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1
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Dangerous goods can be carried when?

A

With CAA approval

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How should munitions be carried in an aircraft?

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Inaccessible to passengers and firearms unloaded

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How should aircraft and ice be dealt with in pre-flight?

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Any and all ice accumulation should be removed

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What does PPR stand for?

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Prior Permission Required

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What does RVR stand for?

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Runway Visual Range

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What is the minimum RVR for visual approaches?

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800m

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800m RVR is the minimum for what kind of approach?

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Visual approach

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What term is given to a flight plan opened in-flight or by ‘booking out’ rather than formally filing?

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Abbreviated flight plan

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How does the UK differ from ICAO in flight plan closure?

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In the UK, you don’t need to close the flightplan

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10
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Final reserve fuel for VFR in day?

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30 mins at cruising altitude

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Final reserve fuel for VFR at night?

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45 mins at cruising altitude

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What are the two mandatory requirements for filing a flightplan?

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When crossing an FIR
When a state states you must

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What are the two recommended requirements for filing a flightplan?

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When a flight crosses inhospitable terrain
When the flight involves an aircraft more than 10nm from land

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What is the name of the UK on line Flight Planning System (the official system for formal (ATS) flight plans)?

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Assisted Flight Plan Exchange (AFPEx)

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15
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TODA - Clearway =?

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TORA

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16
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How to remember take-off distance types?

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Run is ground run
Distance is flying too

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17
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What is EDA?

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Emergency distance available

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18
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TORA + stopway =?

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ASDA

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19
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ASDA - stopway =?

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TORA

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Yellow chevrons on a runway indicate what?

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It is appropriate as a stopway from the opposite direction but not for normal movement in the direction of chevrons

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21
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What do dashed yellow lines on a taxiway indicate?

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Intermediate holding position

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22
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Mandatory aerodrome sign colours?

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White text, red background

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Information aerodrome sign colours?

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Yellow text, black background

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White text, red background indicate what signs?

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Mandatory signs

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Yellow text, black background indicate what signs?
Information signs
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Direction aerodrome sign colours?
Black text, yellow background
27
Black text, yellow background indicate what signs?
Direction signs
28
What does a yellow cross on the ground indicate?
Area for dropping articles
29
White dumbbell indicates what?
Aircraft must land AND TAXI on hard surfaces only
30
White dumbbell with black stripes indicate what?
Takeoff/landing must be on hard surfaces but taxiing does not need to be
31
Two connected white T's indicate what?
Glider flying in progress
32
A yellow and red checkerboard indicates what?
Aircraft may only taxi with ATC instructions
33
PAPIs with only two lights are known as what?
APAPIs
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APAPIs have how many lights?
Two
35
What runway lights aren't omnidirectional?
Threshold and end lights
36
Taxi edge lighting colour?
Blue
37
Taxi centre lighting colour?
Green
38
Solid red light to aircraft in air?
Do not land, continue circling
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Solid red light to aircraft on ground?
Stop
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Flashing red light to aircraft in air?
Do not land, aerodrome closed
41
Flashing red light to aircraft on ground?
Move clear of landing area
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Flashing white light to aircraft on ground?
Return to starting point
43
Flashing white light to aircraft in air?
Land here and proceed to apron after clearances have been given
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Flashing green light to aircraft in air?
Return to aerodrome and await landing clearance
45
Flashing green light to aircraft on ground??
Cleared to taxi
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Steady green light to aircraft in air?
Cleared to land
47
Steady green light to aircraft on ground?
Cleared for take off
48
How to indicate by signals you wish to land in a different runway direction?
Flashing green light in the day
49
How to indicate by signals you wish to land?
Flashing green light at night
50
What term is given to a report to an ATSU about a hazardous condition in flight that has been encountered?
Special Air Report
51
When does downwind begin in a circuit?
When abeam of the end of the runway
52
When should an aircraft should adhere to noise abatement procedures?
When safety takes priority
53
Braking effectiveness is a measurement of what?
Coefficient of friction
54
If braking effectiveness is given as a coefficient of friction, how should it be interpreted?
The lower the unit, the worse the braking is
55
How to calculate aquaplaning speed?
9 x Square root of tyre pressure in psi
56
When can viscous aquaplaning occur?
At any speeds
57
Where does viscous aquaplaning occur often?
Abnormally smooth surfaces
58
A runway is considered contaminated when more than what percentage of the runway is covered by contaminating objects (3mm water, snow, ice etc)?
25%
59
What is the minimum depth for surface water on a contaminated runway?
3mm
60
Which answer best describes when the runway is not dry, but when moisture is present on the surface, and yet the surface remains "NON-shiny"?
Damp
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What is the key word used for the definition of a contaminated and flooded runway?
Extensive (patches of standing water)
62
If a runway is "FLOODED", it means what?
Extensive patches of standing water are visible
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The recent CAA safety directive on Carbon Monoxide mandates detectors to be carried for what flights?
Piston engine flights with passengers

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