141) A positive control check:
a) Includes the pilot moving the control stick and observing the flight
control element movement |
142) A critical assembly checklist should be:
a) Best completed by an aircraft inspector. |
143) Written and memorized checklists are best used:
a) As a to do list when performing, among others: pre-flight, pre-takeoff,
& pre-landing. |
144) Which of the following is not recommended for flight?
a) Rain on the wings when the air temperature is close to freezing. |
145) While hill soaring which of the following statements is true?
a) A glider wishing to overtake another should normally pass on its
left side. |
146) You are joining below a glider in a thermal. What are your actions?
a) Leave the thermal and find another. |
147) On arrival at a Class E airport, you call on the notified frequency but get no reply. Your radio is serviceable, what should your actions be?
a) Land anyway, regardless of no radio contact. |
148) While flying downwind with a higher performance glider in front, and at about the same height as yourself, you notice it appears to be extending downwind further than you would like. What action should you take?
a) Follow the other glider and use less airbrake on the approach. |
149) After getting low on a cross country and choosing a field, you notice there is a stream along one side of it. What might this signify?
a) The field slopes down towards the stream. |
150) On a cross-country flight in August you are faced with an out landing. Assuming no obstructions and fields of adequate size, which of the following would be the best choice?
a) A field with cows in one corner. |
151) You are about to land out. Which of the following is the best option, when the only suitable field has a slope in it, and the wind is up the slope?
a) Land down hill, into wind. |
152) What actions should be taken when flying through an area of sink?
a) Slow down so as to reduce the rate of descent. |
153) When keeping a good lookout, how is the most effective scanning achieved?
a) A series of short, regularly spaced, eye movements, progressing across
the field of view. |
154) You are about to join a thermal with two gliders circling in opposite directions. Which way do you turn?
a) Same direction as the higher glider. |
155) You are about to land, as there is thunderstorm activity near by. What should you particularly be aware of?
a) Lightning flashes which may blind temporarily. |
156) While in a straight glide, you notice another glider on your right at about the same height. The bearing relative to you is remaining constant and the separation is reducing. What actions should you take?
a) None, as you have right of way. |
157) A pilot is faced with a field landing into a slightly down-sloping field. What is most likely to happen?
a) A shallower approach than intended will be flown. |
158) On returning to your home airfield after a long flight, you are alerted on the radio of a strong wind gradient. What should you do?
a) Expect heavy sink on the approach. |
159) You are climbing in good wave lift, but your glider is not equipped with oxygen. Assuming you are in good health, what height is it recommended you should abandon your climb?
a) 12,000 feet. |
160) While on a cross-country flight, you are continually correcting your heading to the right in order to reach your goal. What might this signify?
a) The wind is from the right
of track. |