Statistics for Aviation Terms/Callouts

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This quiz has been taken 138 times
The average score is 21 of 42

Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
Airbus planes call this out when landing	Retard	77%
Device that extends to give the aircraft more lift	Flaps	73%
Area that an aircraft lands on	Runway	73%
Instrument that tells the current altitude	Altimeter	68%
Goods carried by planes	Cargo	68%
What happens when a pilot abandons the landing attempt	Go Around	68%
Term used by ATC to identify an aircraft with a takeoff weight of 136 tonnes or more	Heavy	66%
System that helps guide pilots into land	Instrument Landing System	64%
The force that wings generate	Lift	62%
Movement of the aircraft's nose in an up and down motion	Pitch	62%
Unit used to measure airspeed	Knots	61%
The ratio of the speed of sound; used to measure airspeed	Mach	61%
Aircraft's speed relative to the ground	Ground Speed	60%
The area the aircraft drives on to reach the runway or the gates	Taxiway	60%
Call out when you reach the minimums	Minimums	58%
Main input device on a Boeing	Yoke	58%
Mechanism used to control the aircraft's yaw	Rudder	57%
Device that controls the power of an engine	Throttle	57%
Abbreviated to FO	First Officer	56%
The point of no return when taking off	V1	56%
Mechanism that controls the aircraft's bank	Aileron	55%
Condition where an aircraft's wings are no longer generating lift	Stall	55%
The movement of the aircraft's nose side to side	Yaw	55%
Wind blowing perpendicular to the aircraft	Crosswind	53%
System used to control the plane during flight	Autopilot	51%
Team that communicates with a plane and helps guide it	Air Traffic Control	48%
Abbreviated to VFR	Visual Flight Rules	48%
Main central area of a plane; Houses the flight crew, passengers and cargo	Fuselage	45%
Abbreviated to IFR	Instrument Flight Rules	45%
Instrument that tells you the current speed	Air Speed Indicator	44%
Mechanism that controls the aircraft pitch	Elevator	43%
Main screen used by the pilots	Primary Flight Display	39%
Sudden change in the horizontal or vertical wind direction	Wind Shear	38%
Main input device on an airbus	Side stick	36%
Abbreviated to FMC	Flight Management Computer	34%
The bank rotation of the aircraft	Roll	32%
A sudden shift in air flow caused by atmospheric motion.	Turbulence	25%
Main control area on the aircraft	Flight Deck	14%
Mechanism that prevents pitching motion of the aircraft	Horizontal Stabilizer	12%
Call out when you are 100 feet above the minimums	Hundred above	12%
System used to help the pilots land	Glide slope	10%
System used to help pilots land	Localizer	5%