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Private Pilot Question of the Day
Moist, stable air flows toward rising terrain and fog develops along the slope. Which process explains the cooling?
Expansion as the air is lifted along the terrain.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
Which operational benefit can a properly managed EFB provide?
Efficient access to current charts, documents, planning tools, and other relevant information while reducing paper handling and search time.
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
Why should two qualified pilots explicitly agree before flight who will act as PIC and what duties each will perform?
Because operating authority, regulatory responsibility, task assignment, and permissible flight-time logging may differ between the pilots.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
What kind of compressor takes the air in at the front and moves it along a straight line from front to back?
An axial-flow compressor.
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
Who or what is the source in the communication process?
The source is the sender, speaker, writer, encoder, transmitter, or instructor who originates the message. The source is responsible for choosing understandable symbols and accurate, current, engaging material.
Flight Instructor Instrument Question of the Day
What do the objectives and standards of a course of training determine?
They determine the content and sequence of individual lesson plans, the assessment items used to measure learning, and the levels of learning learners are expected to attain.
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
Before a Part 107 operation over people, what must the remote pilot in command verify?
The operation fits an authorized category, and the aircraft is eligible, correctly labeled and configured, listed on an FAA-accepted declaration of compliance when required, and in a condition for safe operation.
Advice of the Day
Maintain a consistent flight training schedule. Long breaks in any kind of training, but especially aviation, will cause a dramatic loss of progress.
System of the Day
Cabin Heating and Cooling Systems: Cabin Heating and cooling systems provide conditioned air for comfortable operations during various weather conditions
Maneuver of the Day
Multiengine Operations: Multi-engine flight maneuvers develop aircraft control, coordination, performance awareness, and response to engine failures.
Emergency of the Day
Engine Failure: The total loss of power requires immediate actions which depend upon speed (life) and altitude (life insurance)
Mishap of the Day
ERA14LA450: The NTSB determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a takeoff with the airplane's center of gravity aft of its limit and led the airplane to exceed its critical angle of attack and experience an aerodynamic stall during the initial climb.
