Airfield & Flight Deck Familiarization

Question 1

What type of equipment is required for personnel working on the flight line?

Answer 1

safety equipment

Question 2

what safety equipment is issued to personnel working on the flight line?

Answer 2

flight deck (steel-toed) safety boots, cranial impact helmet, protective goggles, leather gloves

Question 3

what is a runway?

Answer 3

paved areas that are used for aircraft takeoff and landing. runways vary in length determined by aircraft size

Question 4

what re threshold markings? what are their dimensions?

Answer 4

parallel stripes on the ends of the runways

stripes are 12 feet by 150 feet and designate the landing area

Question 5

what is the overrun area?

Answer 5

paved/unpaved section on ends of runways that provide effective deceleration area for aborting/overshooting aircraft

Question 6

what is an MA-1 series overrun barrier?

Answer 6

designed to stop tricycle landing gear equipped aircraft not equipped w/tail hooks. MA-1A is always in standby status in case there is an aborted takeoff or emergency overrun landing.

Question 7

what is a taxiway?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

what is a parking apron?

Answer 8

open paved areas adjacent to hangers. used for parking, servicing and loading aircraft. connected to the runways by taxiways.

Question 9

what is a compass calibration pad (compass rose)?

Answer 9

paved area in a magnetically quiet area where aircraft compass is calibrated

Question 10

what is the runway numbering system?

Answer 10

runways are normally numbered in relation to their magnetic heading rounded off to nearest 10 degrees

Question 11

what is an airfield rotating beacon?

Answer 11

airport is below VFR weather conditions, day/night, rotating beacon is used to identify airports location
military airfield use 2 white lights and one green flashing 12 to 15 times per min

Question 12

what is the required flight deck protective equipment?

Answer 12

flight deck (steel-toed) safety boots, protective jersey. cranial impact helmet, protective eye goggles, leather gloves

Question 13

what are some life threatening hazards present during flight operations?

Answer 13

jet intakes & exhaust, rotor & propeller arcs

Question 14

what is used to readily recognize personnel on the flight deck?

Answer 14

color coded classification system

Question 15

who wears a yellow jersey?

Answer 15

handlers, flight deck officers, catapult officer, air bos’n, arresting gear officer, plane directors

Question 16

who wears white jersey?

Answer 16

safety department (green cross), ATO, LSO, squadron plane inspector, medical (red cross)

Question 17

who wears a brown jersey?

Answer 17

plane captains

Question 18

who wears a blue jersey?

Answer 18

chocks, chains, tractors, elevator operators

Question 19

who wears a green jersey?

Answer 19

catapult/arresting gear personnel, photographers, maintenance personnel, helo landing signal enlisted men

Question 20

who wears a red jersey?

Answer 20

crash/salvage/EOD, AO’s

Question 21

how is PKP identified on a wheel stop coaming?

Answer 21

12 in wide red strip w/ a white 3 in high PKP stenciled in the center of the stripe

Question 22

How is a Salt water station identified on a wheel stop coaming?

Answer 22

18 in wide red stripe w/ a yellow 3 in high W stenciled in the center of the stripe

Question 23

how is a CO2 bottle stowage identified on a wheel stop coaming?

Answer 23

12 in wide red stripe w/ a white 3 in high CO2 stenciled in center of the stripe

Question 24

how is an AFF station identified on a wheel stop coaming?

Answer 24

18 in wide green stripe w/ 3 in high AFFF stenciled in the center of the stripe

Question 25

How is PKP identified where a coaming is not installed?

Answer 25

white 18 in diameter circle w/ red 5 in high PKP painted on flight deck

Question 26

how is salt water station identified where a coaming is not installed?

Answer 26

red triangle 18 in per side w/ a yellow W painted on flight deck

Question 27

how is a CO2 bottle stowage identified where a coaming is not installed?

Answer 27

white 18 in diameter circle w/ red 5 in high CO2 painted on flight deck

Question 28

how is AFFF station identified where a coaming is not installed?

Answer 28

green 18 in square w/ white 3 in high AFF painted on flight deck

Question 29

what is a bomb jettison ramp?

Answer 29

ramps designated to eliminate loose ordinance

Question 30

Bomb jettison ramps are identified by?

Answer 30

yellow stripe painted up and over deck edge at both ends of the ramp
the flight deck in front of the ramp opening is marked w/ alternating 4 in wide red/yellow stripes w/ 12 in black facsimile of a bomb centered

Question 31

how is steam smothering identified?

Answer 31

18 in black stripe w/a 3 in white STEAM stenciled in the center of strip on a wheel stop coaming