General Flashcards
What are requirements for LAHSO?
- PPL
- Must be offered by ATC but pilot not required to accept
- Arrival dist. must meet requirement
What are definitions of a sterile cockpit?
- Taxi
- T/O & climb
- Below 10,000’ excl. cruising
- Approach and Landing
What is the definition of night for aviation?
The ending of civil twilight to the beginning of civil twilight
What’s the difference when logging night landing and obtaining your currency for night landing?
- If landing during civil twilight you may log it as a night landing, but in order to log it for currency it must be 1 hr after sunset to 1 hr before sunrise
What are the primary components of common carriage?
- Holding Out: “Advertising, or building a reputation of transporting people or cargo for profit (even if it’s at a loss to you as the common carrier)
- Transporting persons or property from point A to B
- For compensation or hire (profit, financial gain, some future economic advantage
What is a pilot required to get a type rating to what type of aircraft?
- Large aircraft (except lighter than air
- Turbo-jet powered airplanes
- Other aircraft specified by the administrator through aircraft type certificate procedures
What is a complex airplane?
Must have:
- Moveable flaps
- Retractable landing gear
- Constant pitch propellor
What does the manifold pressure control?
It controls how much airflow gets sent into the engine via controlling the butterfly valve
How does the engine prevent overspeeding the props?
As we increase manifold pressure, the governor prevents overspeeding of the flaps
What is some things to look for when mixed Avgas and 100LL?
- JetA weighs 6.7lbs 100LL weighs 6lbs
- JetA will settle to the bottom of the tank (it will take a while)
- When sumping fuel with JetA at the bottom, it will look blue in color but will have strong Kerosene color
