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What is a checklist?
A printed list to follow before takeoff
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What is a radial?
A direction used to track flight to or from a given VOR
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What are Runway End Identifier Lights?
High intensity white strobe lights placed on each side of the runway to mark the threshold.
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Who is the pilot in command?
The person responsible for determining the aircraft is safe for flight
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What is a standard rate turn?
A turn of three degrees per second, which will take 2 minutes to complete a full 360 degrees.
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What is an Airworthiness Certificate?
This document is not valid unless the aircraft is maintained according to the FAR's
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What is the Center of Gravity?
Moment over Weight (M/ W) is also known as this important measurement in the balance of an aircraft.
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What is standard lapse rate?
A temperature differential of 2 degrees C(3.5 degrees F) for every 1000 feet you climb.
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What is Empty Field Myopia?
A condition in which the eyes, having nothing specific within the available visual field upon which to focus, focus automatically at a range of the order of a few meters ahead.
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