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Prohibited area

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An airspace of defined dimensions over the territories of a State within which flights of aircraft are prohibited

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Elevation

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The vertical distance of a point or level, on or affixed to the surface of the earth, measured from mean sea level

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Restricted area

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An airspace of defined dimensions above the land areas or territorial waters of a State, within which the flight of aircraft is restricted in accordance with certain specified conditions

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Aeronautical meteorological service

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Those facilities and services that provide aircraft with meteorological forecasts, briefs and observations as well as any meteorological information and data

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5
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List FIP Germany

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BREMEN
LANGEN
MUNCHEN
KARLSRUHE

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List Air Traffic Control Service

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  • Aerodrome Control Service
  • Approach Control Service
  • Area Control Service
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Aerodrome

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A defined area on land or water intended to be used either wholly or partially for the arrival, departure and surface movement of aircraft

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GAT

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Flights which are conducted in accordance within the rules and regulations of the ICAO

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9
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List Prefixes in routes

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U - Upper airspace
T - TACAN navigation
K - Helicopters
S - Supersonic aircraft

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10
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List Basic designators for R-NAV routes

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L, M, N, P, Q, T, Y, Z

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ATC instruction

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Directives issued by ATC for the purpose of requiring a pilot to take a specific action

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List Basic designators for ATS routes

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A, B, G, R, H, J, V, W

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Transition Level

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The lowest flight level available for use above the transition altitude

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Area control service

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Air traffic control service for controlled flights in controlled sectors

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Transition Altitude

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The altitude at or below which the vertical position of an aircraft is controlled by reference to altitudes

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Ceiling

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The height above ground or water of the base of the lowest layer of clouds below 20 000 ft covering more than half the sky

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Controlled aerodrome

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An aerodrome at which air traffic control service is provided to aerodrome traffic

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What can be dropped from an aircraft?

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Ballast in the form of water, fine sand, fuel, tow ropes, tow banners and similar objects if dropped or sprayed at places where no hazard to persons or property exists

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ATS route

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A specified route designated for channeling the flow of traffic as necessary for the provision of air traffic services

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STARs

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Special routes established to lead arriving aircraft to the initial approach fix (IAF)

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Height

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The vertical distance of a level, a point, or an object considered as a point, measured from a specific datum

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List What is air traffic control service used for?

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A service provided for the purpose of:

  • preventing collisions between aircraft
  • preventing collisions in manoeuvring area between acft and obstructions
  • expediting and maintaining an orderly flow of air traffic
  • providing advice and information useful for the safe and efficient conduct of flights
  • notifying appropriate organisations regarding aircraft in need of search and rescue aid, and assist such organisation as required
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Manoeuvring area

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That part of an aerodrome used for the take-off, landing and taxiing of aircraft excluding apron(s)

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Apron

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A defined area for aircraft loading/unloading passengers, mail or cargo, fuelling, parking or maintenance

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What is a waypoint?

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Waypoint is a significant point defined by co-ordinates in latitudinal and longitudinal reference

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Level

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A generic term relating to the vertical position of an aircraft in flight and meaning variously, height, altitude or flight level

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30
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List SCCL

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VFR
Even= 065, 085
Odd= 055, 075, 095
IFR
Even= 060, 080
Odd= 070, 090
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Navigation along ATS routes

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ATS routes navigation is based solely on ground based navigational aids such as NDB, VOR, TACAN etc.

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List Air Navigation Services

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  • Air Traffic Services
  • Communication Services
  • Navigation Services
  • Surveillance Services
  • Information Services
  • Meteorological Services
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34
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ICAO annex 2

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Rules of the air

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35
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Danger area

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An airspace of defined dimensions within which activities dangerous to the flight of aircraft may exist at specified times

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36
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List FIR Germany

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BREMEN FIR
LANGEN FIR
MüNCHEN FIR

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39
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List Transponder codes (four mandatory)

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7000 - VFR flight
7500 - Hijack
7600 - Loss of communication
7700 - Emergency

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Controlled airspace

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An airspace of defined dimensions within which air traffic control service is provided to IFR and VFR flights in accordance with the airspace classification

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41
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Transition Layer

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The airspace between the transition altitude and the transition level

41
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Aeronautical communication service

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A service provided for the transmission of air traffic services related information required for the safe, orderly and expeditious handling of air traffic

42
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What is the altimeter used for?

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The altimeter measures the difference in pressure and calculates the corresponding vertical distance taking into account the ISA conditions

44
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Control sector

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A subdivision of an area jurisdiction within which responsibility is assigned to one or more controller(s)

45
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Flight information service (FIS)

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A service provided for the purpose of giving advice and information useful for the safe and efficient conduct of flight

47
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Flight visibility

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The visibility forward from the cockpit of an aircraft in flight

48
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Flight information region (definition)

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Airspace of defined dimensions within which flight information service and alerting service are provided

50
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List UIR Germany

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HANNOVER UIR

RHEIN UIR

50
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Navigation service

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Those facilities and services that provide aircraft with positioning and time information

51
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Aerodrome traffic

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All traffic on the manoeuvring area of an aerodrome and all aircraft flying in the vicinity of an aerodrome

52
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ATC clearance

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Authorisation for an aircraft to proceed under conditions specified by an ATC unit

53
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List What are the prescribed VMC?

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Visibility:
At and above FL 100 = 8 km
Below FL 100 = 5 km
Distance to clouds:
1000 ft vertically
1500 m horizontally
ADDITIONALLY:
Airspace D - no ceiling below 1500 ft from GND and GND visibility 5 km
Airspaces F, G - At and below A3000 ft or 1000 ft GND whichever is higher speed 140 kt IAS or less, visibility 1500 m, 800 m helicopters.
54
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Surveillance services

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Those facilities and services used to determine the respective positions of aircraft to allow safe separation

54
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Control zone

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A controlled airspace extending upwards for the surface of the earth to a specified upper limit

55
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SIDs

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SIDs enable aircraft to reach a level, which facilitates the alignment with other ATS routes

56
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Navigation along R-NAV routes

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Navigation on R-NAv routes is based on Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), VOR/DME, DME/DME and GPS

57
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Special VFR flight

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Means a VFR flight cleared by air traffic control to operate within a control zone in meteorological condition below VMC

58
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Landing area

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That part of a movement area intended for the landing or take-off of aircraft

59
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Flight Level (FL)

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A surface of constant atmospheric pressure which is related to a specific pressure datum, 1013.2 hectopascal (hPa), and is separated from other such surfaces by specific pressure intervals

60
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Alerting service ans SAR

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A service provided to notify appropriate organisations regarding aircraft in need of SAR aid, and to assist such organisations as required

60
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Visibility

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The ability, as determined by an atmospheric conditions and expressed in units of distance, to see and identify prominent unlighted objects by day and prominent lighted objects by night

61
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Ground visibility

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The visibility at an aerodrome as reported by an accredited observer or automatic system

62
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List Categories of CDRs?

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CDR1 - Permanently plannable, available for most of the time,
CDR2 - Planned only in accordance to AUP/EAUP
CDR3 - Not plannable, usable on ATC instructions only

63
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List Application of Air Traffic Control Services

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Air traffic control service shall be provided:

  • to all IFR flights in airspace Classes A, B, C, D, E
  • to all VFR flights in airspace Classes B, C, D
  • to all special VFR flights
  • to all aerodrome traffic at controlled aerodromes
63
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Air traffic advisory service

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A service provided within advisory airspace to ensure separation, in so far as practical, between aircraft which are operating on IFR flight rules

64
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Altitude

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The vertical distance of a level, a point, or an object considered as a point, measured from mean sea level

65
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List Priorities when converging

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  1. Power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft shall give way to airships, gliders and balloons
  2. Airships shall give way to gliders and balloons
  3. Gliders shall give way to balloons
  4. Power-driven aircraft shall give way to other power-driven aircraft which are seen to be towing other aircraft or objects
66
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Purpose of CDRs

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The purpose of CDRs is to allow flights to be planned on and to use ATS routes, or portions thereof, which are not always available. They are published daily in Airspace Use Plans

67
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Runway

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A defined rectangular area on land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft

68
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Parachute descends

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Other than emergency descents, shall only be made in accordance with union legislation and ATC approval

69
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Controlled flight

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Any flight which is subject to an air traffic control service

72
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List Minimum levels for VFR flights

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Over congested areas of cities, towns or settlements or over an open-air assembly of persons: above 1000 ft vertically within a radius of 600 m
Elsewhere: 500 ft vertically within a radius of 150 m

73
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ICAO doc 4444

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Air traffic management,

Procedures for Air Navigation Services (PANS)

74
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ICAO annex 11

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Air Traffic Services

75
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Air navigation service provider (ANSP)

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An independent organisation established for the purpose of operating and managing air traffic services, and empowered to use the revenues it generates to cover its costs

77
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Taxiway

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A defined path on a land aerodrome established for the taxiing of aircraft and intended to provide a link between one part of the aerodrome and another

78
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VMC

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Meteorological conditions expressed in terms of visibility, distance from clouds, and ceiling, equal to or greater than specified

78
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Air traffic

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All aircraft in flight or operating on the manoeuvring area of an aerodrome

79
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List Priority of service

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-first come first served
-flights subject to ATFCM
Emergency
Security flight
Search and rescue mission
Medical flights
Government flights

82
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List Airspace classes in Germany

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C, D, E, G

82
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OAT

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Flight if military aircraft, which due to the mission or configuration of the aircraft are not conducted in accordance with the regulations applicable for the GAT, but in compliance with the rules and procedures established by the military authorities

82
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AIP

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A publication issued by or with the authority of a State and containing aeronautical information of a lasting character essential to air navigation

83
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List Air Traffic Management

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  • Air Navigation Services
  • Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management
  • Airspace Management
  • Flight Calibration Services
83
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Separation

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Spacing between aircraft, levels or tracks equal to or greater than prescribed minima

83
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Aircraft

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Any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere form the reactions of the air other than the reactions of the air against the earth’s surface

84
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List Air Traffic Services

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  • Air Traffic Control Service
  • Flight Information Service
  • Alerting Service
  • Air Traffic Advisory Service
84
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List Airspace classes

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Controlled A, B, C, D, E

Non-controlled F, G

84
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Movement area

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That part of the aerodrome used for the take-off, landing and taxiing of aircraft consisting of manoeuvring area and the apron(s)

84
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What are the emergency phases? (and abbreviations)

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Uncertain (INCERFA)
Alerted (ALERFA)
Distressed (DETRESFA)

84
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Heights for acrobatic flights

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Acrobatic flights are prohibited at a height of less than 1500 ft above ground or water as well as over cities, other densely populated areas and airports

85
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When shall a pilot set his altimeter to QNH?

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At and below an altitude of 5000 ft or at and below height 2000 ft GND whichever is higher

ATLA (4 decks)

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