Chapter 4 Flashcards
The FAA recommends how to scan?
Eye movements not exceed 10 degrees, focusing on each section for at least one second.
To counter eye fatigue what does it help to focus on when transitioning from inside to outside the cockpit?
Exterior parts of the aircraft.
When looking at a featureless sky that is devoid of objects, contrasting colors, or patterns, your eyes tend to focus at only 10 to 30 feet ahead.
Empty Field Myopia
What helps prevent the onset of night myopia?
Searching out and focusing on distant light sources.
This rule encourages you to use your landing lights during departures and approaches, both day and night, especially within 10 miles of airport or in conditions of reduced visibility.
Operation lights on
Usually consist of 180 degree changes in direction, allowing you to see areas blocked by blind spots and make it easier to maintain visual contact with other aircraft in the area.
Clearing turns
Aircraft in distress
Has right-of-way above all other aircraft
If two aircraft are approaching head on.
Both give way to the right.
An overtaking aircraft
Passes slower aircraft to the right and stay well clear.
Aircraft of the same category converging?
The one to other’s right has right-of-way.
The least maneuverable aircraft
Has right-of-way.
Over congested area such as city or metropolitan area, you are required to fly at least how many feet above any obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2000 feet?
1000 ft.
When flying over uncontested area how high must you be above the surface?
500 ft.
Over sparsely populated or open waters how high can you fly?
At least 500 ft from any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
For a tailwheel airplane how should you hold elevator in a headwind?
Aft (elevator up)
For a tailwheel airplane how do you hold elevator in tailwind?
Control forward (elevator down)
How do you hold aileron in quartering headwind?
Turn control toward wind
How do you hold control in quartering tailwind?
Away from where wind is coming from.
In haze, air traffic and terrain features appear to be ___ than they actually are.
Farther
When are aircraft collisions most likely to occur?
Daylight hours, VFR conditions, and within 5 miles of airport.
The main runway is typically positioned with what?
Prevailing wind
Runways other than main runway are positioned how?
Aligned with other common wind directions.
These are established to ensure that air traffic flows into and out of an airport in an orderly manner.
Traffic patterns.
Provides a transition from your downwind approach to landing.
Base leg
Flown parallel to landing runway, but in direction opposite to intended landing direction
Downwind Leg
If you remain in traffic pattern after takeoff, you will turn onto the _____ ____
Crosswind Leg
After takeoff, you will fly a straight course which is aligned with runway called
Departure Leg
You begin this leg at the completion of the base-to-final turn and continue on a descending flight path to the point of touchdown.
Final approach
In most cases do you want to take off and land into or with the wind?
Into the wind.
When approaching an unfamiliar uncontrolled airport it is recommended that you do what?
Fly at 500-1000 ft above the traffic pattern to observe flow and locate the wind direction indicator.
How can you determine landing direction?
Use wind indicator and segmented circle.
FAA in conjunction with airport proprietors and community leaders now use ___ ____ ______ to reduce the level of noise generated by aircraft departing over neighborhoods that are near airports.
Noise abatement procedures
First way to check noise abatement procedures at an airport.
Control tower will assign you a runway
Second way to determine noise abatement procedures at an airport
Check the Airport/Facility Directory for information on local procedures.
Publication which contains a descriptive listing of all airports, heliports, and seaplane bases which are open to the public
Airport/Facility Directory
How many decibels will double loudness to human ear?
10
Approaches which use an electronic glide slope for guidance to the landing runway
Instrument Landing System (ILS)