ASTB Aviation/Nautical Information
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Port - ✔✔Left
Starboard - ✔✔Right
Fore - ✔✔In Front
Aft - ✔✔Behind
On an Aircraft, what color shirt should a plane handler/ tractor driver have on? -
✔✔Blue Shirt: Tractor Drivers, plane handlers, messengers, phone talkers
Then angle between the chord line of a wing or airfoil and the direction of the relative
wind or airflow is: - ✔✔Angle of Attack
A wall or vertical surface within a ship is called: - ✔✔bulkhead
A conventional fixed-wing aircraft is controlled around its longitudinal axis by means
of the: - ✔✔Ailerons control the Roll of the airplane.
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A Conventional fixed-wing aircraft is controlled around is latitudinal axis by means of
the: - ✔✔Elevators control the pitch of the airplane.
A Conventional fixed-wing aircraft is controlled around is vertical axis by means of the:
- ✔✔Rudder controls the Yaw of the airplane
Two statute miles are equal to: - ✔✔2.3 nautical miles
The altimeter typically shows the height of the aircraft about a particular pressure level
in: - ✔✔thousands of feet
The time of 7PM would be expressed using 24-hour clock - ✔✔1900 hours
When the pilot pulls back on the control stick, the elevators will - ✔✔move upward
pushing the tale down in the nose up
The order given to the helmsman to align the rudder with the keel of the ship: -
✔✔Rudder amidships
If one end of a runway was numbered 09, what number would designate the other end
of the same runway? - ✔✔27
The coordinates of latitude and longitude are used to express ______________ in
_________________. - ✔✔Position, degrees
Which type of engine can operate outside of the earths atmosphere? - ✔✔rocket engine
The bridge of a ship is where - ✔✔all orders and commands affecting the ship originate
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