NA107

Question 1

Do you have to call clearance delivery for VFR flight plan?

Answer 1

No, but must comply with local procedures.

Question 2

What should you tell tower and who will activate your flight plan?

Answer 2

Initial altitude and direction of flight. Tower will activate flight plans for military, you must activate via FSS when airborne.

Question 3

If departing from Class B or Class C airspace what should you expect?

Answer 3

Departure instructions from tower.

Question 4

What should you squawk if no squawk is assigned by Departure?

Answer 4

1200

Question 5

What should you tell Departure?

Answer 5

Callsign, direction of flight and altitude

Question 6

What should you change to after out of tower’s airspace?

Answer 6

The appropriate ARTCC sector for traffic advisories and flight following

Question 7

What are some radar limitations?

Answer 7

Low altitudes limits it as well as terrain

Question 8

If you do not have ATC flight following and you want to change from VFR to IFR, what should you do?

Answer 8

Attempt to file with FSS and gave them coordinate IFR clearance

Question 9

How do you change from VFR to IFR with flight following?

Answer 9

Notify ATC and file IFR clearance with them, once clearance is received, tell FSS and cancel VFR

Question 10

What is dead reckoning?

Answer 10

Flying a specific heading at a specified airspeed for a specified time to arrive at desired location

Question 11

What do you need to fly DR?

Answer 11

A watch, map and compass. “Clock to chart to ground”

Question 12

What goes in a doghouse?

Answer 12

Heading, altitude, airspeed, time, fuel

Question 13

When do you make your next turn if unable to locate your checkpoint using DR?

Answer 13

Based on time.

Question 14

Where should your primary scan be?

Answer 14

10-2 o’clock

Question 15

How far away should points to look for be and by when should they be in sight and identified?

Answer 15

2-5 minutes, and identified by 1 minute

Question 16

What is the funneling method?

Answer 16

Use easy to find landmarks off the sides of the checkpoint to tunnel your vision

Question 17

What does green shading indicate on contours?

Answer 17

Elevation 2000’ MSL and below.

Question 18

What does beige to brown shading indicate for contours?

Answer 18

Higher elevation above 2000’ MSL

Question 19

What does further apart contour lines indicate?

Answer 19

Rolling terrain.

Question 20

What’s a good reference for the 30 deg distance estimating method?

Answer 20

Canopy rail.

Question 21

What’s the distance for the 45 deg distance estimating method?

Answer 21

The same as the height.

Question 22

How can you fix your position?

Answer 22

1) . Flying directly over the checkpoint
2) . Distance and direction from a checkpoint
3) . Establishing aircraft position by direction from two checkpoints

Question 23

What’s another course correction method?

Answer 23

Aiming for featured in the distance to get to your checkpoint.

Question 24

How does the proportional method work?

Answer 24

For every second off planned ETA, change IAS by 1 knot and hold this airspeed for the number of minutes equal to your groundspeed in miles/minute.

Question 25

What is VFR cloud clearance?

Answer 25

3512 BAH (cloud is like a sheep)
3 miles vis 
500' below clouds
1,000' above clouds 
2,000' horizontally from clouds

Question 26

What’s a way to estimate your planned fuel requirement?

Answer 26

Multiply lbs/min by time to get to next checkpoint in minutes for fuel requirement.

Question 27

When must you notify FSS of a change to your arrival time?

Answer 27

If your arrival time is going to change by more than 30 minutes. Format is on inside back cover of IFR Supp