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Brainteasers Interactive Quiz #45:
The New FAA Instrument Flying Handbook

The FAA recently published a brand-new version of its "Instrument Flying Handbook" with a brand-new identifying number: FAA-H-8083-15. This new edition differs substantially from its predecessor (AC61-27C), and features up-to-date illustrations and information about all aspects of instrument flight, including GPS and other recent avionics advances. It's a "must read" for every instrument pilot and instrument student. Irv Siegel's latest interactive quiz offers a taste of what it has to offer.

by Irv Siegel

This quiz is based on the FAA's new "Instrument Flying Handbook" (FAA-H-8083-15).

1. Orientation is maintained through the body's sensory organs in what three
a. Visual, vestibular, and postural
areas?


b. Visual, vestibular, and auditory
c. Visual, postural, and auditory
2. What is the Coriolis illusion?
a. An illusion of turning or accelerating
b. An illusion that the propeller has stopped turning
c. An illusion that the wind has blown the aircraft off course
3. What conditions contribute to the illusion that the aircraft is at a
a. Rain on the windscreen, an absence of surrounding ground features, a wider
b. Rain on the windscreen, an absence of surrounding ground features, a
c. Rain on the windscreen, an absence of surrounding ground features, a wider
d. Rain on the windscreen, an absence of surrounding ground features, a
higher altitude than it actually is?


narrower than usual runway, and an up-sloping runway.


than usual runway, and an up-sloping runway.

4. When flying in cold temperature conditions, altimeters are subject to
a. 25 feet
b. 125 feet
c. 200 feet
cold-temperature-induced error, and the true altitude will likely be below the
d. 500 feet
degrees Celsius, and the aircraft is flying 2,000 feet above the airport
elevation, what is the amount of the possible error?


indicated altitude. If the reported temperature at the airport is minus 10
5. What are the fundamental skills involved in all instrument flight
a. Control/performance
b. Primary/supporting
c. Crosscheck, interpretation, and control
maneuvers?

6. What are the three distinct functional elements of the Global Positioning
System (GPS)?


a. Antenna, Central Processing Unit (CPU), and display
b. Satellites, earth coordinates, and receiver
c. Space, control, and user
d. Waypoints, RAIM, and display
7. What is the purpose of RAIM?
a. To add altitude capability to GPS
b. To increase the number of satellite signals that can be received at any
c. To maintain navigation capability in the event of satellite signal loss
d. To verify the integrity of GPS signals
given time

8. Which statement is true regarding a GPS instrument approach?
GPS database supplied by the manufacturer or other FAA approved source.


a. A pilot may convert any VOR or NDB approach to a GPS approach if the VOR
b. When flying any GPS approach, availability of another, ground-based
c. All Instrument Approach Procedures must be retrievable from the current
electronic navaid, is required.


or other FAA-approved source.

9. Departure procedures provide obstacle clearance provided the aircraft
a. 35, 400, 200
above airport elevation before turning, and climbs at least _____ feet per
b. 50, 500, 250
c. 75, 500, 250
crosses the end of the runway at least _____ feet AGL, climbs to _____ feet
nautical mile ( unless a higher climb gradient is specified).

10. What is a "point in space" approach?
a. An approach to a fix from which the pilot may proceed visually to either
b. A type of helicopter instrument approach procedure
c. A type of glider instrument approach procedure
of two (or more) airports