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| What are the three categories of aircraft |
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| Category I, Category II, Category III |
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| A small business jet aircraft will fall into which aircraft category? |
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| Helicopters fall into which aircraft category |
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| What are the weight classes of aircraft |
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| Most CAT I aircraft will generally operate within which speed range? |
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| What are the three basic types of engines found on aircraft today |
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| Reciprocating, turboprop, and turbojet |
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| Which of the following is not one of the three basic wing placements found on aircraft |
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| Generally, what are the three basic types of landing gear |
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| Tricycle gear, conventional gear, and tandem gear |
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| What is a prominent identification feature of the BE35 |
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| An aircraft weighing 300,000 pounds will fall into the ________ weight class |
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| An aircraft with a certified takeoff weight of ________ pounds or less will fall into the small weight class. |
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| Name four aircraft identification features |
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| Size, engine location and number, wing placement, tail configuration, windows, shape |
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| Straight-wing, swept-wing, and _________ are the three basic types of wing configuration |
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| Name three of the six basic aircraft tail configurations. |
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| Convential, forward slant vertical stabilizer, horizontal above fuselage, t tail, v tail, twin boom tail |
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| What is the general speed range for CAT II aircraft |
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| . What category do helicopters fall under |
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| What category do turbojet engine aircraft fall under? |
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| A twin-engine, turboprop aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or less is in category |
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| An aircraft capable of 300,000 pounds of takeoff weight, but which currently only has a takeoff weight of 225,000 pounds, would fall into what weight class? |
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Small aircraft weighing 12,500 lbs. or
less, single-engine, propeller-driven, and all helicopters |
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Small aircraft weighing 12,500 lbs. or
less, twin-engine, and propeller-driven |
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| A large multi-engine turbojet aircraft |
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Aircraft weighing 41,000 lbs. or less
maximum certified takeoff weight |
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Aircraft weighing more than 41,000 lbs.
maximum certified takeoff weight up to 300,000 lbs. |
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Aircraft capable of takeoff weights of more
than 300,000 lbs. whether operating at that weight or not |
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CAT I Operating
Characteristics |
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Aircraft normally operating at 10,000 feet
MSL and below, speed between 100-160 knots with a climb rate of 1,000 feet per minute or less |
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CAT II Operating
Characteristics |
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Aircraft normally operating at FL240 and
below, speed between 160-250 knots with a climb rate of 1,000-2,000 feet per minute. |
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CAT III Operating
Characteristics |
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Aircraft normally operating at FL450 and
below, speed between 300-550 knots with a climb rate of 2,000-4,000 feet per minute |
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| Designators may have as many as ________ characters, but no less than ________. |
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| An aircraft designator must consist of letters only. |
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| The first character in an aircraft designation must be a/an ________. |
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