6. CRUISE PERFORMANCE

8398. What should a pilot do to maintain “best range” airplane performance when a tailwind is encountered?. Increase speed. Maintain speed. Decrease speed.

9078. Which procedure produces the minimum fuel consumption for a given leg of the cruise flight?. Increase speed for a headwind. Increase speed for a tailwind. Increase altitude for a headwind, decrease altitude for a tailwind.

8381. Which maximum range factor decreases as weight decreases?. Angle of attack. Altitude. Airspeed.

9077. Maximum range performance of a turbojet air- craft is obtained by which procedure as aircraft weight reduces?. Increasing speed or altitude. Increasing altitude or decreasing speed. Increasing speed or decreasing altitude.

8383. What performance is characteristic of flight at maximum L/D in a propeller-driven airplane?. Maximum range and distance glide. Best angle of climb. Maximum endurance.

8401. At what speed, with reference to L/DMAX, does maximum range for a jet airplane occur?. A speed less than that for L/DMAX. A speed equal to that for L/DMAX. A speed greater than that for L/DMAX.