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Old 17th September 2009 | 11:07
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Keith.Williams.
 
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The question

Q. An aeroplane maintains straight and level flight at a speed of 2 * VS. If a vertical gust causes a load factor of 2, the load factor n caused by the same gust at a speed of 1.3 VS would be:

(A) n = 1.65.
(B) n = 1.69.
(C) n = 4.
(D) n = 1.3.
Was appealled by Oxford in June 2007 and put on hold.

In the ensuing debate several instructors put in various arguments, but all agreed that the question was unsafe. The CAA eventually decided to allow the appeal and put the question on hold to allow the SET to look at it again.

As Alex has said, the new question is probably an "improved" version of the old one.

But the numbers appear to have changed and one of the new options is correct for a horizontal gust. This raises the question of whether their "improvement action" has actually radically changed the situation.
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