IN205 Flashcards
Below what altitude are you required to reduce airspeed to 250 KIAS or less?
Below 10,000 MSL unless the MAJCOM has approved a higher speed.
In a descent it’s a good technique to check your progress every _________ and adjust the gradient as required.
5000 feet
When performing an enroute descent you should specify the type of approach you desire.
True
Performing a pilot discretion descent allows the pilot to ______.
a. start the descent when the pilot chooses
b. use any rate of descent
c. level off at an intermediate altitude
You are in a 4° descent angle and your airspeed is at .4 Mach. What is your VSI rate of descent?
1600 FPM
You are in a 7° descent angle and your airspeed is at .3 Mach. What is your VSI rate of descent?
2100 FPM
Where are instrument penetration approaches found?
In the FLIP Terminal High Altitude books.
What are the three basic instrument penetration procedures?
Teardrop (DME or Non-DME)
Radial
Radial/arc
What are the two variations of the three basic instrument penetration procedures types:
Multiple facility approaches
Approach with dead reckoning (DR) courses
What are the four common components for any type of high altitude penetration approach?
Initial Approach Fix (IAF)
Course Information
Final Approach Fix (FAF)
Missed Approach Point (MAP)
What does W-HOLDS stand for?
Weather Holding clearance Obtain approach clearance Letdown plate review Descent check Speed as required
Can the T-6A fly an approach where course information off a TACAN or NDB is required?
No
Is it common to have more than one published instrument procedure to the same runway?
Yes
If ATC clears you for an approach while established in holding and the holding fix is the same as the IAF, what should you do?
Continue flying the holding pattern until reaching the IAF, then to commence the approach. DO NOT make any additional orbits in holding or turn inbound early without ATC approval.
_________ restrictions are the most common type of restriction on instrument procedures.
Altitude
A non-DME teardrop approach is one where the inbound turn point is not designated by ______. Instead, the turn inbound is started upon reaching a specific _______.
DME; Altitude
How is a published penetration turn altitude annotated for a non-DME approach?
“Left or right at (altitude).”
When a penetration turn altitude is not published, the turn is started when?
At an altitude halfway between the IAF and FAF altitudes.
How do you calculate Descent Gradient (DG)?
Take the altitude you need to lose (in 100s of feet) and divide it by the distance you have to go.
DG = 100s of feet/distance in NM
What is the DG if you want to loose 28000 feet in 70 NM?
4 degrees nose low
What is penetration airspeed for the T-6?
200 KIAS
How do you calculate your approximate VSI during the descent?
VSI = GS (NM/min) X 100 X pitch (descent gradient)
As you maintain 200 KIAS throughout the descent, TAS will _________ and the VSI descent rate will __________.
decrease; decrease
When flying a non-DME teardrop approach you are required to maintain a pitch attitude _______ the level flight picture for the penetration airspeed to ensure you remain within protected airspace.
8-10 degrees below
With the speedbrake extended, you will need approximately _____ torque to maintain penetration airspeed at the target pitch attitude. With the speed brake retracted, _____ torque will normally work well.
25%; 10%
If you are cleared for a non-DME teardrop approach from an altitude below the published IAF altitude, you must time outbound __________ for each __________ the published IAF altitude before starting your descent.
15 seconds; 1000 feet below
If a non-DME teardrop approaches do not specify a penetration turn altitude when do you start the inbound turn?
After descending one-half the total altitude between the IAF and FAF
Use a maximum of _____ of bank to make the penetration turn inbound
30°
When are you defined as established on course?
When within half full-scale deflection or in the T-6A one dot deflection on the EHSI
When do you need to transition to the landing configuration and slow to approach airspeed?
Once established inbound, and before reaching the final approach fix (FAF).
What is normal configuration for an instrument approach
Landing gear, landing lights, and TO flaps down.
Once configured, complete the before landing check and slow to __________ prior to crossing the _____ and beginning the final approach.
110 KIAS; FAF
If no penetration turn altitude is depicted on the approach plate, when will you begin your turn
inbound on a non-DME teardrop penetration?
At an altitude halfway between IAF and FAF altitude
You are cleared for a non-DME teardrop VOR penetration but are 3000 feet below the published IAF
altitude. How long will you time outbound before descending?
45 seconds
If your heading is within 90° of the approach course (for radial approaches) you are required to overfly the IAF.
FALSE, you are not required to overfly the IAF and may use normal lead points to intercept the course.
When a descent is required at the IAF, start the descent when?
When the aircraft is abeam or past the IAF on a parallel or intercept heading to the approach course
When flying a radial approach, as you pass the IAF ______.
turn immediately in the shorter direction toward the approach course
What is a good technique with all approaches, for configuring the aircraft and complete the before landing checklist?
When you reach approximately 2-3 miles prior to the FAF, configure the aircraft and complete the before landing checklist
When flying high altitude radial/arc penetrations, you should calculate and use normal lead points to
complete required course/arc intercepts.
True
What section of the approach plate provides a side view preview for the altitude restrictions?
Profile view
The non-DME teardrop approach is usually associated with a ______ approach.
VOR
When flying a non-DME teardrop approach, you are required to maintain a pitch attitude ______ below the level flight picture for the penetration airspeed to ensure you remain within protected airspace.
8°-10°
When flying a radial approach if your heading is within ______ of the outbound penetration course, you are not required to overfly the IAF and may use normal lead points to intercept the course.
90°
If you have a 3° descent gradient, how much altitude have you lost in 1 nautical mile?
300 feet
When flying a radial/arc approach, ______ you may begin your descent to the next applicable altitude restriction.
once a lead point is reached AND a turn to the next approach segment is initiated
You are 40 miles from Junction at FL310 at .5 Mach and are required to cross Junction at 15,000. How will you determine your descent gradient?
Divide the altitude you have to lose in hundreds of feet (160) by the number of miles you have to go (40). This provides your descent gradient in degrees (4).
