Radar Services

Question 1

In the case of “Radar contact” or “Identified”, this simply means that the aircraft has been -

and that the service being provided is one of purely monitoring the aircraft’s progress and its response to -

This also enables the air traffic controller to utilise Radar separation standards, which require aircraft to be separated by a distance of at least -

Answer 1

positively identified by the air traffic controller

air traffic clearances.

5nm

Question 2

Should the air traffic controller wish to alter the flight path of the aircraft, that is to divert the aircraft from its normal flight path, he must advise the pilot that the aircraft is -

Answer 2

“identified and under Radar control.”

Question 3

To quote from I.C.A.O. Annex 11 - “The objectives of the air traffic services do not include prevention of collision with terrain, except when -

Answer 3

an IFR flight is being vectored by radar”

Question 4

Termination of Radar Vectoring will be phrased -

Answer 4

RESUME OWN NAVIGATION

Question 5

Radar Information Service (RIS): Is an air traffic radar service in which the controller will inform the pilot of the bearing, distance, and, if known, the level of the ________ _____. No avoiding action will be offered. The pilot is wholly responsible for maintaining separation from _____ aircraft whether or not the controller has passed traffic information.

Answer 5

Radar Information Service (RIS): Is an air traffic radar service in which the controller will inform the pilot of the bearing, distance, and, if known, the level of the conflicting traffic. No avoiding action will be offered. The pilot is wholly responsible for maintaining separation from other aircraft whether or not the controller has passed traffic information.