Free PSTAR practice Collision Avoidance

When two aircraft are converging at approximately the same altitude, which statement applies?

  1. AGliders shall give way to helicopters.
  2. BAeroplanes shall give way to power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft.
  3. CGliders shall give way to aeroplanes.
  4. DPower-driven heavier-than-air aircraft shall give way to gliders.Correct answer

Why this is the answer

Per CAR 602.19(2)(a), a power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft (an aeroplane) shall give way to airships, gliders and balloons. The hierarchy favours the less manoeuvrable, engineless aircraft.

Reference

TC AIM-RAC – Collision Avoidance – Right of Way CARs 602.19 – Right of Way

Question reproduced verbatim from Transport Canada’s PSTAR Study and Reference Guide (TP 11919E). The answer key is Transport Canada’s; the explanation is ours.

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