Aviation Terms/Callouts - Statistics

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The average score is 20 of 42

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Airbus planes call this out when landing	Retard	82%
Goods carried by planes	Cargo	70%
Area that an aircraft lands on	Runway	70%
Device that extends to give the aircraft more lift	Flaps	69%
What happens when a pilot abandons the landing attempt	Go Around	67%
Unit used to measure airspeed	Knots	65%
The force that wings generate	Lift	65%
Main input device on a Boeing	Yoke	65%
System that helps guide pilots into land	Instrument Landing System	63%
Term used by ATC to identify an aircraft with a takeoff weight of 136 tonnes or more	Heavy	61%
Call out when you reach the minimums	Minimums	60%
Instrument that tells the current altitude	Altimeter	59%
The ratio of the speed of sound; used to measure airspeed	Mach	58%
Movement of the aircraft's nose in an up and down motion	Pitch	58%
Mechanism used to control the aircraft's yaw	Rudder	58%
Condition where an aircraft's wings are no longer generating lift	Stall	58%
The point of no return when taking off	V1	57%
Abbreviated to FO	First Officer	56%
The area the aircraft drives on to reach the runway or the gates	Taxiway	54%
Wind blowing perpendicular to the aircraft	Crosswind	53%
Aircraft's speed relative to the ground	Ground Speed	53%
Device that controls the power of an engine	Throttle	52%
Mechanism that controls the aircraft's bank	Aileron	51%
System used to control the plane during flight	Autopilot	51%
Team that communicates with a plane and helps guide it	Air Traffic Control	49%
Abbreviated to IFR	Instrument Flight Rules	48%
The movement of the aircraft's nose side to side	Yaw	47%
Mechanism that controls the aircraft pitch	Elevator	46%
Abbreviated to VFR	Visual Flight Rules	46%
Sudden change in the horizontal or vertical wind direction	Wind Shear	43%
Main central area of a plane; Houses the flight crew, passengers and cargo	Fuselage	42%
Main input device on an airbus	Side stick	42%
Instrument that tells you the current speed	Air Speed Indicator	40%
Main screen used by the pilots	Primary Flight Display	36%
Abbreviated to FMC	Flight Management Computer	33%
A sudden shift in air flow caused by atmospheric motion.	Turbulence	30%
The bank rotation of the aircraft	Roll	29%
Main control area on the aircraft	Flight Deck	19%
Call out when you are 100 feet above the minimums	Hundred above	16%
Mechanism that prevents pitching motion of the aircraft	Horizontal Stabilizer	11%
System used to help the pilots land	Glide slope	8%
System used to help pilots land	Localizer	5%

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