Communication Flashcards
Initial transmission to ATC should include what 3 elements?
- identify who you are with aircrafts complete call sign
- Identify Location
- Identify what you want to do
What are the two most common sUAS frequencies in GHz and what is the chief limitation?
5.8 GHz for aircraft control
2.4 GHz for video and photos
They are line-of-sight and barriers can lead to loss of control link.
What are the 3 unlicensed frequencies allowed by the FAA?
900 MHz
- 4 GHz
- 8 GHz
If a flyaway happens in open airspace what must the PIC do?
Contact ATC immediately.
List 10 “Hazardous Attitudes” that can negatively impact operations.
- Falling behind on progress of aircraft
- Operating without adequate fuel
- Loss of positional awareness
- Operating outside of the flight envelope (aircraft performance limits)
- Failure to complete all flight planning & checklists
- Anti-authority attitude
- Impulsiveness
- Invulnerability
- Machoism
- Resignation “What’s the point?”
1) If there is no CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) with ATC, then what communication do you use?
2) What frequency is it?
1) Multicom
2) 199.9 or 122.95
AWOS is used to communicate what weather?
AWOS communicates weather?
1) What does CTAF stand for?
2) Why/when is it used?
3) What 3 type of frequencies can it be and how do you know?
1) Common Traffic Advisory Frequency
2) Used when communicating at an airport without an operating control tower for air-to-air (pilot to pilot) communication.
3) The CTAF may be a
UNICOM,
MULTICOM (199.9 or 122.95)
FSS,
or tower frequency and is identified in appropriate aeronautical publications.
1) What is anti-authority attitude?
2) What are is the antidote or action to avoid this attitude?
The anti-authority attitude is an extremely hazardous attitude because an anti-authority pilot believes he or she knows best. In other words, these pilots fail to follow Federal Aviation Regulations and safety procedures as they believe they are mistaken. As the FAA describes, these are “no one can tell me what to do” people.
Pilots with an anti-authority attitude tend to end up taking unnecessary risks such as omitting pre-flight checklists, and even student pilots not taking advice from instructors.
2) Antidote or action to avoid this hazardous attitude is to “follow the rules. They are usually right.”
1) What is the macho hazardous attitude?
2) What are is the antidote or action to avoid this attitude?
1) “I can do it”. Pilots with a macho attitude are constantly taking unnecessary risks to prove themselves and show fellow pilots what they are capable of achieving trying to impress them because they believe they have the superior ability.
2) To combat the macho attitude the FAA encourages the use of built-in sense, and recommends keeping in mind that “taking chances is foolish”.
What is a another name for universal coordinated time (UTC)?
Zulu time in Greenwich England
What services does www.1800wxbrief.com
The Flight Service Pilot Web Portal provides:
- Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs)
- Online preflight briefings
- File flight plans
- Get automatic notifications and alerts
- Search and rescue initiation
- Aircraft emergencies
“The Flight Service Pilot Web Portal 1800wxbrief.com allows pilots to receive online preflight briefings, file flight plans and get automatic notifications and alerts, including flight plan closure reminders. Registering for automatic notifications and alerts keeps pilots informed when new or adverse conditions arise, such as a severe weather forecast or observation, an airport closure, NOTAM or temporary flight restriction.”
What publication are pilots required to check prior to flight?
NOTAMs
NOtice
To
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