Qwissit Aviation

PPL(A) – Private Pilot

Navigation

12 of 60 questions in the app

Navigation basics

  1. How long is a nautical mile (NM)? Easy
  2. What distance does one minute of arc along a meridian correspond to? Easy
  3. What does the latitude of a place indicate? Easy
  4. Through which place does the prime meridian run? Easy
  5. It is 14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). What time is it in UTC? Easy

Charts

  1. How many kilometres does one centimetre correspond to on the ICAO aeronautical chart 1:500 000? Easy
  2. How are obstacles usually shown on the ICAO aeronautical chart 1:500 000? Easy
  3. What do isogonals on an aeronautical chart connect? Easy

Navigation basics

  1. Which parallel of latitude is also a great circle? Medium

Charts

  1. What property does the Lambert conformal conic projection, on which the ICAO aeronautical chart 1:500 000 is based, have? Medium

Courses and directions

  1. After 20 NM you are 2 NM to the right of track, and the destination is still 40 NM away. By how many degrees do you change the heading to reach the destination directly? Hard
  2. Track 090°, true airspeed 100 kt, wind 360° at 20 kt. Approximately what heading and groundspeed result? Hard

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