Part 1 Definitions & Abbreviations 2

Question 1

AFM means

Answer 1

aircraft flight manual;

Question 2

AGL means

Answer 2

above ground level;

Question 3

AIC means

Answer 3

an Aeronautical Information Circular;

Question 4

AIM means

Answer 4

Aeronautical Information Management;

Question 5

AIP means

Answer 5

an Aeronautical Information Publication;

Question 6

AIRAC means

Answer 6

Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control;

Question 7

AIR SUP means

Answer 7

an AIP Supplement;

Question 8

AME means

Answer 8

Aircraft Maintenance Engineer;

Question 9

AMO means

Answer 9

Aircraft Maintenance Organisation;

Question 10

ASTO means

Answer 10

Aviation Security Training Organisation;

Question 11

ATC means

Answer 11

Air Traffic Control or Air Traffic Controller;

Question 12

ATIS means

Answer 12

Automatic Terminal Information Service;

Question 13

a defined area on a land aerodrome intended to accommodate aircraft for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or cargo, refuelling, parking or maintenance;

Answer 13

“apron”

Question 14

a service provided directly by means of an ATS surveillance system;

Answer 14

“ATS surveillance service”

Question 15

the authority to fly issued in terms of Subpart 2 of Part 24 of the regulations as a restricted certificate of airworthiness is ?

Answer 15

“authority to fly”

Question 16

the means by which aircraft, aerodrome vehicles and other objects can automatically transmit and/or receive data such as identification, position and additional data, as appropriate, in a broadcast mode via a data link;

Answer 16

“automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast”

Question 17

the height above the surface of the base of the lowest layer of cloud below 20 000 feet covering more than half the sky;

Answer 17

“ceiling”

Question 18

the certificate referred to in Article 31 of the Convention, issued in terms of Subpart 8 of Part 21 of the regulations, and includes an authority to fly issued in terms of Subpart 2 of Part 24 is ?

Answer 18

“certificate of airworthiness”

Question 19

a passenger who has reached his or her second but not his or her twelfth birthday;

Answer 19

“child”

Question 20

a controlled airspace extending upwards from a specified height above the surface without an upper limit, unless an upper limit is specified as published in an AIP, AIC or NOTAM and designated as a control area;

Answer 20

“control area”

Question 21

any flight which is subject to an air traffic control clearance is ?

Answer 21

“controlled flight”

Question 22

as controlled airspace extending upwards from the surface to a specified upper limit as published in an AIP, AIC or NOTAM is ?

Answer 22

control zone”