Time Zones

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The airshow displays:

A map that illustrates position and direction of airplane, altitude, airspeed, distance to destination, distance from origination, and local time.

Eastern Time Zone=

All of the NorthEast and SouthEast (FL, NY, MA, MD, GA, KY, SC, NC, etcetcetc)

International Date Line=

An imaginary line that shows where the beginning of one day and the end of another come together.

When going West, you must set your watch ____ ____ hour (s) for each time zone you cross.

Backward an hour.

The International Date Line runs_________

Between the Eastern tip of Russia and the Western tip of Alaska and down to the West of Hawaii, down to the East of New Zealand, And so on.

When you travel East, you ______ time from your day

Lose or take away.

The two boundaries

Mark the transition from one day to the next.

Midnight Time Line is

Marked by the moment at which the date changes to the next day at a given point on the globe.

Central Time Zone=

Midwestern states (AK, TX, OK, LA, MS, AL, NE, KS, IL, MN, ND, IA, MO, AR, WI, TN, IN)

Midnight Time Line

Moves around the globe at 2400 hours local time.

Airshow=

Moving map-system owned by Rockwell Collins. Is on the 777. Real time flight info video channel broadcast through the passenger's personal tv and cabin video screens.

International Date Line goes through no _______ except _____.

No land, except Antarctica.

There is a difference of ________ between each time zone

One hour.

What are the 4 time zones from West to East Coast?

Pacific Time, Mountain Time, Central Time, Eastern Time.

When traveling through time zones in the U.S., you and your customers should ________.

Reset your watches.

Mountain Time Zone=

States closest to West Coast (CO, NM, UT, WY, ID, MT)

In the U.S. the biggest amount of time between any of the time zones is ________ hours.

Three hours.

There are how many worldwide alltogether?

Twenty.

The International Date Line is drawn _________ on maps

Vertically.

Pacific Time Zone=

West Coast states (CA, NV, OR, WA)

Crossing ______ results in a day being ________.

West, added.

The Time Zones total=

24 hours.

One city may be a ______ behind another city by just a few ______.

Day behind, by just a few hours.

Moving map system is

Derived from aircraft's flight computer systems.

The hours are ______ to the West of each zone.

Earlier.

While traveling ______ crossing the International Date Line it will result in a __________ of 24 hours.

East, subtraction.

Each strip is how many degrees?

Fifteen Degrees in width.

How many time zones are in the U.S.?

Four.

When going East, you must set your watch _____ _____ hour (s) for each time zone you cross.

Foward an hour.

When you travel West, you _____ time to your day

Gain or add.

2 Boundaries are:

International Date Line and Midnight Time Line.

And the hours are ______ to the East of each zone.

Later.

A Time Zone is

Longitudinal strip of the Earth's surface that stretches from pole to pole.


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