AOPA Pilot Magazine - July 2015 - 46

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TEST PILOT ANSWERS
from page 42

1. Far from the fastest, the Northrop
P-61 Black Widow had a wingspan
of 66 feet and a maximum takeoff weight of 36,200 pounds. This
night fighter was powered by two
2,250-horsepower engines, carried a
three-man crew, and was the first to
be equipped with radar for detecting
enemy aircraft.
2. The most common reason is
that water vapor condenses on microscopic salt particles (hygroscopic
nuclei), and this lowers the freezing
point of the droplets. When disturbed
by an airplane, however, these droplets can change instantly to ice.

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3. USS Hornet (Alameda, California),
USS Intrepid (New York, New York),
USS Lexington (Corpus Christi, Texas),
USS Midway (San Diego, California),
and USS Yorktown (Charleston, South
Carolina).
4. a) The Cessna 310 was first produced in 1954. The prototype Cessna
172 did not fly until 1955, and the
prototype Cessna 150 did not fly until
1957.
5. One is to allow air to replace consumed fuel in the tank and prevent an
interruption of fuel flow to the engine.
Another is to allow fuel to overflow,
such as when fuel in a full tank expands because of solar heating.
6. Moving the center of gravity forward increases the distance between
the CG and the horizontal and vertical
stabilizers. This increases the stabilizers' leverage and makes them more
effective. Moving the CG aft reduces
pitch and yaw stability.
7. A small propeller was mounted on
the nose of the V-1. When it had spun
a precalculated number of revolutions,
a cutoff signal was sent to the engine
(a pulse jet), and the buzz bomb
would begin a steep descent. This
crude system was effective because
London was such a large target.
8. False. Although obviously discouraged, a pilot may fly in a careless or
reckless manner as long as he does
not endanger the life or property of
another.

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