Take a trip back to basics when it comes to flying...but have you left the basics behind? This is Part 1 of the General Knowledge series of of quizzes - remember, knowledge can be fun as well.

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05-12-08, 11:53 AM

It takes knowledge, talent, and practice to be able to fly an aircraft at the edge of its performance envelope, especially at the lower airspeed limits. Pilots learn some of these maneuvers in preparation for a private, commercial, or flight instructor practical test, but unless they are practiced on a regular basis, knowledge decays and skill atrophies, often to the point where the benefits of the original training are all but lost. Irv Siegel's latest interactive quiz will help you gauge how much you remember about this stuff, and perhaps serve as a reminder that we all need to get out and practice it from time to time in order to maintain our basic pilot skills.

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01-12-08, 08:10 PM

When airfoils slam into enough innocent air molecules at just the right speed, lift results. Seems like magic, but there is a little science involved. So let's explore a few basic tenets of aerodynamics.

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21-11-08, 11:02 AM

Pilots are obsessed (or at least they should be) with the need for speed -- not necessarily the most speed, but the appropriate speed. For virtually every aspect of flight, there's a particular speed that's optimum. Going faster or slower than the optimum speed may be inefficient, unsafe, or even deadly. Irv Siegel's latest interactive quiz poses a variety of situations wherein the pilot has to choose the correct speed at which to operate or on which to base certain calculations. Are you up to speed?

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10-11-08, 11:56 AM

Whether you're a neophyte student or grizzled old IFR pro, you need to know how to answer questions concerning logging of flight time. In this quiz, IFR magazine editor Paul Bertorelli tests your understanding of some of the basic concepts and legalities of logging.

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05-11-08, 12:53 PM