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PILOT BRIEFING
TEST PILOT see answers on page 44
1. With respect to a METAR (weather report for an airport), what is the difference between mist (BR) and fog (FG)? 2. True or False: A pilot flying an airplane at a true airspeed of 80 knots is attempting to fly a true course of 360 degrees at a time when the wind is from 270 degrees at 80 knots. It is impossible for the pilot to reach his destination.

BY BARRY SCHIFF
6. A pilot is located at 37 degrees 47 minutes 17 seconds North and 119

Citation Ten makes first flight
Cessna’s new Citation Ten has made its first flight just 15 months after being announced at the 2010 National Business Aviation Association convention. The flight lasted more than two hours and included tests of stability and control, handling qualities, and functional operations. The latter involved checks of the autopilot and autothrottle systems, engine operations, and avionics. “All systems functioned as expected, including the Garmin G5000 avionics system,” said Michael Vogt, Cessna’s engineering test pilot who flew the Ten prototype. “We are looking forward to a successful flight test program and FAA certification.” The Ten is an upgraded version of the Mach 0.92 Citation X, which it will replace. The Ten is 15 inches longer than the Citation X, can be configured to seat up to 11 passengers and two crew, and has Cessna’s new Clarity touchscreen-controlled cabin entertainment system. The Ten also features two RollsRoyce AE 3007C2 twin-shaft turbofan engines of 7,000 lbst each. This power should give the Ten a maximum cruise speed of 527 knots and a takeoff distance of 5,150 feet. The new engines’ fuel efficiency should allow for a maximum range of 3,242 nautical miles. Cessna says the Ten is on track for certification in mid-2013, with first deliveries expected in the second half of 2013. —Thomas A. Horne
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3. During an instructional flight over Oahu on December 7, 1941, Cornelia Fort and her student were shot at by a Japanese aircraft approaching Pearl Harbor. What type of training aircraft were they flying? 4. A pilot is at an indicated altitude of 5,000 feet with his encoding altimeter set to 30.12 inches at a time when it should be set to 30.32. An air traffic controller viewing the transponder return on his radar screen will believe the aircraft to be at a) b) c) d) 4,800 feet. 5,000 feet. 5,200 feet. 5,400 feet. degrees 3 minutes 24 seconds West. He wants to fly to a point that is diametrically opposite on the other side of the world. What are the geographical coordinates of his destination? 7. In 2005, Connecticut became first to adopt an official state airplane, the Vought F4U Corsair. The second and only other such state is Pennsylvania, which made the obvious choice of designating the ________ as its official state airplane. 8. The Cessna 172 has only one static port, and it is on the left side of the fuselage. If a forward slip is performed at a given indicated airspeed, which is safer, a left slip or a right slip?

5. From reader John Schmidt: Alaskan bush pilots use the slang expression, Bear Insurance No. 1, to mean a gun sufficiently powerful to take down a bear (when necessary for survival). What is meant by Bear Insurance No. 2?

National Aviation Hall of Fame announces 2012 enshrinees
The National Aviation Hall of Fame has unveiled the four people who will be enshrined in 2012 in recognition of their aviation achievements. Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb, a flight instructor and air race champion, was the first woman to successfully complete the astronaut testing protocol designed for the Mercury 7 astronauts. Keith Ferris is an aviation artist, historian, lecturer, and inventor. His mural of the B–17 Flying Fortress fills a wall in the National Air and Space Museum’s World War II aviation exhibit in Washington, D.C. The late Lt. Gen. Elwood R. “Pete” Quesada helped to develop and successfully demonstrate air-to-air refueling in 1929. He later helped to establish and was head of the FAA. The late Richard T. Whitcomb, an aeronautical engineer who spent most of his career at NASA’s Langley Research Center, developed the Area Rule, in which the shape of a fuselage can be changed to reduce the aircraft shock wave drag that occurs near the speed of sound. He also developed the supercritical airfoil and winglets. —Jill W. Tallman

JOHN UELAND

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