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EAWS HSM-41 July, 2019 > Airfield and Fligh Deck Familiarization > Flashcards

Airfield and Fligh Deck Familiarization Flashcards

1
Q

What are the safety guidlines for airfield/flightline and the flight deck?

A

Safety concerns are the same for flight line and flight deck. Jet blast, rotor arcs, propellers and jet intakes are potentially life threatening. Being FOD free, wearing PPE, being qualified, and keeping head on a swivel are essential.

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What safety PPE is required on the flight line?

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Flight deck (steel toed) safety shoes
Cranial impact helmet
Protective eye goggles
Leather gloves

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What are runways?

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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 runways designating the landing area.

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What is the overrun area?

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

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What is the MA-1 Series overrunn barrier?

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Designed to stop tricycle landing gear equipped aircraft not equipped with tail hooks. Always in standby.

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What is emergency shore based recovery equipment?

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In-flight emergencies that requires stopping the aircraft in the shortest distance possible to minimize chance of injury to pilot, crew or aircraft damage

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What are taxiways?

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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 hangers, fuel, services often called the flight line.

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10
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What is the 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 runway numbering system?

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Runways are numbered in relation to their magnetic heading. Runways that are parallel are identified with a L (left), R (right) and C (center) in front of the number.

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What is the airfield rotating beacon?

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When the airport is below VFR weather conditions, day or night, the beacon is used to identify the airports location. Military airfields use 2 white lights and green flash.

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What are the safety concerns while working on the flight deck?

A

Oil, grease, and fuel which create slip hazards. Jet intakes and ekhaust, rotor and propellers arcs are life threatening present during flight operations.

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The required flightdeck protective equipment includes?

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Flightdeck (steel-toed) safety boots
Protective jersey
Cranial impact helmet
Protective eye goggles 
Leather gloves
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What are the seven protective jerseys used on the flight deck?

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Yellow
White
Brown
Blue
Green
Red
Purple
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16
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Who wears yellow jerseys?

A 
Aircrafte heandling officer
Flight deck officer
Catapult officer
Air bos'n
Arresting gear officer
Plane directors
17
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Who wears white jerseys?

A 
Safety department
Air Transport officer
Landing Signal officer
Squadron Plane inspectors (troubleshooters)
Medical
18
Q

Who wears brown jerseys?

A

Plane captains

19
Q

Who wears blue jerseys?

A

Aircraft handling and chock crewman

Elevator operators

20
Q

Whos wears green jerseys?

A

Catapult and arresting gear personnel
Squadron aircraft maintenance personnel
Helicopter landing signal enlisted-man
Photographers

21
Q

Who wears red jerseys?

A

Crash and salvage
Explosive ordenance disposal
Ordnance handling personnel

22
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Who wears purple jerseys?

A

Aviation fuel crew

23
Q

What are the firefighting agents you will find on a flightdeck?

A 
Purple K Powder (PKP)
Saltwater Stations
CO2 bottle stowage
AFFF station
Bomb jettison ramp
Steam smothering
24
Q

What are the marking for PKP on a flightdeck?

A

12 inch wide red stripe with a white 3-ich high pkp on wheel stop coaming.

Or white 18-inch diameter circle with red 5-inch high PKP on the flight deck.

25
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What are the marking for saltwater station on a flightdeck?

A

18-inch wide red stripe with yellow 3-inch W on wheel stop coaming.

Or red triangle 18-inches per side with yellow W

26
Q

What are the marking for co2 bottle stowage on a flightdeck?

A

12-inch wide red stripe with a white 3-inch co2 on wheel stop coaming

white 18-inch diameter circle with red 5-inch co2

27
Q

What are the marking for AFFF station on a flightdeck?

A

18-inch wide green stripe with white 3-inch AFFF on wheel stop coaming

green 18-inch square with white 3-inch AFFF

28
Q

What are the marking for Bomb Jettison Ramps on the flightdeck?

A

ramps will have a yellow strip painted up and over the deck edge at both ends of the ramp opening. the opening is marked with alternating 4-inch wide red and yellow stripes with a 12-inch black bomb.

29
Q

What are the marking for steam smothering on the flightdeck?

A

18-inch black stipe with a 3-inch white words STEAM stenciled

EAWS HSM-41 July, 2019 (28 decks)

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