FAA Written Test

And I thought my test with six out of 100 questions
pertaining to radio navigation was a bit much. This
was back in the previous century, around 1990 or 1991.

I wonder how many pure gliders have VOR's or ADF's
in them?

Maybe the test should be changed and ask really important
questions on, say, GPS and ask, for instance, what
is the difference between GPS altitude and barometric
pressure altitude and how will this knowledge help
you fly better?

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA




At 16:54 16 August 2006, Greg Arnold wrote:
Mike wrote:
I am preparing to take my written Commercial Glider
exam and have been
using various test guides and on line practice tests.
I am curious as
to why there are questions pertaining to radio navigation
included in
the question pool. Has anyone ever used a VOR or ADF
in a glider?

Mike


I just took the commercial glider written exam, and
9 of the 100
questions on my exam pertained to this subject. As
for why the FAA
thinks such questions are relevant -- who knows?