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Information on Aviation Selection Test Battery for Pilot and Naval Flight Officer Applicants
Here are some aviation sites with study guides for the Aviation Selection Test Battery. If you plan on taking the ASTB you must study for it or you will not pass it. There is some really great information on these websites, but you must search for it.
http://www.airwarriors.com
http://www.navygouge.com
http://www.columbia.edu/~mmx1/astb/ http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/search.php?search=astbhttp://www.nrotc.web.arizona.edu/forms.phphttp://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/http://www.grafitto.com/~mark/astb/MilitaryFlight.pdf
These are books that you should buy if you plan on taking the Aviation Selection Test Battery for aviation applicants.
Arco Military Flight Aptitude Test 6th Edition
Study Aviation Selection Test Battery Sections
Arco Officer Candidate Tests
Good study guide for math/verbal and mechanical comprehension
There are six sections to the ASTB:
MATH SKILLS TEST
READING COMPREHENSION TEST
MECHANICAL COMPREHENSION TEST
SPATIAL APPERCEPTION TEST
AVIATION AND NAUTICAL INFORMATION TEST
Math Supplemental Test
You should be somewhat familiar with the following aviation and nautical concepts for the Aviation and Nautical Information Test portion.
Navy Aircraft Designations
Navy and Marine Corps jet and helo types and purposes
Navy Ship Designations
E.G. Carrier – CV, Amphibious ships – L**, Nuclear powered **N, Destroyer - DDG
Ship terminology
Compartments
Structure
Lights on a ship
Color schemes (e.g. vest colors of personnel working on flight deck, pipe colors and what
they mean)
Greenwich Meantime Definition
Military Time and Zulu time
Aircraft
Control surfaces-what they do
Other surfaces-what they do (e.g. flaps, slats, vertical stabilizer, landing gear)
Forces acting on an aircraft
Sections of an aircraft-names and function
Terminology
Propeller blade design and purpose
Fuselage design
Basic Pilotage
Right of way when approaching another aircraft head on
Standard day
Transponder settings
Turbulence conditions – types and what to do if you encounter
Runway headings
Lights on a runway/airport – color and function
What is the definition of a high performance aircraft
Wind effects on landing
Types of clouds and conditions associated with them
Types of approach lighting
Wind headings
Difference between magnetic north and true north
Lost communication light signals from a control tower
Hazards to flying (e.g. turbulence, thunderstorms, icing)
Things affecting lift on an aircraft
Humidity
Air Density
Altitude
Density altitude
Bernoullis Principle
Pressure and volume/velocity relationship
Basic Navy History
Year founded
All Aircraft Instruments and what they do
Aerodynamics
How is lift generated
Wingtip vortices
Components of an airfoil
Basic helicopter aerodynamics
What causes a stall
Different types of drag
How is lift affected when close to the ground
Significant astronaut missions
Significant milestones in aviation history ( e.g. first woman to fly solo across atlantic ocean, who broke sound barrier, first jet to fly combat mission)
Aerospace physiology
Physiological effects of flying on pilots – i.e. hypoxia, spatial disorientation, etc
Last Updated: Aug. 22, 2010