Airfield And Flight Deck Familiarization

Question 0

Runway

Answer 0

used for aircraft takeoff and landing

Question 1

Safety Equipment

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Threshold markings

Answer 2

parallel stripes on the ends of the runways. The stripes are 12 feet wide by 150 feet long and designate the landing area.

Question 3

Overrun area

Answer 3

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

Question 4

MA-1 Series Overrun Barrier

Answer 4

Designed to stop tricycle landing gear equipped aircraft not equipped with tail hooks. The MA-1A is always in a standby status, in case there is an aborted takeoff or an emergency overrun landing.

Question 5

Taxiways

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Parking apron

Answer 6

Used for parking, servicing, and loading aircraft; they are connected to the runways by taxiways

Question 7

Runway numbering system

Answer 7

numbered in relation to their magnetic heading rounded off to the nearest 10 degrees, i.e., a runway heading of 250 degree is runway 25. If there are 2 runways whose centerline is parallel, the runway will be identified as L (left) and R (right) or 25L or 25R, if there are 3 parallel runways C (center) is added.

Question 8

Airfield rotating beacon

Answer 8

used to identify the airport’s location
rotates clockwise at a constant speed and military airfields use 2 white lights and one green flashing 12 to 15 times per minute

Question 9

Yellow jersey

Answer 9

Aircraft Handling Officer, Flight Deck Officer, Catapult Officer, Air Bos’n, Arresting Gear Officer and Plane directors

Question 10

White jersey

Answer 10

Safety department, Air Transport Officer, Landing Signal Officer, Squadron Plane Inspectors (troubleshooters) and medical.

Question 11

Brown jerseys

Answer 11

Plane captain

Question 12

Blue jersey

Answer 12

Aircraft Handling and Chock Crewman (Chocks, Chains and Tractors) and Elevator Operators

Question 13

Green jersey

Answer 13

Catapult and Arresting Gear personnel, Squadron Aircraft Maintenance personnel, Helicopter Landing Signal Enlisted-man and Photographers.

Question 14

Red jersey

Answer 14

IYAOYAS!!!!!

Question 15

Purple jersey

Answer 15

Aviation fuel crew

Question 16

Purple K Powder (PKP)

Answer 16

12-inch wide red stripe with a white 3-inch high ―PKP‖ stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming

Question 17

Bomb jettison ramp

Answer 17

designated to eliminate loose ordinance will have a yellow stripe painted up and over the deck edge at both ends of the ramp opening. The flight deck in front of the ramp opening is marked with alternating 4-inch wide red and yellow stripes with a 12-inch black facsimile of a bomb centered.