How air-brained are you? Test your general aviation knowledge on matters including safety, history, training or anything related to flying! Compiled by James Allan
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1 c
2 c
3 a
4 d
5 b
6 c
7 b
8 c According to CAP413, aircraft should report ‘long final’ between 8nm and 4nm on a straight-in approach and report ‘final’ when 4nm or less from the threshold. However, for light aircraft operations circuit dimensions may be reduced so answer a might also be correct
9 c The Beardmore Inflexible, built at Dalmuir, Clydebank in 1928, was an advanced experimental transport of stressed skin construction, had a massive span of 157ft (larger than the WWII Boeing B-29 Superfortress) and weighed over 17 tonnes. Only one was built
10 a
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