PILOT BRIEFING TEST PILOT | BY BARRY SCHIFF 1. From reader Jim Clarkson: What is the definition of a safe airplane? 2. Structural icing on the leading edges of horizontal stabilizers typically causes an airplane to A. pitch down. B. pitch up. C. roll left. D. pitch up and roll left. 3. The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is a military decoration awarded to a member of the U.S. armed forces who has distinguished himself or herself in support of operations by heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight. Who was first to receive an actual DFC? 4. True or false? The first woman to get a U.S. pilot certificate, Harriet Quimby, was killed in 1912 when she fell out of her airplane. 5. What role did the famed Parisian department store, Galeries Lafayette, play in the early history of aviation? 6. A four-place airplane with a normally aspirated engine that can cruise in excess of 1 mph per horsepower is unusually efficient. What was the first production airplane that could do this? ANSWERS on page 48 44 | MEANS MORE FLYING FUN (307) 317-5550 AVIATAIRCRAFT.COM/2018 ©2019 Aviat Aircraft, Inc. JOHN SAUER 7. Who was so instrumental in developing a specific type of aircraft that these aircraft became synonymous with his name? 8. Which of the following does not belong? A. decalage B. open cockpit C. sesquiplane D. staggerhttp://www.AVIATAIRCRAFT.COM/2018