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Old 29th Jun 2006, 17:45
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Biggles_WannaB
 
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Technical Interview Questions

Hi Guys,

Leaving this a bit short notice as I have an interview tomorrow, but can anyone come up with some good technical Qs that might be thrown at you in an interview?

It would also be of great help if you could give a quick explanation as to how you solved it - not trying to be cheeky/lazy, but most of my workings out either involve looooong calculations or flight computers - not really appropriate for an interview situation!! Just wanted to compare how others might handle quick mental maths calculations.

The questions I have come across so far are similar to:

Q: 15NM before aerodrome A an aircraft is at 4500ft with G/S of 90kts. What rate of descent is required to be level at 200ft, 5 miles before A?

Q: A/C runs out of fuel 60 miles from an airport while at 20,000ft, glides at 24kts, descending at 2000ft/min – will it make it to the airport?

If anyone could help me out with the above, and maybe also provide a few more examples that may be thrown at me tomorrow, I’d greatly appreciate it!!!

Many thanks!!!
BW
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