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When two aircraft approach head-on, what should each pilot do?
Choices
✓ Each pilot alters course to the rightcorrect
The head-on rule requires both pilots to turn right.
Each pilot alters course to the left
Turning left would keep the aircraft on a collision course.
The lower aircraft climbs and the higher descends
That is not the head-on rule.
Both maintain course and altitude
Maintaining course head-on invites a collision.
Why
In a head-on or nearly head-on approach, each pilot shall alter course to the right.
FAA source: 14 CFR 91.113browse the reference library →
This is taught in Operating Rules: Right of Way, Alcohol and PIC Authority — study the lessons free, then practice with grading and mastery tracking.
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