Before Takeoff Flashcards
What must be accomplished prior to the pre-flight?
FCP confirms and states “seat safe, two pins in”
RCP confirms and states “seat safe, two pins in, ISS SOLO”
For flights sharing a CASS unit, who gets air and who gets external power?
#1/3 will receive air first #2/4 will receive external power prior to start
When must students verbalize all items? What checklist does this apply to?
On all T51XX sorties
Applies to all items on the Interior Inspection portion of the checklist
What do you need to do if you step to a spare (single ship)?
Pass new tail numbers to RAMROD on UHF 15
What do you need to do if you step to a spare in a formation?
If past check-in time, pass new tail number to RAMROD on UHF 15 when ready for engine start
Lead should then check-in the flight and continue with normal ground ops flow
Formation members will sympathetically shutdown until spare is ready
Radio setup (after start)
UHF: Ground
VHF: RAMROD (SS), Flight discrete (Form)
VDTC setup
Load all Ex-ICAO prior to UFCP set-up. Load ICAO if expired
Bug speed setup
Green: GO/NO GO
Yellow: SETOS
Altitude warning setup
11,000’ MSL for MOA missions
Low-level: AGL no less than 90% of desired altitude
Fuel warning setup
Briefed Joker (Bingo is set upon reaching Joker) F58XX will set Bingo
Bullseye setup
T/F5XX: JACOX/WAYNO
I5XX: Airfield of first drop-in/full stop
L5XX: as desired
IFF setup
Flight lead - assigned/planned
Wingmen - 0000, except Instrument Trail, then 0100
TCAS setup
Within 15 DME of KEND or radar pattern (TA, silent, BLOCK)
- Formation/2-Ship LL sorties (TA, silent, BLOCK)
- Transition/SS LL, stereo routes, XC (RA, active, BLOCK)
VTR setup
Select either FMFD, BMFD, or COMB
MIC switch setup
MIC HOT on FCP AAP
ACP setup
FPC PNS switch to PNS
(Form) What should you do prior to check-in time?
Set intraflight AUX and monitor UHF 15 (RAMROD)
(Form) What do you do when ready to start?
Visually pass lead a “thumbs-up”
If not visual with lead, be ready on Ops UHF at check-in time
If not ready at check-in, notify flight lead with reason (“C/S 2 needs 2 minutes for crew chief”)
(Form) What do you do if starting on battery power?
Call “C/S 2s battery start” at check in
Lead will clear members of the flight starting on battery to “Push 3” as a signal to start engines, the rest of the flight will be pushed to UHF 2
(Form) When will you set intraflight AUX?
As soon as the UFCP/MDP powers up
(Form) Ready to taxi standard
Pull chocks
Crew chief standing in front of your jet is the signal that you are ready to taxi
Lead will check the flight in on AUX, then UHF
If not ready, respond with estimated time and alibis on AUX
When may you and when must you stow pins?
May stow prior to taxi out of chocks
Must stow prior to the EOR
How do you taxi?
On centerline if single ship and no aircraft behind you within 300 feet
Otherwise taxi offset, downwind from centerline
(Form) What should 2 do with relation to 1 while on the ground?
Match lead to include radio calls, flight control checks, closing canopies, taxi offset spacing, and matching configuration
