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GVC Flashcards

1
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What is a CAP

A

Civil Aviation Publication

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What is The CAA?

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Civil Aviation Authority

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3
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What is a PfCO?

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Permission for Commercial Operations

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4
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Define AirProx.

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Air Proximity

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5
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What is ECCAIRS?

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European Coordination Center for Accident and Incident Reporting Systems

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6
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What is a NSF

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Non-Standard Flight

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7
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What is an ENSF

A

Enhanced Non-Standard Flight

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What is an OSC

A

Operation Safety Case

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What is VLOS

A

Visual Line Of Sight

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10
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What is ASL

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Above Surface Level

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11
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What is an UA

A

Unmanned Aircraft

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What is an UAS

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Unmanned Aircraft System

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13
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Where did air law originate?

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Chicago Convention

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14
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What is the UAS IR?

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Unmanned Aircraft System Implementing Regulation

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15
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What is a MOR?

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Mandatory Occurrence Report

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16
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What is the SARG?

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Safety and Airspace Regulation Group (CAA)

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17
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What is an ATM in aerospace terms?

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Air Traffic Management

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18
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What is ATC?

A

Air Traffic Control

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19
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What is NATS?

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National Air Traffic Services

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20
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Wat is the NAA?

A

National Aviation Authority

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21
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What is FIR?

A

Flight Information Region

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22
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What is IFR?

A

Instrument Flight Rules

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23
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What is VFR?

A

Visual Flight Rules

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24
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What is an ATZ?

A

Aerodrome Traffic Zone

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25
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What is a FRZ?

A

Flight Restriction Zone

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26
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What’s a NOTAM?

A

Notice To Airmen

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27
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What’s an AIP?

A

Aeronautical Information Publication

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28
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What’s an AIC?

A

Aeronautical Information Circular

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29
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What’s EVLOS?

A

Extended Visual Line Of Sight

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30
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What’s BVLOS?

A

Beyond Visual Line Of Sight

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31
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What is NSF?

A

Non-Standard Flight

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32
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What’s ENSF

A

Enhanced Non-Standard Flight

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33
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What is FL?

A

Flight Level

34
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What is a TMA?

A

Terminal Manoeuvring Area

35
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What is a CTA?

A

Controlled Area

36
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What is a CTR?

A

Controlled Zone

37
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What’s an ATZ?

A

Aerodrome Traffic Zone

38
Q

What are the three UK Flight Information Regions? FIR’s

A

London, Scottish and Shanwick

39
Q

What is segregated airspace?

A

A block of airspace to isolate the UA

40
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What’s the minimum notification period to acquire a segregated airspace?

41
Q

What is ALARP?

A

As Low As Reasonably Practicable

42
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What is SFARP

A

So Far As is Reasonably Practicable

43
Q

What 3 things should you check for flying at night?

A
  • UA lighting
  • Daytime Risk assessment
  • Illuminated land/take off area
44
Q

What is the RTSA?

A

Railway and Transport Safety Act

45
Q

What’s CRM?

A

Crew Resource Management

46
Q

What is a FDR?

A

Flight Data Recorders

47
Q

What is a CVR?

A

Cockpit Voice Recoreder

48
Q

What does the Scan Technique involve?

A
  • Check the SUA
  • Check the Airspace (inc weather)
  • Check ground space
  • Check the telemetry/endurance (Battery levels)
  • Check your blind spots
49
Q

What should be on a loop in our minds during a flight?

A

The Scan Technique

50
Q

What is a SUA?

A

Small Unmanned Aircraft

51
Q

What Three scales do aviation charts come in?

A

1 : 1,000,000
1 : 500,000
1 : 250,000

52
Q

What are the three main Aviation chat scales?

A

1: 50,000
1: 250,000
1: 500,000

53
Q

Which chart scale will a drone pilot mostly use to plan?

54
Q

What is the height Above Mean Sea Level (AMSL) called?

55
Q

The ground an aircraft is sitting on has a height above the sea level. What is this height referred to as?

56
Q

What does a blue boundary round an airfield mean?

A

It is either a Civilian or Commercial airfield.

57
Q

If a boundary round an airfield is red, what does this indicate?

A

It is a military aerodrome.

58
Q

What format of Lat long would an ATC require from you?

A

Degrees Minutes and Seconds (DMS)

59
Q

For an aircraft to remain balanced in flight. what four things must be balanced?

A

Thrust, weight, drag and lift.

60
Q

Lift is generated by air moving over the top and bottom of the wing, where is the faster - low pressure air moving?

A

On top (low pressure)

61
Q

What are the best conditions for generating lift?

A

Dry cold winter morning near sea level.

62
Q

What are the worst conditions for generating lift?

A

Middle of summer, high up, in a tropical rain forest midday.

63
Q

What do you call the bubble that is formed below the craft when flying just above a flat smooth surface?

A

Ground Effect.

64
Q

What is the situation called where the downwash from the tips of the rotor blades circles back to the top?

A

Ring Vortex State

65
Q

What do you do when your UAS is descending in the ring vortex state?

A

Don’t apply throttle to ascend, instead move forward, back, left or right.

66
Q

You’re flying a mission flight and notice the drone is on course to hit a tree, what do you do?

A

Either pause the flight or activate and then deactivate RTH (Return To Home).

67
Q

What does tripod mode do?

A

Reduces Sensitivity and max speed.

68
Q

Which GPS mode removes GPS stabilisation?

A

ATTI Mode.

69
Q

Where will you find the max speed information on your UAS?

A

Operator Manual.

70
Q

What’s the max current displayed as on LiPo batteries?

71
Q

What’s the Capacity displayed as on LiPo batteries?

A

milliAmp per Hour (mAh)

72
Q

What is the Discharge Rating displayed as on LiPo batteries?

73
Q

If a LiPo battery has a large C number, What will it have?

A

A high discharge rate

74
Q

Who regulates all UAS under 150kg?

A

CAA (Civil Aviation Authority)

75
Q

There is no requirement for independent airworthiness assessment if the UAS is less than _____.

76
Q

Which two datalink frequencies are commonly used on SUA (Small Unmanned Aircraft)

A

2.4Ghz and 5.8Ghz

77
Q

What does ALARP stand for?

A

As Low As Reasonably Possible

78
Q

What is mechanical turbulence caused by?

79
Q

On which aviation chart will you find helicopter routes?

A

Specialised charts

80
Q

What are the three ways to cancel a RTH?

A

Press RTH button, pause on DJI screen or change the flight mode.

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