An aircraft is flying at FL60. The pilots forget to switch to the standard pressure setting and remain instead on the local QNH of 1 025 hPa.
Determine how much higher or lower the aircraft is comparing to the other aircraft at FL60 with the standard pressure setting correctly set?
After landing at an aerodrome (aerodrome elevation 1715 ft), the altimeter indicates an altitude of 1310 ft
The altimeter is set to the pressure value of 1013 hPa. What is the QNH at this aerodrome?
Which of the following clouds represents the most stable air mass?
What happens as air is cooled to below its dew point temperature?
Absolute instability exists whenever the environmental lapse rate?
In the lower layers of the atmosphere due to friction the wind is deflected towards the low pressure area because?
An aircraft flying at FL45 (OAT 6°C) obtains a reading of 1860 ft on its radio altimeter (ground elevation 3090 ft).
What is the value of the QNH, to the nearest hPa, at that point?
(Barometric lapse rate: 27 ft/hPa)
Where is the projection of the polar front jet stream on the surface most likely to be found in relation to the cold and warm fronts of a depression?
Which degree of aircraft turbulence is determined by the following ICAO description? 'Conditions in which abrupt changes in aircraft attitude and/or altitude occur aircraft may be out of control for short periods?
Usually, large variations in air
Changes in accelerometer readings greater than 1.0 g at the aircraft's centre of gravity
Occupants are forced violently against seat
Loose objects are tossed about
Which instrument is used to measure atmospheric humidity?
What is the approximate value of atmospheric pressure at 11000 m AMSL in comparison to the atmospheric pressure at mean sea level?
Select the correct characteristics of a warm front occlusion?
In which of the following circumstances is a SIGMET issued?
An aircraft is approaching under visual flight rules an airfield (northern hemisphere) whose runway is parallel to the coast
When downwind over the sea, the airfield is on the left
What wind effect should be anticipated on final approach and landing during a sunny summer afternoon?
What name is given to the low-level wind system between the subtropical high-pressure belt and the equatorial trough of low pressure?
Around Paris on January 3rd at 1800 UTC, the surface temperature, under shelter, is 3°C. The sky is covered by 8 oktas of stratus cloud. QNH is 1033 hPa. If the sky is covered all night, the minimum temperature of the night of January 3rd to January 4th should be?
It is late August, and you are preparing for a flight to a destination in southern India.
What additional monsoon-related elements should be mentioned in the arrival briefing?
You plan to fly through an area where an MSA of 8 000 ft is given The QNH from an airport at MSL is 990 hPa and the temperature in FL100 is -25° C
What is the lowest usable flight level?
(Assume 1 hPa = 27 ft)
A plain in Western Europe with an average height of 500 m (1600 ft) above sea level is covered with a uniform CC layer of cloud during the summer months.
At what height above the ground is the base of this cloud to be expected?
Which one of the following statements best describes the tropopause?
In the Northern hemisphere a pilot flying at 1 000 ft AGL directly towards the center of a LOW pressure area, will find the wind most likely blowing from?
Amongst others, what has to be expected when a cold and moist air mass covers a warm surface?
Similar climatic conditions can be found in many regions across the Earth.
An example of a geographical area with an equatorial climate is (1) _____ and an example of an area with a temperate climate is (2) ______.
Considering the North Atlantic region between 30°N and 65°N and the adjacent land areas during mid-summer, the predominant pressure systems are: