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68 AV QUIZ Flying ops | Maintenance | IFR operations 6. A helicopter operated under night VMC must have a separate and independent power source for: a) turn coordinator and directional gyro. b) attitude indicator and transponder. c) standby attitude indicator and directional gyro. d) attitude indicator, standby attitude indicator or turn indicator. 7. Where a helicopter is operating under night VMC, in order to comply with CAO 20.18, an acceptable alternative source of power required for some specific instruments is: a) a separate fuse for each gyro instrument. b) a separate circuit breaker for each gyro instrument. c) a separate circuit breaker and sub-bus for the specified instruments. d) a separate emergency bus running directly from the battery for the specified instruments. 8. Referring to an inflated tyre and wheel assembly, particularly if hot, the safest direction from which to approach is: a) the side at which it is installed on the axle. b) the side away from which it is installed on the axle. c) the front or rear of the tyre i.e. in the plane of rotation. d) above. 9. A piston engine with a continuous-flow type of fuel injection system requires a: a) positive displacement fuel pump i.e. one in which the fuel flow is proportional to the engine RPM. b) positive displacement fuel pump i.e. one in which the fuel flow is inversely proportional to the engine RPM. c) constant pressure fuel pump in which the output pressure is constant regardless of flow. d) constant pressure diaphragm type pump. 10. Part number MS21251 refers to a: a) turnbuckle barrel or body. b) cable eye end. c) cable stud end. d) turnbuckle lock-nut. IFR OPERATIONS Building an Approach For something different with this quiz, I thought I would give you some extracts from a novel called The Temple Tree by David Beaty, in which he very ably describes the flight testing of an ILS at a fictitious airport called Tallaputiya in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), flying a Boeing 707. Then we can consider how you might visualise the approach being constructed and flown. … In the cockpit of a 707 flying over Colombo at three thousand feet. ‘Coming up to Tallaputiya now’ … The pilot punched the stop clock as the radio compass turned abruptly 180 degrees. ‘We go out on a course of 100 degrees for two minutes.’ He pointed to the round dial of the ILS cut exactly in two halves – one yellow and one blue – by the localiser needle. ‘Dead on the beam outbound’ … ‘Two minutes’, the first officer said. ‘Procedure turn.’ The pilot tilted up the port wing to alter course forty-five degrees to the right and started to descend. … Gracefully the aircraft executed a pear-shaped manoeuvre back toward the beam. … Hannacker kept his eyes on the ILS needles – the localiser at full travel over in the yellow sector, the glide path tucked up at the top of the instrument, both showing the aircraft had not yet started to cut the beams. Then very gradually, the localiser needle started to move, and at exactly the same time, the pilot slightly increased the left bank. Imperceptibly the 707 slid into the beam on to a heading of 280 degrees. The needle on the radio compass now indicated Tallaputiya beacon dead ahead and nine miles away, exactly in line with their course. From the top of the ILS … the glide path needle began slowly to descend, till it cut the round face of the instrument horizontally across. ‘On glide path.’ ‘Descending at five hundred feet per minute’. … Airspeed 140 knots, altimeter unwinding methodically. ‘The glide path is three degrees.’ …
Flight Safety Australia Issue 87 July–August 2012 69 1. If a holding pattern was constructed over the Talliputiya beacon (NDB), with the inbound track being the initial approach track, and it was a ‘standard’ pattern, which of the following would apply? a) Left hand, 2 minutes b) Left hand, 1 minute c) Right hand, 2 minutes d) Right hand, 1 minute 2. From what direction would the Boeing be arriving in order to go ‘straight in’ to the initial approach and not require a sector entry? a) East South East b) West North West c) North North West d) South South East 3. If the 707 was experiencing a 20-knot northerly wind along the initial approach, what approximate heading would be flown to maintain the track? a) 100 b) 090 c) 290 d) 280 4. Still tracking outbound on the initial approach, the localiser needle begins to move right. Which of the following is correct? a) Command sense, fly left to correct b) Command sense, fly right to correct c) Non command sense, fly left to correct d) Non command sense, fly right to correct 5. Still tracking outbound… If the localiser needle was to move to the position in the diagram, how many degrees off track is the aircraft? a) 1 degree off track to the right b) 4 degrees off track to the right c) 1 degree off track to the left d) 4 degrees off track to the left 6. After two minutes outbound the Boeing executes a turn back inbound to the ‘front’ beam of the localiser. Which of the following is correct concerning the turn? a) It is a left-hand procedure turn to 145 degrees initially, then after the specified time, reversal turn onto 325 degrees for intercept b) It is a right-hand procedure turn to 145 degrees initially, then after the specified time, a reversal turn onto 325 degrees for intercept c) It is a left-hand procedure turn to 055 degrees initially, then a reversal turn onto 235 degrees for intercept d) It is a right-hand base turn to 145 degrees initially, then a reversal turn onto 325 degrees for intercept 7. If the aircraft were descending at 600fpm on the glideslope, what approximate groundspeed would it be doing? a) 140kt b) 100kt c) 120kt d) 160kt 8. Now established inbound heading 285 and descending, the localiser needle moves to the position in the diagram. How many degrees off track is the aircraft? a) 2 degrees off track to the left b) ½ a degree off track to the right c) 2 degrees off track to the right d) ½ a degree off track to the left 9. The heading is altered to re-intercept the localiser. Once this is achieved, which of the following headings is correct to remain on the localiser? a) 280 since the wind is lighter b) 275 since the wind is stronger c) 285 since the wind is steady d) 290 since the wind is stronger 10. If the heading is now 290, what would the fixed card radio compass (the ADF) be indicating, if tuned to the Tallaputiya beacon (the NDB)? a) 350 R b) 170 R c) 010 R d) 360 R
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