Air/Hangar/Flight Deck Familiarization Flashcards
What PPE is required to be on the flight deck?
Flight deck steel toed boots, cranial impact helmet, protective eye goggles, leather gloves
Why is the airfield familiarization important?
For personal safety and the safety of the aircrew
What is a runway?
Paved areas that are used for aircraft takeoff and landing
What are threshold markings?
Parallel stripes on the ends of the runways.
What is an overrun area?
Paved or un-paved section of the ends of the runways that provide reasonably effective deceleration area for aborting or overshooting aircraft.
What is a taxiway?
Paved areas for aircraft to move between parking aprons, runways, and airfield services.
What is a parking apron?
Open paved areas adjacent to hangars, fuel, services often called the flight line.
What is a compass calibration pad?
Compass rose- a paved area in a magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated.
What is the purpose if the runway numbering system?
Runways are normally numbered in relation to their magnetic heading rounded of to the nearest 10 degrees.
What is the purpose of the airfield rotating beacon?
When the airport is below VFR weather conditions, the airport rotating beacon is used to identify the airports location.
What are yellow jerseys?
Aircraft handling officer, flight deck officer, catapult officer, air bos’n, arresting gear officer, plane director
What are white jerseys?
Safety department, air transport officer, landing signal officer, and medical
What are white jerseys with black checkers?
Trouble shooters
What are white jerseys with a green cross?
Safety
What are white jerseys with a Red Cross?
Medical
What is a brown jersey?
Plane captains
What is a blue jersey?
Aircraft handling and chock crewman, elevator operators
What is a green jersey?
Catapult and arresting gear personnel, squadron aircraft maintenance personnel, helicopter landing signal enlisted-man, photographers
What is a red jersey?
Crash and salvage, EOD, ordinance handling personnel
What is a red jersey with a black bar?
Ordinance crews
What is a purple jersey?
Aviation fuel crew
What is VLA?
Visual landing aids
What two types of tie down chains do we have on board?
TD-1A and TD-1B
How many chains are required for an initial tie down?
Minimum of six
How many chains are required for normal weather tie downs?
Nine chains
How many chains are required for moderate weather tie downs?
14 chains
How many chains are required for heavy weather tie downs?
20 chains
Why do we use hand signals on the flight deck?
To communicate in high tempo/high noise environments
When directing fixed wing aircraft what are the mandatory hand signals regardless of aircraft type?
Emergency stop
What is the maximum speed while towing an aircraft?
5mph or the speed of the slowest walker
What is the minimum number of people required to move an aircraft?
6-10 personnel
What is the purpose of the move director?
Overall responsible for assembling the move crew, ensure proper qualifications to preform duties, pre move briefings, safe movement of the aircraft with emphasis on safety
What is the purpose of the brake rider?
Conducts a pre-move inspection of brake system and aircraft to ensure it is mechanically sound and ready to move
What is the purpose of the safety observer?
Responsible for ensuring that the aircraft is ready to be towed and that there is ample clearance for the aircraft
What is the purpose of the chalk walker?
Responsible for removing, carrying and installing wheel chocks
What is the purpose of the tractor driver?
Responsible for the safe and slow movement if the aircraft from hook up to the final parking spot.
Who is the air boss?
CDR Norris
Who is the mini boss?
CDR Bassel
Who is the handler?
LCDR Caldwell
Who is the air bos’n?
CWO4 Garcia
Who is the flight deck officer?
LCDR Flores
How many divisions are in air department?
Five
What is V-1 responsible for?
Handling of all aircraft on the flight deck
What is V-2 responsible for?
In charge of operations and maintenance of catapults and arresting gear machinery
What is V-3 responsible for?
Responsible in handling of all aircraft on the hangar deck also operation of aircraft elevators and hangar bay doors
What is V-4 responsible for?
In charge of operation and upkeep of carrier aviation fuel and lube oil transfer systems.
What is V-5 responsible for?
Responsible for the communication of aircraft launch and recovery, tower communication and all admin duties within the department
He many personnel man Pri-fly?
Nine
Who mans Pri-fly?
Air boss, mini boss, primary flight control supervisor, land/launch record keeper, integrated shipboard information system computer operator, forward spotter, aft spotter, recovery equipment controller, fresnel lens optical landing system (IFLOLS) controller
Who is overall in charge of flight operations?
Commanding officer
Who is responsible for the supervision and direction of aircraft launching recovery. Visual landing aid and shipboard handling aircraft
Air boss
Who is responsible for the supervision and handling of the embarked aircraft on the flight deck and hangar deck?
Air handling officer
What is the primary job of the crash crew?
To save lives
Who are the 7 personnel manned in flight deck control?
Aircraft handing officer/flight deck officer, assistant flight deck officer, aviation fuel representative, sound powered phone talkers, elevator operators, weapons personnel, squadron/aircraft maintenance representative
Who wears a green jersey with a red cranial?
Landing LSE
What is the condition in which normal fixed wing and helicopter flight operations are conducted.
Flight quarters
What are the five different types of firefighting agent systems for combating flight deck fires?
PKP, AFFF, CO2, saltwater, steam smothering
What is ALRE stand for?
Aircraft launch and recovery equipment
What provides a direct connection between the launching pistons and the aircraft?
Shuttle
How many ways are there to emergency lower JBD?
Two- hydraulic and electrical
What stops the pistons and shuttle assembly at the end of the catapult shot?
Water break
What controls the flow of steam to the launching cylinders in order to shoot the catapult?
Launch valve
What provides for remote start up and charging of the hydraulic and air system to power and control the catapult system?
Central charging panel
What provides a means of assisting the attachment of the aircraft to the catapult system?
Nose gear launch installation
What does ICCS stand for?
Integrated catapult control system
Where is the bow ICCS located?
Between catapult 1 and 2
Where is the waist ICCS located?
Port side of catapult 4
Who wears a green jersey and a yellow float coat?
Catapult safety observer
Where are the steam smothering boxes located?
One for each catapult next to the catapult deck edge box
How many different engines are there in arresting gear?
Two- pendant and barricade
How many times can a barricade be used?
Once
How many different types of barricades are there?
Two ready jet and E-2/C-2
What component controls the stopping of the aircraft?
CRO valve
What does CRO stand for?
Constant run out valve
What are 4 differences between the pendant and barricade engine?
No saltwater cooler, anchors, auto lube, and shorter run out
What does CDP stand for?
Cross deck pendant
How many arrestments are a CDP good for?
125
What is the purpose of the sheave damper?
To absorb the initial impact of an aircraft
What are the barricade stanchions used for?
To connect the webbing assemblies to provide a net
What secures the lower load straps of the barricade webbing assembly and causes the aircraft nose wheel to ride up into the barricade?
Deck ramps
What does ARC stand for?
Advanced recovery control
What Does IFLOLS stand for?
Improved fresnel lens optical landing system
What is IFLOLS used for?
Visual landing aid normally used by the pilot to bring the aircraft down a glide slope to the deck within the arresting gear cross deck pendant pattern with a safe clearance between the tail hook and the stern of the ship
What does MOVLAS stand for?
Manually operated visual landing aid system
What is MOVLAS used for?
The MOVLAS is used as a backup, should the FLOLS system be inoperative or ineffective due to excessive pitch and roll of the ship.
What does ILARTS stand for?
Integrated launch and recovery television system
What is ILARTS used for?
Designed to monitor and simultaneously record aircraft launching and landing operations under day and night conditions
What is the backup for IFLOLS?
MOVLAS
During CQ operations, what specifically is air boss and mini boss responsible for?
Air boss-recovery mini boss-flight pattern and launching aircraft in the bow
What does ISIS stand for?
Integrated shipboard information system
What is the primary job for gear operator?
Set the proper weight settings of the aircraft
What is the primary job of the tower operator?
Ensures all equipment is up and running
What watch station does the primary flight control have on the flight deck?
LSO
What does LSO stand for?
Landing signal officer
