END OF CHAPTER 2
AIR NAVIGATION AND AIDS TO AIR NAVIGATION
REVIEW QUESTIONS
2-1.
What is the most important problem that navigators face?
A.
Determining direction
B.
Determining distance
C.
Determining speed
D.
Determining position
2-2.
The diameter at the earth s equator is approximately how many nautical miles?
A.
6888 NM
B.
8668 NM
C.
4886 NM
D.
2688 NM
2-3.
The __________ is a great circle around the earth dividing the Northern and
Southern hemispheres.
A.
Prime Meridian
B.
equator
C.
longitude
D.
Greenwich Meridian
2-4.
Meridians of __________ are used to locate points east and west.
A.
Greenwich Meridian
B.
equator
C.
longitude
D.
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