Quiz Time: This Plane To That Plane

Test your knowledge of aviation with this week’s quiz!

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This Plane To That Plane
Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • The article presents a quiz question comparing aircraft safety systems.
  • It identifies TAWS (Terrain Awareness and Warning System) as the system for terrain collision avoidance.
  • TAWS serves a similar purpose for terrain as TCAS does for avoiding other aircraft in flight.
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Example: TCAS is to traffic as ____________ is to terrain.

ADS-B
TAWS 
FIKI
GPS

ANSWER: TAWS, for “Terrain Awareness and Warning System,” helps pilots avoid collisions with the terrain, while TCAS helps them avoid hitting other planes in flight.

Okay, here we go:

  • MM slash DD slash YYYY

Isabel Goyer

A commercial pilot, Isabel Goyer has been flying for more than 40 years, with hundreds of different aircraft in her logbook and thousands of hours. An award-winning aviation writer, photographer and editor, Ms. Goyer led teams at Sport Pilot, Air Progress and Flying before coming to Plane & Pilot in 2015.
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