Spatial Orientation and Reasoning Flashcards
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A controller vectors an aircraft from heading 000 (north) with a right turn to heading 180 (south). During this 180-degree right turn at standard rate (3°/sec), the aircraft will pass through which cardinal headings in sequence?
Answer: 090 (east), then 180 (south)
A right turn from 000 goes through 090 (east) then reaches 180 (south). This is a 180-degree right turn passing through east.
An aircraft at FL350 begins a descent at 1,500 ft/min toward FL100. How many minutes will the descent take?
Answer: 16.67 minutes — (35,000 - 10,000) ÷ 1,500 = 16.67 minutes
(35,000 - 10,000) ÷ 1,500 = 25,000 ÷ 1,500 = 16.67 minutes.
A radar display shows aircraft positions as dots. North is up. An aircraft dot moves from the centre of the screen toward the upper right corner over 30 seconds. The aircraft's approximate heading is:
Answer: 045-090 degrees — the upper right of a north-up display represents the northeast quadrant
On a north-up radar display, up = north, right = east. Movement toward upper-right = northeast = heading approximately 045-090 degrees.
Two aircraft are on crossing tracks at the same altitude. Aircraft P is northbound (heading 000) and Aircraft Q is eastbound (heading 090). Aircraft P is currently 10 NM south of the intersection. Aircraft Q is currently 10 NM west of the intersection. Both are at the same speed. At the intersection, the separation will be:
Answer: 0 NM — they will arrive at the intersection at exactly the same time given equal speed and equal distance
Equal distance (10 NM each) from the intersection at equal speed means both aircraft arrive simultaneously — separation = 0 NM at the intersection point.
An aircraft is flying heading 270 (westbound) at 450 kts. The wind is from the north (from 000) at 50 kts. The aircraft's actual track over the ground will be:
Answer: Slightly south of 270 — the northerly wind drifts the aircraft southward from its heading
A wind from the north (blowing southward) creates a southward drift on a westbound aircraft. The actual track will be south of the heading 270.
A controller instructs an aircraft to fly a holding pattern: 'Right-hand turns, inbound heading 090, outbound heading 270, one-minute legs.' After entering the hold on the 090 inbound, the aircraft completes the first outbound leg and turns right to rejoin the inbound. The turn is from heading 270 to heading 090 via right turn. How many degrees is this turn?
Answer: 180 degrees — from 270 (west) turning right (clockwise) to 090 (east) is 180 degrees
From heading 270 (west) turning right (clockwise), the aircraft passes through 360 (north) to reach 090 (east). That is 180 degrees of turn.