Gen Book

Question 1

202.1 How should the student’s VNC be prepared?

Answer 1

all advisory areas, restricted areas, provincial parks and national parks are highlighted
all towers 400 ft AGL and above (1 nm radius), poultry farms (2 nm radius), and fur farms (2 nm solid and 4 nm dashed radius) are circled;
all aerodromes (2 nm radius) are circled in RED for critical and in GREEN for non-critical; and
maps will be laminated.

Question 2

202.2 What do students have to do before show time?

Answer 2

check the NOTAMs and weather either from home or at the school
review FlightPro for currencies and AIFs, ensure all AIFs are signed off;
check in with the 402 Sqn Servicing Desk and determine the aircraft tail number, fuel load and note Ops restrictions;
check with 17 Wing Ops for potential conflicting low-level military flights as well as transient flights that are scheduled to be operating from 17 Wing; and
check with 402 Sqn Ops for any other detail flights.

Question 3

205.2 How shall students annotate their maps for Lead and Follow-Lead Legs?

Answer 3

S3 – first radar leg;
S4 – second radar leg;
S1 – third radar leg; and
S2 – fourth radar leg.

Question 4

205.3.a What shall the drawn route on the map include?

Answer 4

(1) Hack designated by a dot with perpendicular lines on either side of track;
(2) Turning Points (TP) designated with a circle;
(3) Initial Point (IP) designated with a square;
(4) Target (TGT) designated with a triangle; and
(5) Departure and STAR procedure.

Question 5

205.3.b What shall the “Dog Houses” include?

Answer 5

(1) magnetic track annotated using proper format;
(2) distance in nm – accuracy to 1 nm, no decimals;
(3) minimum IFR safety altitude (IAW GPH 204), annotated using proper format; and
(4) annotate a change in altitude with an arrow and the required altitude directly below the dog house, if required.

Question 6

205.3.c How shall the timing marks be drawn?

Answer 6

2 minute intervals (right side of route) counting up until target;

Question 7

205.3.d How shall the mileage marks be drawn?

Answer 7

5 nm intervals (left side of route) counting down to 0 at each turning point;

Question 8

205.3.e How shall the sub-leg times be indicated?

Answer 8

timing conversion must match distance in item c (e.g. 29 nm = 9:40), annotated using proper format;

Question 9

205.3.f How shall the obstacles be updated?

Answer 9

ref. GPH 205 sec C and NOTAMS

Question 10

205.3.g How shall the required ATFs and circuit heights be indicated?

Answer 10

at each airport within 10 nm of track annotated

Question 11

205.3.h How shall the winds be indicated?

Answer 11

expected winds for each leg or a single wind barb if the winds are the same for all legs.

Question 12

208.1 What shall an ACSO do before departure?

Answer 12

assist the pilot;
ensure clearances are followed; and
ensure the clearances do not present a hazard to the aircraft. This will require developing an air picture in the terminal area.

Question 13

208.2.e What does the EOC consist of?

Answer 13

The EOC consists of confirming the accuracy of the navigation computers: (1) DID hold computers; (2) log and plot (with time) computer positions and log # of GPS satellites tracking and visible;
if 3 or more satellites are tracked, GPS shall be the primary navigation computer: (a) if the INS is within 5 nm of the GPS, no update of the INS required; and (b) if the INS is not within 5 nm of the GPS, update the INS to the GPS.
if 2 or less satellites are being tracked, the INS shall be the primary navigation computer;
log primary computer G/S and DA;
log and plot computer winds and compare to FP. If significantly different from forecast winds, adjust plan as required; and
log doppler drift and G/S, and compare to computer information.

Question 14

208.2.f How shall the call to the pilot be carried out afterwards?

Answer 14

Student “Pilot, Lead, computers have been assessed, GPS (or INS) is primary we are in transit, you have the nav.” Pilot “I have the nav.”

Question 15

208.2.g How shall students establish HF comms and OPEN WATCH?

Answer 15

a voice radio check will be done;
a SELCAL check will be done when MACS is used (deployed);
a secondary frequency will be obtained; and
the student will sign on in the log, and if not using SELCAL, aurally monitor the primary frequency.

Question 16

208.2.h Will an Out Message be required?

Answer 16

an OUT message is required to be sent and can be included directly after the open watch using the standard plaindress message format; and
an exercise DEPARTURE message will be sent in place of an OUT message on TD1/FD1/FD2.

Question 17

209.2 What are the En Route hourly requirements?

Answer 17

systems check (same as EOC check);
fuel analysis; and
POSITION REPORT one hour after the QSL of OUT/DEPARTURE message and hourly thereafter. The time of the aircraft position in the Position Report must be no earlier than 10 mins prior to the DTG (i.e. if the message DTG is 151500Z, then the aircraft position sent must have a time between 1450Z and 1500Z).

Question 18

209.3 What are other En Route requirements?

Answer 18

students must be able to pinpoint their position at all times (within 10 NM) using the systems available to them;
the follow student shall optimize navaids for situational awareness and track monitoring (ie S4 when S3 lead, S3 when S4 lead, etc.);
complete any specialty messages as directed by the instructor; and
students are required to communicate with an appropriate agency (ie. FISE) to gain updated information pertaining to the flight as well as relay an updated position of the aircraft. The students are to check with pilots and confirm the information to be requested.

Question 19

209.3.d For missions conducted under IFR conditions, the students shall request the latest actual and forecast weather for the destination and the alternate. How shall this be done?

Answer 19

This will be conducted by S2 and S3 as outlined below:
Transit OUT (S3 is Lead) – S2 will obtain weather between top of climb and Target #2;
Transit BACK (S2 is Lead) – S3 will obtain weather between Hack #3 and prior to Pre-Descent Check or approximately 75 nm from Winnipeg; and
Pre-planning is required, as low altitude will affect the reception range on the VHF radio. If valid forecast weather is not available, the aerodrome cannot be used.

Question 20

209.4 HF Procedures?

Answer 20

refer to the Comm Handbook for specific message formats;
the maximum time late for transmitting a particular DTG is 15 minutes. When a message is transmitted more than 15 minutes after the DTG, a new DTG must be assigned to the message; and
during FD1 and FD2, prior to the enroute stop, the lead student will notify the agency they are working with that they will be off frequency until a specified time

Question 21

209.5 What are the Hack/ Turning Point Procedures?

Answer 21

approximately two minutes back from the hack/TP the lead student will provide a briefing on the upcoming leg. This brief will include:
(1) description of TP to include ETA;
(2) outbound heading;
(3) distance to next point;
(4) time at next point;
(5) minimum IFR altitude;
(6) climb/descent if required;
(7) hazards and restrictions (any towers, airports, air traffic corridors or rising terrain in the vicinity of the first leg of the route that the crew should be aware of. Include deconfliction solution if required); and
(8) Hack/TP brief complete.

Question 22

209.5.b What are the specific Hack Procedures?

Answer 22

for the hack the pilot will approach it on the briefed heading;
10-15 seconds prior to the hack, the pilot will make the following ICS call: “Crew standby to hack”;
on-top the hack the pilot will make the following ICS call: “Hack now”. All stop watches will be started at this point;
immediately following the hack/turning points the pilot will call “Wings Level”. The lead student is then clear to commence the 5T check on ICS.

Question 23

209.5.e What does the 5T check consist of?

Answer 23

(1) TIME: verbalize time on-top and note the difference (if applicable) from flight planned time;
(2) TURN: ensure the pilot turned to the briefed heading, then correct if the actual drift differs from the anticipated drift;
a) LLRN: correct for drift using doppler information;
(b) LLIN: verify waypoint has captured and ensure computers are navigating to desired waypoint. Using the TKE and XTK, give an initial correction to stay/regain track;
(3) TRACK: carry out a Track Angle Departure Check. This is a gross error check that uses the map to confirm that the “picture” is correct;
(4) THROTTLE: brief the pilot on the desired groundspeed; and
(5) TALK: make a blind broadcast as required on 126.7.

Question 24

Pg 2-25 What do you need to fill out in the NAVLOG for ETPs?

Answer 24

(1) TYPE of ETP;
(2) DIVERSION TIME – At ETP, equal time to either selected aerodrome;
(3) MIN FUEL – Minimum fuel required to go to the ETP;
(4) FL – Default transit altitude for depressurization;
(5) COORDINATE – Lat/Long of the ETP along the route; and
(6) MSA – Associated Minimum Safe Altitude from ETP to the aerodrome.

Question 25

209.6 Track Procedures What are the times on target for missions?

Answer 25

+/- 30 seconds for LLRN and +/- 18 seconds for LLIN

Question 26

What is the overfly limit?

Answer 26

1 NM for LLRN and 2 NM for LLIN

Question 27

What are the track tolerances?

Answer 27

Within 5 nm of track for LLRN and within 2 nm of track for LLIN