Weather – QUIZ

The sun is the major source of all weather

It is the PIC’s responsibility to check and consider the weather conditions prior to and during every unmanned aircraft flight.

A lower concentration of sunrays produces high heat radiation over a given surface area.

Warmer air has a tendency to descend (associated with low pressure systems).

Unequal heating causes pressure variations resulting in changes to barometric altimeter settings between weather reporting points.

Local conditions, geological features, and other anomalies will not change the wind direction and wind speed close to the Earth’s surface.

Plowed ground, rocks, sand, barren land, pavement, and urban areas give off a large amount of heat and are likely to result in updrafts whereas water, trees, and other areas of vegetation tend to absorb and retain heat and are likely to result in downdrafts

PAVE is part of pre-flight planning that all pilots need to evaluate. PAVE stands for:

If in-flight changes occur in the PAVE criteria, then consider CARE which is:

The PAVE and CARE checklists are your virtual co-pilot, the challenging voice in the back of your head that causes you to evaluate each flight management decision you make and validate that decision against a personal standard rather than just winging it.