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1
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What acronym is for airworthiness?

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AAV1ATE

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What acronym is for required aircraft documents? (91.203, 91.9)

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SPARROW

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What acronym is for passenger briefing?

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SAFETY

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What acronym is for pre-flight?

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NW KRAFT

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What acronym is for equipment VFR days? (91.205)

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A TOMATO FFLAMES

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What acronym is for equipment VFR nights? (91.205)

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FLAPS

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What acronym is for risk management (scenarios)?

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PAVE

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What acronym is for risk management (self)?

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IM SAFE

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What acronym is for types of class E airspace?

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SET VODA

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10
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What acronym is for magnetic compass errors?

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VD-MONA

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What acronym is for in-flight illusions?

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ICEFLAGS

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What acronym is for special use airspaces?

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MC PRAWN T

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What does AAV1ATE stand for?

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A - Annual (12 cal. months) (91.409)
A - ADs (As required) (91.403, 91.417)
V - VOR (30 cal. days) (91.171)
1 - 100 hr (for hire) (91.409)
A- Altimeter / Pitot static (24 cal. months) (91.411)
T - Transponder (24 cal. months) (91.413)
E - ELT (12 cal. months or 1/2 battery life or 1 hr of use) (91.207)

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What does SPARROW stand for?

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(91.203, 91.9)
S - Supplements
P - Placards
A - Airworthiness certificate
R - Registration
R - Radio station license (international)
O - Operating limitations (POH)
W - Weight and balance (current)

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What does SAFETY stand for?

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S -Seat belts
A -Air ventilation
F - Fire extinguisher
E - Emergency procedure
T - Talking (sterile cockpit)
Y - “Your questions”

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16
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What does NW KRAFT stand for?

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(91.103)
N - NOTAMs
W - Weather

K - Known ATC delays
R - Runway length
A - Alternate
F - Fuel
T - Take off and landing distances

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What does A TOMATO FFLAMES stand for?

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(91.205)
A - Anti-collision lights (since March 11, 1996)

T - Tachometer ( each engine)
O -Oil pressure gauge (each engine)
M - Manifold pressure gauge ( each altitude engine)
A - Altimeter
T - Temp. gauge (each liquid cooled engine)
O - Oil temp. gauge (each air cooled engine)

F - Fuel gauge (each tank)
F - Flotation device (operating for hire over water beyond glide distance)
L - Landing gear position indicator (retractable gear)
A - Airspeed indicator
M - Magnetic direction indicator
E - ELT
S - Safety belts (shoulder harnesses for each front seat after 1978)

18
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What does FLAPS stand for? (91.205)

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F - Fuses (spare set accessible in flight)
L - Landing light (for hire)
A - Anti-collision lights
P - Position lights
S - Source of electrical power (adequate for all instruments)

19
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What does PAVE stand for?

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P - Pilot
A - Aircraft
V - enVironment
E - External pressures

20
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What does IM SAFE stand for?

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I - Illness
M - Medication

S - Stress
A - Alcohol
F - Fatigue
E - Emotions/eating

21
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What does SET VODA stand for?

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S - Surface
E - Extension
T - Transition

V - Victor airways
O - Offshore
D - Domestic en route
A - Above FL 600

22
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What does VD-MONA stand for?

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V - Variation (difference between true north & magnetic north)
D - Deviation (instruments/equipment in plane effect magnet)
M - Magnetic dip (more pronounced at poles, dip towards flux lines, more vertical at poles, parallel at equator)
O - Oscillation (free floating compass card moves around)
N - Northerly turning tendencies (North-Opposite, South-Exaggerated)
A - Acceleration/deceleration errors (Accelerate-North, Decelerate-South)

23
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What does ICEFLAGS stand for?

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I - Inversion
C- Coriolis
E - Elevator
F - False Horizon
L - Leans
A - Autokinesis
G - Graveyard Spiral
S - Somatographic

24
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What does MC PRAWN stand for?

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M - Military operations area (MOA)
C - Controlled firing area

P - Prohibited
R - Restricted
A - Alert area
W - Warning area
N - National security area (NSA)

Temporary flight restriction (TFR)

25
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ATIS

A

Automatic Terminal Information Service

26
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AWOS

A

Automated Weather Observing System

27
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What acronym is for spin recovery?

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PARE

28
Q

What does PARE stand for?

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Power - Idle
Aileron - Neutral
Rudder - Full opposite
Elevator - gradual

29
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What acronym is for lost procedures?

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The 5 C’s

30
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What are the 5 C’s?

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Circle - stay in place
Confess - admit you are lost
Climb - better visibility, better comm signal
Conserve - fuel
Communicate -
Comply -

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