122 Flashcards
What is the name of the 80T-122?
Aircraft Operating Procedures for Air-Capable Ships NATOPS Manual
(V) Define air-capable ship
All Ships other than CV/CVN or LHA/LHD where aircraft can takeoff, be recovered, or routinely receive and transfer logistic support
Glossary
Foxtrot Corpen
Ship’s true heading for aircraft launch/recovery
122: Control Area
Airspace around an air-capable ship with a radius of 25NM, surface to unlimited. (Approach/Departure control for IFR)
Glossary
122: Control zone
Airspace with a radius of 5 NM around the ship, surface to 2,500’. (Tower Control. Air Officer, HCO,FDO,LSO)
Glossary
Define
NVD compatible
Lighting systems which are only required for the unaided operator and shall have no adverse effect on the aided operator. Virtually invisible on NVDs.
Glossary
Define
NVD compliant
Components that are:
- NVD compatible
- NVD shipboard friendly
- Noncompatible systems which are dimmed, baffled or hidden from direct LOS from aided operator
In this condition ship can be aided and unaided operations
Glossary
Optimum wind for normal operations
Down the lineup line at approximately 1/2 the max speed allowed by the applicable wind envelopes
Glossary
Optimum winds for a single-engine landing
Relative wind as close as possible to being down the lineup line at the maximum wind speed allowed by the appropriate wind envelopes
Glossary
Optimum wind for up-the-stern approaches
Winds 10 to 20 deg off the port bow at 1/2 the maximum speed allowed
Glossary
Optimum winds for AFCS/SAS/BOOST or any flight control failure or degradation
Winds in the appropriate emergency wind envelope giving the most stable deck
Glossary
Define parrot
A brevity code for aircraft transponder
Glossary
Define the shipboard landing environment
Phase of the approach from MAP to flight deck landing during which the aircrew transitions from instrument to visual scan
Glossary
Define the shipboard takeoff environment
Flight deck takeoff to level off altitude (at least 150’ AGL) during which aircrew transitions from a visual to an instrument scan. PAC does this once positive rate of climb is attained and obstruction clearance is assured.
Glossary
Levels of Operation
Level I — IMC day/night operations
Level II — VMC day/night operations
Level III — VMC day only operations
2.3.1
Classes of Facilities
- Class 1 — Landing area with support (service and maintenance) facilities for the types of aircraft certified
- Class 2 — Landing area with service facilities for the types of aircraft certified
- Class 2A — Landing area with limited service facilities for the types of aircraft certified
- Class 3 — Landing area for the types of aircraft certified; no service facilities
- Class 4 — VERTREP/hover area (minimum hover height of 5 ft.) for types of aircraft certified
- Class 5 — VERTREP/hover area (minimum hover height of 15 ft.) for types of aircraft certified
- Class 6 — HIFR facility capable of delivering minimum 50 gal of fuel per minute, at a pressure of 20 psi, to a height of 40 ft above the water
- Class 6R — HIFR facility capable of delivering only 25-49 gal of fuel per minute, at a pressure of 20 psi, to a height of 40 ft above the water
2.3.2
For aircraft equipped with a TACAN, ship’s TACAN system shall be operable for all …
Shipboard launches and recoveries in IMC
2.4
Type 1 VERTREP/Hover Ops
Helo hovers with aircraft centerline directly on top of lineup line
Type 2 VERTREP/Hover Ops
Helo hovers with main and tail rotor hubs over, or aft, of the T line
Special Type 2 VERTREP/Hover Ops
Helo hovers with main and tail rotor hubs over, or aft, of the T line or T-ball line
Type 3 VERTREP/Hover Ops
Helo hovers with main and tail rotor hubs between the two T lines
Required Lighting Equiment
Night/Low-visibiliy- All shipboard VLA lighting equipment should be operative.
Aided operations-All required shipboard lighting Shall be NVD compliant.
HRS bar — shall be operable without a visible horizon for single-spot ship ops (visible horizon may be obtained through NVDs.
2.7.1
(V) Permissible Lighting Equipment Degradations — Unaided Ops
Night unaided VMC operations may be conducted in the event of a failure of not more than one of the lighting subsystems required for ship’s facility certification provided the following criteria are met:
- A visible horizon exists and is discernible by the aircraft commander in the shipboard landing/takeoff environment.
- The ship’s CO and embarked Air Det OIC (aircraft commander for non-embarked evolutions) concur that the failed lighting system is not critical to the scheduled mission.
2.7.1.1
(V) Permissible Lighting Equipment Degradations — Aided (NVD) Ops
Aided operations may be conducted in the event of a failure of more than one of the lighting subsystems required for ship’s facility certification provided all of the following criteria are met:
- A visible horizon exists and is discernible through NVDs by the aircraft commander in the shipboard landing/takeoff environment.
- The ship’s CO and embarked Air Detachment OIC (aircraft commander for non-embarked evolutions) concur that the failed lighting systems are not critical to the scheduled mission.
- The following lighting subsystems remain operational and available:
— Overhead/Forward Structure floodlights
— Deck Surface/Hangar Wash floodlights
— Associated lighting control panels
2.7.1.2