AOPA Pilot Magazine - July 2018 - 54

PILOT BRIEFING

TEST PILOT ANSWERS
from page 45

1. Motion picture actor James Stewart was awarded two
Distinguished Flying Crosses for actions in combat (flying
B-24s), an Air Medal with three oak-leaf clusters, and the
French Croix de Guerre. During the Cold War he flew the
B-36, the B-47, and the B-52.
2. An inverted normal loop is begun by pulling the nose
down from an inverted attitude. An inverted outside loop
is begun by pushing the nose up from an inverted attitude.
3. You wouldn't get to fly. Air Hollywood is the world's
largest aviation-themed production studio. If you've seen
a movie filmed in an airplane, it likely was filmed on the
ground at Air Hollywood, which has a wide variety of aircraft interiors (including rest rooms and cockpits).
4. It is an organization of flight crews whose lives have
been saved using dinghies or rafts after ditching or parachuting into the water.

5. Survival courses teach that the best method is to urinate
on the hand. If this is not possible, it might be handy to
have a companion available.
6. The Wright Flyer. It achieved 30 mph with a 12-horsepower engine.
7. B. MacCracken was the first assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics (1926) and issued himself the first
license on April 6, 1927. He had offered the honor to Orville
Wright, who was no longer flying at the time and declined.
(Wilbur had died in 1912.)
8. True. A blackout is caused by blood draining from the
brain. The opposite occurs during negative Gs and is called
redout because excessive blood is forced to the brain; the
pilot really does see red.

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