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Enhance your understanding of spatial orientation for the Aviation Selection Test Battery (ASTB) with this focused set of flashcards. Key skills in spatial apperception are assessed, crucial for aspiring aviators and...

Questions: 26 | Attempts: 13 | Last updated: Oct 9, 2025

Sample Question 1
How can you determine if an airplane is making a right bank (R), left bank (L), or no bank at all (N)?

Checking the altitude of the airplane using GPS coordinates.

Seeing which side of the horizon is higher; whichever side is higher is the direction of the turn you are making

Counting the number of clouds below the aircraft.

Observing the color of the wings of the plane.

Sample Question 2
The second rule is used to determine if the plane is flying up (U), down (D), or level (L). You simply do this by:

Listening to the in-flight entertainment system

Looking a both sides of the horizon. If there is more sky on one side that there is land or water on the other, then the plane is going up. If there is more land/water on one side then there is sky on the other side, then the plane is going down. If the amount of land/water on the other side, then the plane is flying level.

Checking the seatbelt sign

Counting the number of passengers on board

Sample Question 3
How can the third rule determine if the plane is flying towards land (L), towards sea (S), or up/down the beach (U)?

Put ur finger at the bottom of the picture and move ur finger up until u hit the horizon. At the horizon, if u hit land, u are flying towards sea. Up/down the beach is like a plane pulling an advertising banner down the beach.

Put your finger at the top of the picture and move your finger down until you hit the horizon.

Listen for the sound of waves to determine direction.

Close your eyes and think about the destination.