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Air/Hangar/Flight Deck Familiarization Flashcards

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What PPE is required to be on the flight deck?

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Flight deck steel toed boots, cranial impact helmet, protective eye goggles, leather gloves

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Why is the airfield familiarization important?

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For personal safety and the safety of the aircrew

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What is a runway?

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Paved areas that are used for aircraft takeoff and landing

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What are threshold markings?

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Parallel stripes on the ends of the runways.

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What is an overrun area?

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Paved or un-paved section of the ends of the runways that provide reasonably effective deceleration area for aborting or overshooting aircraft.

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What is a taxiway?

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Paved areas for aircraft to move between parking aprons, runways, and airfield services.

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What is a parking apron?

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Open paved areas adjacent to hangars, fuel, services often called the flight line.

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What is a compass calibration pad?

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Compass rose- a paved area in a magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated.

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What is the purpose if the runway numbering system?

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Runways are normally numbered in relation to their magnetic heading rounded of to the nearest 10 degrees.

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What is the purpose of the airfield rotating beacon?

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When the airport is below VFR weather conditions, the airport rotating beacon is used to identify the airports location.

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10
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What are yellow jerseys?

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Aircraft handling officer, flight deck officer, catapult officer, air bos’n, arresting gear officer, plane director

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What are white jerseys?

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Safety department, air transport officer, landing signal officer, and medical

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What are white jerseys with black checkers?

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Trouble shooters

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What are white jerseys with a green cross?

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Safety

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What are white jerseys with a Red Cross?

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Medical

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What is a brown jersey?

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Plane captains

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What is a blue jersey?

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Aircraft handling and chock crewman, elevator operators

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What is a green jersey?

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Catapult and arresting gear personnel, squadron aircraft maintenance personnel, helicopter landing signal enlisted-man, photographers

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What is a red jersey?

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Crash and salvage, EOD, ordinance handling personnel

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What is a red jersey with a black bar?

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Ordinance crews

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What is a purple jersey?

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Aviation fuel crew

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What is VLA?

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Visual landing aids

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22
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What two types of tie down chains do we have on board?

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TD-1A and TD-1B

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How many chains are required for an initial tie down?

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Minimum of six

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How many chains are required for normal weather tie downs?

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Nine chains

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How many chains are required for moderate weather tie downs?

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14 chains

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How many chains are required for heavy weather tie downs?

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20 chains

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27
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Why do we use hand signals on the flight deck?

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To communicate in high tempo/high noise environments

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28
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When directing fixed wing aircraft what are the mandatory hand signals regardless of aircraft type?

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Emergency stop

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29
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What is the maximum speed while towing an aircraft?

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5mph or the speed of the slowest walker

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30
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What is the minimum number of people required to move an aircraft?

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6-10 personnel

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31
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What is the purpose of the move director?

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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

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What is the purpose of the brake rider?

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Conducts a pre-move inspection of brake system and aircraft to ensure it is mechanically sound and ready to move

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What is the purpose of the safety observer?

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Responsible for ensuring that the aircraft is ready to be towed and that there is ample clearance for the aircraft

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What is the purpose of the chalk walker?

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Responsible for removing, carrying and installing wheel chocks

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35
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What is the purpose of the tractor driver?

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Responsible for the safe and slow movement if the aircraft from hook up to the final parking spot.

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36
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Who is the air boss?

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CDR Norris

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37
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Who is the mini boss?

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CDR Bassel

38
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Who is the handler?

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LCDR Caldwell

39
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Who is the air bos’n?

A

CWO4 Garcia

40
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Who is the flight deck officer?

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LCDR Flores

41
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How many divisions are in air department?

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Five

42
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What is V-1 responsible for?

A

Handling of all aircraft on the flight deck

43
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What is V-2 responsible for?

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In charge of operations and maintenance of catapults and arresting gear machinery

44
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What is V-3 responsible for?

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Responsible in handling of all aircraft on the hangar deck also operation of aircraft elevators and hangar bay doors

45
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What is V-4 responsible for?

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In charge of operation and upkeep of carrier aviation fuel and lube oil transfer systems.

46
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What is V-5 responsible for?

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Responsible for the communication of aircraft launch and recovery, tower communication and all admin duties within the department

47
Q

He many personnel man Pri-fly?

A

Nine

48
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Who mans Pri-fly?

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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

49
Q

Who is overall in charge of flight operations?

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Commanding officer

50
Q

Who is responsible for the supervision and direction of aircraft launching recovery. Visual landing aid and shipboard handling aircraft

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Air boss

51
Q

Who is responsible for the supervision and handling of the embarked aircraft on the flight deck and hangar deck?

A

Air handling officer

52
Q

What is the primary job of the crash crew?

A

To save lives

53
Q

Who are the 7 personnel manned in flight deck control?

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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

54
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Who wears a green jersey with a red cranial?

A

Landing LSE

55
Q

What is the condition in which normal fixed wing and helicopter flight operations are conducted.

A

Flight quarters

56
Q

What are the five different types of firefighting agent systems for combating flight deck fires?

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PKP, AFFF, CO2, saltwater, steam smothering

57
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What is ALRE stand for?

A

Aircraft launch and recovery equipment

58
Q

What provides a direct connection between the launching pistons and the aircraft?

A

Shuttle

59
Q

How many ways are there to emergency lower JBD?

A

Two- hydraulic and electrical

60
Q

What stops the pistons and shuttle assembly at the end of the catapult shot?

A

Water break

61
Q

What controls the flow of steam to the launching cylinders in order to shoot the catapult?

A

Launch valve

62
Q

What provides for remote start up and charging of the hydraulic and air system to power and control the catapult system?

A

Central charging panel

63
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What provides a means of assisting the attachment of the aircraft to the catapult system?

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Nose gear launch installation

64
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What does ICCS stand for?

A

Integrated catapult control system

65
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Where is the bow ICCS located?

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Between catapult 1 and 2

66
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Where is the waist ICCS located?

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Port side of catapult 4

67
Q

Who wears a green jersey and a yellow float coat?

A

Catapult safety observer

68
Q

Where are the steam smothering boxes located?

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One for each catapult next to the catapult deck edge box

69
Q

How many different engines are there in arresting gear?

A

Two- pendant and barricade

70
Q

How many times can a barricade be used?

A

Once

71
Q

How many different types of barricades are there?

A

Two ready jet and E-2/C-2

72
Q

What component controls the stopping of the aircraft?

A

CRO valve

73
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What does CRO stand for?

A

Constant run out valve

74
Q

What are 4 differences between the pendant and barricade engine?

A

No saltwater cooler, anchors, auto lube, and shorter run out

75
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What does CDP stand for?

A

Cross deck pendant

76
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How many arrestments are a CDP good for?

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125

77
Q

What is the purpose of the sheave damper?

A

To absorb the initial impact of an aircraft

78
Q

What are the barricade stanchions used for?

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To connect the webbing assemblies to provide a net

79
Q

What secures the lower load straps of the barricade webbing assembly and causes the aircraft nose wheel to ride up into the barricade?

A

Deck ramps

80
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What does ARC stand for?

A

Advanced recovery control

81
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What Does IFLOLS stand for?

A

Improved fresnel lens optical landing system

82
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What is IFLOLS used for?

A

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

83
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What does MOVLAS stand for?

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Manually operated visual landing aid system

84
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What is MOVLAS used for?

A

The MOVLAS is used as a backup, should the FLOLS system be inoperative or ineffective due to excessive pitch and roll of the ship.

85
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What does ILARTS stand for?

A

Integrated launch and recovery television system

86
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What is ILARTS used for?

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Designed to monitor and simultaneously record aircraft launching and landing operations under day and night conditions

87
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What is the backup for IFLOLS?

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MOVLAS

88
Q

During CQ operations, what specifically is air boss and mini boss responsible for?

A

Air boss-recovery mini boss-flight pattern and launching aircraft in the bow

89
Q

What does ISIS stand for?

A

Integrated shipboard information system

90
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What is the primary job for gear operator?

A

Set the proper weight settings of the aircraft

91
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What is the primary job of the tower operator?

A

Ensures all equipment is up and running

92
Q

What watch station does the primary flight control have on the flight deck?

A

LSO

93
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What does LSO stand for?

A

Landing signal officer

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