Low Level Checkride GK Flashcards
Where can you find Low Level Procedures?
AP/1B
What is the Max Speed for VR Route? What is the Max Speed for a SR Route?
420 KIAS / 250 KIAS
What are the WX minimums for VR Route? What are the WX minimums for SR Route?
3,000 ft and 5 visibility / 1,500 ft and 3 visibility
What is the required Altitude Clearance over a National Wildlife Refuge?
2,000 ft
What is the required Altitude Clearance over a Noise Restricted Area?
1,500 ft or 3 miles
What is the required Altitude Clearance over a Congested Area?
1,000 ft over the highest obstacle
What do you squawk for VR Routes? What do you squawk for SR Routes?
4000 / 1200
What are the holding procedures at the VR Route entry?
4 miles away and 1000 ft from entry altitude, with 1000 ft stacks. Announce on common frequency altitude and location.
When do the routes open and close?
30 min after sunrise, 30 min before sunset
1 hr after sunrise, 1 hr before sunset (mountainous terrain)
What is the time range for entry?
+/- 4 min from entry time (Navy)
+/- 2 min from entry time (455 FTS)
What is the time range allowed for Time On Target (TOT)?
+/- 30 sec
How should you clear an obstacle?
if visible: lateral spacing of 2,000 ft
if not visible: 500 ft above obstacle with 2 miles
What is the ERAA and what does it provide?
Emergency Route Abort Altitude:
1000 ft clearance from highhest obstacle within 25 nm from route (2000 ft in mountainous terrain)
What are the Emergency Route Abort procedures?
Aviate: Climb, Turn, Clean, Check
Navigate: Use GPS for Airport pages
Communicate: On Guard
Squawk 7700
How do you perform a timing correction?
decrease/increase speed by 1 knot for every second early/late for 4 min
How do you perform a course correction?
turn 15 deg for 1 min to correct for 1 mile
What do the Blue / Green / Red Circles symbolize?
Noise Sensitive Areas / Airfield to Avoid / Airfield to Avoid(clear by 1,500 ft or 3 miles)
What do the Yellow Squares symbolize?
Towers > 500 AGL within route
What do the Green Arrows symbolize?
crossing routes
How do you route abort?
Climb, turn, talk, Squawk, Navaids
When do you normally ascend to the next leg altitude?
When do you normally descend to the next leg altitude?
2 Minute Prior Call
Wings Level Call
What is the number one priority on the route?
Avoiding the ground.
How much time is spent “heads up and eyes out”?
80 percent
When should you start trying to identify points?
1-1.5 minutes out, otherwise turn on time
When must you file IFR?
- USAF use IFR to the max extent possible
- WX does not permit VFR flight
- Class A airspace
- Night mission
- Greater than 180 knots within federal airways
(6. Practicing Instrument Approaches)
What is the minimum Wx required to file VFR?
1,500 ft and 3 SM visibility and maintain basic cloud clearance (3-1-5-2)
What is the minimum altitude for non-local VFR point to point navigation?
3,000 ft AGL
What is the definition of MEF and how is it calculated?
Maximum Elevation Field: it is the highest elevation of any obstacle within a lat/long quadrangle + 300 ft safety factor, rounded up to the next 100 ft increment (MSL)
What is the definition of Dead Reckoning?
The process of estimating position by calculating where the aircraft will be at a certain time if a planned ground speed and track are held
What is the definition of Pilotage?
the use of fixed visual references, normally with a chart, to navigate
How do you perform a Clock-Map-Ground procedure?
Check the expected time on the route segment, select a feature on the chart, and find it on the ground
Class B Airspace
Cloud clearance- 3 SM, clear of clouds
Airspace-Surface-10,000MSL
Entry-Clearance, 2 way comms and transponder
Class C Airspace
Clouds- 3SM
1,000 above
500 below
2,000 horizontal
Airspace- surface-4,000 and shelf of 1,200-4,000
Entry- 2 way comms(call sign), transponder
Class D Airspace
Clouds- 3SM
1,000 above
500 below
2,000 horizontal
Airspace- surface-2,500 MSL
Entry- 2 way comms(call sign)
Class E Airspace
Clouds less then 10,000- 3SM 1,000 above 500 below 2,000 horizontal
Clouds above 10,000- 5SM 1,000 above 1,000 below 1 am horizontal
Airspace- everywhere (not A,B,C or D) purple dash- begins at surface, shaded purple beings at either 700 or 1,200
Entry- no specific requirements
Depicted- shaded purple and purple dash
