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Question: The Flight Technical Error (FTE) is a characteristic of the pilot performance using FD or the AP guidance in the steering of the aircraft. A. FTE relates to the air crew or autopilot’s ability to follow the defined path or track, including any display error (e.g., CDI centering error). B. FTE with PDE formsRead more

B200 Question: What is the maximum operating pressure limit of the pneumatic system? Answer: 20 PSI African Pilot’s October 2020 edition The amazing October edition of African pilot is complete and will enter its distribution phase in the next few days. This edition of African Pilot features Aircraft Maintenance Organisations (AMOs) and Aircraft Refurbishment. TheRead more

“When we love, we always strived to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too” Paulo Coelho B200 Question: Where does the negative pressure for the vacuum system originate? Answer: Pneumatic bleed-air Venturi African Pilot’s October 2020 edition The amazing October edition ofRead more

“Government does not cause affluence. Citizens of totalitarian countries have plenty of government and nothing of anything else.” P. J. O’Rourke C208 Question: Which two engine gauges indicate the most critical engine parameters? Answer: The torque and ITT gauges. African Pilot’s September 2020 edition The record September edition of African Pilot has 226 pages withRead more

“Madness is rare in individuals, but in groups, parties, nations and ages it is the rule.” Friedrich Nietzsche IF question: what does the (*) mean next to the ILS frequency on an approach plate? Is it:      1. Unserviceable 2. Special conditions apply or 3. Limited operating times. Answer: 3 – Limited operating times African Pilot’s SeptemberRead more

“If money and material things make you believe you are better than others, you are the poorest person on earth” Anon IF question: what does the (*) mean next to the ILS frequency on an approach plate? Is it:      1. Unserviceable 2. Special conditions apply or 3. Limited operating times. Answer: 3 – Limited operating timesRead more

“What we have to remember is that not everything is under our control. If people are free in any meaningful sense of the word, that means they are at liberty to foul up their lives as much as make something grand of them. That is a gamble we all take. That is the risk ofRead more

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples” Mother Teresa. IF question: what does the (*) mean next to the ILS frequency on an approach plate? Is it:      1. Unserviceable 2. Special conditions apply or 3. Limited operating times. Answer: C – Limited operatingRead more

“No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community.” Theodore Roosevelt For B1900: When transferring fuel to balance fuel level, is the fuel going to the opposite engine or the opposite tank and from where? Answer: the fuel is being transferred via routes fromRead more

The best analogy about the lockdown I have heard to date by Kingsley Holgate: “As we know, the wildebeest in Africa migrate every year in search of food to survive. When they reach the Mara river, the crocodiles are waiting. They know this and they also know they will lose a few of when theyRead more