General Flight Operations Flashcards
What is the cold soaking phenomenon?
The fuel in the wings is very cold, either from being fueled in a a cold place or from flying at high altitude.
When it descends into a warm area with high humidity, condensation ice can form.
Where do downdrafts occure in mountain areas?
On the shaded side. Fly in the sunny side where updrafts are more common
What performance figure becomes very important when it comes to mountain flying?
Density Altitudes, which our AC performance figures are all based on
What is the CRFI (Canadian Runway Friction Index)
A measurement used to indicate how slippery a runway is.
- 1.0 indicates a perfect dry runway
- 0.1 to 0.3 indicates a slippery runway
CFS has convertion landing distances
What do VASI and PAPI stand for?
VASI - Visiaul Approach Slope Indicator System (older, being phased out, comes in two and three bar types)
PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicatior (comes in two or four light system)
These are both sets of lights 1000 ft fro the threshold that indicated a 3 degree approach angle
2 bar VASI
3 bar VASI
On a 3-bar VASI system, what is the single light on the upwind (top) side for?
For larger AC. Small AC should disregard this light.
PAPI system
What are the lighting requirements for runways?
Two paralle rows of white lights, spaced not more than 200ft apart, with a minimum length of 1377ft for each row.
Runway marking examples
How do you recover when encountering Decreased Performance Shear?
On Approach: Full power, set air speed to max rate of climb. Then decrease to a lower setting than before the shear was encountered to aintain a constant airspeed and approach angle
On Departure: adjust attitude to best rate of climb **airspeed*
What type of AC is most susceptible to wind shear?
Large, heavy, slow
Why should you never fly below a flock of birds?
Because when birds sense danger their instinct is to dive
What can you do during night and day to help prevent bird strikes?
turn your landing light on
