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The answers to last weeks questions (21Apr-28Apr) are:

1:A 2:C 3:C 4:B 5:B

The answers to this weeks five questions will be posted on the 05 May 2000.

1 Spark plugs in an aircraft engine are fouled

a) when excessive heat in the combustion chamber of a cylinder causes oil to form on the center electrode of a spark plug fouling the plug

b) when operating with an excessively rich mixture

c) primarily by operating at excessively high cylinder head temperatures

12 A propeller rotating clockwise (as seen from the rear) creates a torque reaction during flight which gives the aircraft a tendency to rotate to the

a) left around the lateral axis

b) left around the longitudinal axis

c) right around the longitudinal axis

13 Applying carburetor heat will

a) result in more air going through the carburetor

b) enrich the fuel/air mixture

c) lean the fuel/air mixture

14 To avoid possible wake turbulence from a large jet aircraft which landed just prior to take off the point on the runway where it should be planned to become airborne is

a) past the point where the jet touched down

b) approximately 500 ft prior to the point where the jet touched down

c) at least 1000 ft past where the jet touched down

15 The most satisfactory extinguisher agent for an electrical fire is

a) water

b) carbon tetrachloride

c) carbon dioxide

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