First Officer Bernoulli
Quizzle #1
Test your aviation knowledge!
What is "terminal velocity"?
- A) the highest speed an object will reach when falling through air .
- B) The fastest speed a late passenger can acheive when running for the plane they are about to miss
What is "V1"?
- A) The speed attained during takeoff above which the pilots must continue the takeoff, even if an engine stops working.
- B) The best thing about Mumbai.
What is a "venturi tube"?
- A) A tube with a narrowing inside, which uses the Bernoulli Principle to measure airspeed.
- B) A kind of pasta.
What is "turbulence"?
- A) Bumpy air, often encountered when flying on a windy day, in or near large clouds, and sometimes in clear sky at high altitude with little or no warning.
- B) Something that comes out of Captain Coriolis after too much curry, beans and/or cabbage.
What is a "holding pattern"
- A) Flying round in circles, required by Air Traffic Control to slow down an aircraft, to fit it into the planned sequence of arriving aircraft.
- B) The fingernail marks left by nervous passengers in their armrests after experiencing too much turbulence.
Questions and Answers
I'll give you a hint.
The answer is "A"
