procedural. There’s little room or tolerance for zany spontaneity; if…

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Filling the Gaps

Efficient in quickly developing pilots, traditional aviation training nonetheless leaves significant knowledge gaps that contribute to the vast…

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Trivia Teaser – Unseating Misconceptions

Question: True or False: There has actually been a scientific study done to disprove the theory that a…

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The ILS

Most pilots with instrument ratings would probably agree that when it comes to an uneventful passage through haze,…

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Non-Precision Approaches

I don't know about you, but you might say that I have an approach/avoidance conflict with some non-precision…

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Trivia Teaser – The Lure of the Straight And Narrow

Question: You experience an engine failure at a fairly charitable altitude (say 4500 feet) during a cross-country flight.…

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PIREPs: Word from Above

I was in the right, front seat of a 1999 A36 Bonanza as we launched on an IFR…

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Trivia Teaser – That little bend in the road, down thar

Question: Why is it that when you are flying over the Midwest, you'll see an endless rectangular array…

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Rosetta Stone

If you’re instrument rated and current, you almost certainly own at least a modest complement of IFR charts…

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Trivia Teaser: Sticking Points

Question: True or false: The viscosity (or 'stickiness') of a gas actually increases with increasing temperature (unlike a…

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More Lies My AWOS Told Me

A funny thing happened this morning on the way to the traffic pattern. Actually that’s an untruth; it…

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Trivia Teaser: Thin Is In

Question: The advantage of a high aspect ratio wing was first recognized in?

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Deviating from the POH

An instructor friend of mine wrote: You mentioned in a recent presentation that the only things that are…

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Hot Stuff

At last, I was on my own in a retractable-gear airplane. What’s more, this Cessna’s numerical descriptor started…

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Trivia Teaser: Interesting Footnotes

Question: The year of the first documented sustained flight of a heavier-than-air powered flying machine was:?

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Trivia Teaser: Will You Still Need Me; Will You Still Feed Me…When I’m Sixty-four?

Question: True or False: Airline pilots may not pilot an airliner in the United States once they have…

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Cautious Interruptus

If I told you that I think I’ve found the cure for the common cold, would you listen?…

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Trivia Teaser: The First Airport

Question: The world's first fixed location devoted to the landing and departure of flying machines that was referred…

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RG Factors—10 Tips for Avoiding LGRMs

For several months we’ve been looking at the pandemic Landing Gear-Related Mishap (LGRM) rate in certified, piston-engine, retractable…

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Pilot Decision Making Leads the Way

As pilots we understand that our decisions are crucial and the safety of every flight depends on them,…

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Short Flights and Strange Lights

'What's that light in the sky?' asked my wife, Jean. I looked back over my shoulder, and my…

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Trivia Teaser: Will the Real Highest Mountain Please Stand Up

Question: The highest mountain peak on Earth, in reality, is?

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Performance, II: Out of the Matrix

When we think, read, or speak about airplane performance, aside from the more obvious implications regarding a relative…

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Question: The first jet airplane actually existed in?

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RG Factor: Gear Check

Nearly half of all reported mishaps in retractable-gear airplanes are related to the landing gear system. The vast…

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Dark Clouds

Question: Why do dangerous clouds always appear dark? A) They don't. Clouds associated with severe weather can be…

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