Ground Ops and Safety Flashcards
What is a Class A fire?
Fires involving ordinary combustible materials.
What is a Class B fire?
Fires involving flammable petroleum products or other flammable liquids.
What is a Class C fire?
Fires involving energized electrical wiring and equipment.
What is a Class D fire?
Fires involving flammable metals such as magnesium.
What are the three things required for a fire to occur?
Fuel, heat, and oxygen.
What is the standard position for a signalman?
Slightly ahead of and in line with the aircraft’s left wingtip.
What does a flashing green light signal mean?
Cleared to taxi
What does a steady red light signal mean?
Stop
What does a flashing red light signal mean?
Clear the runway
What does a flashing white light signal mean?
Return to starting point
What does an alternating red and green light signal mean?
Exercise extreme caution
What does this signal mean?
All clear
What does this signal mean?
Come forward
What does this signal mean?
Cut engines
What does this signal mean?
Emergency stop
What does this signal mean?
Insert chocks
What does this signal mean?
Left turn
What does this signal mean?
Pull chocks
What does this signal mean?
Right turn
What does this signal mean?
Slow down
What does this signal mean?
Start engines
What does this signal mean?
Stop
What does this signal mean?
Engage rotor
What does this signal mean?
Go down
What does this signal mean?
Go up
What does this signal mean?
Landing direction
What does this signal mean?
Move back
What does this signal mean?
Move left
What does this signal mean?
Move right
What does this signal mean?
Stop rotor
What does this signal mean?
Swing tail to left
What does this signal mean?
Swing tail to right
What does this signal mean?
Take off
