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FAR Part 1 Flashcards

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Alert area

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An alert area is established to inform pilots of a specific area wherein a high volume of pilot training or an unusual type of aeronautical activity is conducted.

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Altitude engine

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means a reciprocating aircraft engine having a rated takeoff power that is producible from sea level to an established higher altitude.

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Calibrated airspeed

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means the indicated airspeed of an aircraft, corrected for position and instrument error. (=TAS in standard condtions at sea level)

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Categories of Aircraft (7)

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Grouping of aircraft based on Intended use or operating limitations

Transport
Normal
Utility
Acrobatic
Limited
Restricted
Provisional

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Categories of Airmen (4)

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Broad classification:

Airplane

Rotorcraft

Glider

Lighter-than-air

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Ceiling

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means the height above the Earth’s surface of the lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena that is reported as broken, overcast, or obscuration and not classified as thin or partial

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Classes of aircraft (6)

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Broad grouping having similar chracteristics of propulsion, flight, or landing

Airplane
Rotorcraft
Glider
Balloon
Landplane
Seaplane

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Classes of airmen (8)

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Having similar operating characteristics:

Single engine

Multiengine

Land

Water

Gyroplane

Helicopter

Airship

Free Ballon

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Clearway

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An area beyond the runway, not less than 500 feet wide.

1.25 percent upward plane in which no objects/terrain protrudes

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Controlled Firing Area

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Established to contain activities, which if not conducted in a controlled environment, would be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft

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Equivalent airspeed

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means the calibrated airspeed of an aircraft corrected for adiabatic compressible flow for the particular altitude. (=CAS in standard conditions at sea level)

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Flight time

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Pilot time that commences when an aircraft moves under its own power for the purpose of flight and ends when the aircraft comes to a rest after landing

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Flight Visibility

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means the average forward horizontal distance at which prominent unlighted objects may be seen and identified by day and prominent lighted objects may be seenand identified by night

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Ground visibility

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means prevailing horizontal visibility near the earth’s surface as reported by the United States National Weather Service or an accredited observer

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Indicated airspeed

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means the speed of an aircraft as shown on its pitot static airspeed indicator calibrated to reflect standard atmosphere adiabatic compressible flow at sea level uncorrected for airspeed system errors.

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Large Aircraft

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means aircraft of more than 12,500 pounds MTOW

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Light-sport aircraft

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MTOW-1320 lbs.
Vne-120 knots CAS
Vs-45 knots CAS
Seating capacity not more than 2
Single, reciprocating engine
Fixed pitch prop
Fixed landing gear

nonpressurized cabin

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Maintenance

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Inspection, overhaul, repair, preservation, and replacement of parts. Excludes preventive maintenance

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“May” is used in what sense?

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A permissive sense to state authority or permission to do the act prescibed

20
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Medical Certificate means what?

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Acceptable evidence of physical fitness on a form prescribed by the Administrator

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Military operations area

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Airspace established outside Class A airspace to separate or segregate certain non-hazardous military activities from IFR traffic and to identify for VFR traffic where these activities are conducted

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Define Night

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Time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight as published in the Air Almanac (local time)

23
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Pilot in command means the person who:

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Has final authority for the operation and safety of the flight

Has been designated as PIC before or during the flight

Holds the appropriate category, class, and type rating

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Preventive maintenance

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means simple or minor preservation operations and the replacement of small standard parts not involving complex assembly operations.

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Prohibited area

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Airspace designated under part 73 within which no person may operate an aircraft without the permission of the using agency

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Restricted Area

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Airspace designated under Part 73 within which the flight of aircraft, while not wholly prohibited, is subject to restriction

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Sea Level Engine

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Reciprocating aircraft engine having a rated takeoff power that is producible only at sea level

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“Shall” is used in what sense

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An imperative sense

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Small Aircraft

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Aircraft of 12,500lbs or less MTOW

30
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Stopway

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area beyond the runway, no less wide than the runway.

Used to decerlerate an airplane during an aborted takeoff and is able to support the airplane without causing structural damage.

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TCAS I

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A TCAS that utilizes interrogations of, and replies from, airborne radar beacon transponders and provides traffic advisories to the pilot

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TCAS II

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A TCAS that utilizes interrogations of, and replies from airborne radar beacon transponders and provides traffic advisories and resolution advisories in the vertical plane

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TCAS III

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A TCAS that utilizes interrogations of, and replies from, airborne radar beacon transponders and provides traffic advisories and resolution advisories in the vertical and horizontal planes to the pilot

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Define Time in service with respect to maintenance

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The time from the moment an aircraft leaves the surface of the Earth until it touches it at the next point of landing

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True airspeed

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means the airspeed of an aircraft relative to undisturbed air.

36
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Warning area

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airspace of defined dimensions, extending from 3 nm outward from the coast of the US, that contains activity that may be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft. Warns nonparticipating pilots of the potential danger. May be located over domestic or international waters or both

SCAN (22 decks)

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