N5005 Flashcards
What is an aircraft approach category based on? What are the different speeds for each
category?
Aircraft approach category is based on 1.3 times the stalling speed in the landing configuration at maximum certificated gross landing weight.
A - Speed less than 91 knots.
B - Speed 91 knots or more but less than 121 knots.
C - Speed 121 knots or more but less than 141 knots.
D - Speed 141 knots or more but less than 166 knots.
E - Speed 166 knots or more.
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What are the three aircraft classes (FAA) and their associated weights?
AIRCRAFT CLASSES (FAA-P/CG) - For the purposes of wake turbulence, separation minima, Air Traffic Control classifies aircraft as heavy, large and small as follows:
(1) HEAVY - Aircraft capable of take-off weights of more than 300,000 pounds or more whether or not they are operating at this weight during a particular phase of flight.
(2) LARGE - Aircraft of more than 41,000 pounds, maximum certificated take-off weight, up to but not including 300,000 pounds.
(3) SMALL - Aircraft of 41,000 pounds or less, maximum certificated take-off weight.
FLIP GP Terms 2-3
What is the ADIZ?
AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION ZONE/ADIZ - The area of airspace over land or water, extending upward from the surface, within which the ready identification, the location, and the control of aircraft are required in the interest of national security.
(1) DOMESTIC AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION ZONE - An ADIZ within the United States along an international boundary of the United States.
(2) COASTAL AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION ZONE - An ADIZ over the coastal waters of the United States.
(3) DISTANT EARLY WARNING IDENTIFICATION ZONE (DEWIZ) - An ADIZ over the coastal waters of the state of Alaska. ADIZ location and operating and flight plan requirements for civil aircraft operations are specified in Federal Air Regulations Part 99.
ADIZ location, and operating and flight plan requirements for civil aircraft operations are specified in Federal Air Regulations Part 99.
FLIP GP TERMS 2-3
What is the touchdown zone lighting?
The touchdown zone lighting system consists of two rows of high intensity light bars arranged on either side of the runway centerline. Each bar consists of three unidirectional white lights toward the approach area. The two rows of light bars are 3,000 feet long and extend from the threshold of the runway toward the rollout end of the runway.
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What is considered centerline lighting?
The runway centerline lighting system is a straight line of lights located along the runway centerline. The system starts 75 feet (23m) from the threshold and extends down the runway to within 75 feet of the rollout end of the runway. The last 3,000 feet are color coded for landing rollout information. The last 3,000-foot to 1,000-foot section displays alternate red and white lights, while the last 1,000-foot section displays all red lights.
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How can you tell what are threshold lights?
Runway threshold lights define the beginning of the operational runway surface for aircraft for landing. The lights emit red light toward the runway to indicate the runway end to a departing aircraft and may emit green outward from the runway end to indicate the threshold to landing aircraft.
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What is a braking action advisory?
BRAKING ACTION (GOOD, FAIR, POOR OR NIL) - A report of conditions on the airport movement area providing a pilot with a degrees/quality of braking that he might expect. Braking action is reported in terms of good, fair, poor or nil. (See Runway Condition Reading)
BRAKING ACTION ADVISORIES - When tower controllers have received runway braking action reports which include the terms “poor” or “nil”, or whenever weather conditions are conducive to deteriorating or rapidly changing runway braking conditions, the tower will include on the ATIS broadcast the statement, “Braking Action Advisories are in effect.” During the time Braking Action Advisories are in effect, Air Traffic Control will issue the latest braking action report for the runway in use to each arriving and departing aircraft. Pilots should be prepared for deteriorating braking conditions and should request current runway condition information if not volunteered by controllers. Pilots should also be prepared to provide a descriptive runway condition report to controllers after landing.
FLIP GP Terms 2-10
What is considered a Circling Approach and how will the ATC controller give the instructions?
Circling:
- General Procedures. Circling to land is a visual flight maneuver. When the instrument approach is completed, it is used to align the aircraft with the landing runway. The circling MDA and weather minima to be used are those for the runway to which the instrument approach is flown (this is not always the landing runway).
- Instructions. If the controller has a requirement to specify the direction of the circling maneuver in relation to the airport or runway, the controller will issue instructions in the following manner: ―Circle (direction given as one of eight cardinal compass points) of the airport/runway for a right/left base/downwind to runway (number). For example, ―Circle west of the airport for a right base to runway one eight.
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What does “cleared as filed” mean?
ATC will not specifically clear you for a diverse departure. Do not mistake the words “cleared as filed” as clearance for a diverse departure. This is only the case if the required climb gradient is 200‘/NM or less and there is no ODP published for the departure runway. If there is an ODP for the departure runway, USAF pilots will fly the ODP before beginning the “cleared as filed” portion of the departure.
What does “cleared for the option” mean?
CLEARED FOR THE OPTION - Air Traffic Control authorization for an aircraft to make a touch-and-go, low approach, missed approach, stop-and-go, or full stop landing at the discretion of the pilot. It is normally used in training so that an instructor can evaluate a student’s performance under changing situations. (See Option Approach)
FLIP GP Terms 2-11
What does “closed traffic mean?”
CLOSED TRAFFIC - Successive operations involving take-off and landing or low approaches where the aircraft does not exit the traffic pattern.
FLIP GP Terms 2-12
What is a formation flight?
More than one aircraft which, by prior arrangement between the pilots,
operates as a single aircraft with regard to navigation and position reporting. Separation between aircraft within the formation is the responsibility of the flight leader and the pilots of the other aircraft in the flight. This includes transition periods when aircraft within the formation are maneuvering to attain separation from each other to effect individual control and during joinup
and breakaway. Such a group is treated for ATC purposes as a single aircraft.
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What is an overhead approach?
OVERHEAD APPROACH/360 OVERHEAD - A series of predetermined maneuvers prescribed for Visual Flight Rules arrival of military aircraft (often in formation) for entry into the Visual
Flight Rules traffic pattern and to proceed to a landing. The pattern usually specifies the following:
(1) The radio contact required of the pilot.
(2) The speed to be maintained.
(3) An initial approach 3 to 5 miles in length.
(4) An elliptical pattern consisting of two 180 degree turns.
(5) A break point at which the first 180 degree turn is started.
(6) The direction of turns.
(7) Altitude (at least 500 feet above the Conventional pattern).
(8) A “Roll-out” on final approach not less than 1/4 mile from the landing threshold and not less than 300 feet above the ground.
FLIP GP Terms 2-34
What is runway condition reading (RCR)?
RUNWAY CONDITION READING/RCR - Numerical decelerometer readings relayed by air traffic controllers at USAF and certain civil bases for use by the pilot in determining runway braking action. These readings are routinely relayed only to USAF and Air National Guard aircraft. (See Braking Action)
FLIP GP Terms 2-40
What is expected when told to fly runway
heading?
When told to “fly runway heading,” do not apply wind drift corrections.
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