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Question 1

Define an alert area

Answer 1

An alert area is established to inform pilots of a specific area wherein a high volume of pilot training or an unusual type of aeronautical activity is conducted.

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Question 2

RNAV

Answer 2

Area navigation (RNAV) is a method of navigation that permits aircraft operations on any desired flight path.

GPS is a form of RNAV

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Question 3

Definition of ceiling

Answer 3

Ceiling means the height of the lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena reported as “broken,” “overcast,” or “obscuration,” and not classified as “thin” or “partial.”

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Question 4

Definition of clearway

Answer 4

Clearway means an area beyond the runway, not less than 500 feet wide, centrally located about the extended centerline of the runway, under the control of the airport authorities.

The clearway, expressed as a clearway plane, extends from the end of the runway with an upward slope not exceeding 1.25 percent, above which no object nor any terrain protrudes.

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Question 5

Define controlled airspace

Answer 5

Controlled airspace means an airspace within which air traffic control service is provided to IFR flights and to VFR flights in accordance with the airspace classification.

Examples—Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, and Class E airspace.

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Question 6

Define a controlled firing area

Answer 6

A controlled firing area is established to contain activities, which if not conducted in a controlled environment, would be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft. A spotter suspends activities when aircraft approach area.

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Question 7

Define an extended over-water operation

Answer 7

Extended over-water operation
An operation over water at a horizontal distance of more than 50 nautical miles from the nearest shoreline.

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Question 8

Define V_FE

Answer 8

Maximum flap extended speed (V_FE)
The highest speed permissible with wing flaps extended.

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Question 9

Definition of Decision Altitude (DA)

Answer 9

Decision altitude (DA)
A specified altitude (expressed in feet above mean sea level) in an instrument approach procedure at which the pilot must decide whether to initiate an immediate missed approach if the pilot does not see the required visual reference, or to continue the approach.

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Question 10

Definition of Decision Height (DH)

Answer 10

Decision height (DH)
A specified height above the ground in an instrument approach procedure at which the pilot must decide whether to initiate an immediate missed approach if the pilot does not see the required visual reference, or to continue the approach.

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Question 11

Definition of IAS

Answer 11

Indicated airspeed (IAS)
The speed of an aircraft as shown on its pitot static airspeed indicator.

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Question 12

Definition of FAF

Answer 12

Final approach fix (FAF) defines the beginning of the final approach segment and the point where final segment descent may begin.

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Question 13

Definition of flight time

Answer 13

Flight time
Pilot time that commences when an aircraft moves under its own power for the purpose of flight and ends when the aircraft comes to rest after landing.

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Question 14

IAP

Answer 14

Instrument approach procedure (IAP)
Published maneuvers by reference to flight instruments with specified protection from obstacles and assurance of navigation signal reception capability. It begins from the initial approach fix, or from the beginning of a defined arrival route to a point.

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Question 15

Define V_LE

Answer 15

Landing gear extended speed (V_LE)
The maximum speed at which an aircraft can be safely flown with the landing gear extended.

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Question 16

Define V_LO

Answer 16

Landing gear operating speed (V_LO)
The maximum speed at which the landing gear can be safely extended or retracted.

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Question 17

Definition of large aircraft

Answer 17

Large aircraft
Aircraft of more than 12,500 pounds, maximum certificated takeoff weight.

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Question 18

Define Mach (M)

Answer 18

Mach (M)
The ratio of true airspeed to the speed of sound.
Example: M .84 means 84% of the speed of sound.

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Question 19

MOA

Answer 19

Military operations area (MOA)
Airspace established to separate or segregate certain nonhazardous military activities from IFR Traffic and to identify for VFR traffic where these activities are conducted.

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Question 20

MDA

Answer 20

Minimum descent altitude (MDA)
The lowest altitude specified in an instrument approach procedure, expressed in feet above mean sea level, to which descent is authorized on final approach or during circle-to-land maneuvering until the pilot sees the required visual references for the runway of intended landing.

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Question 21

Define nonprecision instrument approach

Answer 21

Nonprecision instrument approach procedure
A standard instrument approach procedure in which no electronic glide slope is provided.

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Question 22

Definition of operational control

Answer 22

Operational control
The exercise of authority over initiating, conducting or terminating a flight.

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Question 23

Define precision instrument approach

Answer 23

Precision approach procedure
A standard instrument approach procedure in which an electronic glide slope is provided, such as ILS and PAR.

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Question 24

Definition of restricted area

Answer 24

Restricted area
Designated airspace within which the flight of aircraft, while not wholly prohibited, is subject to restriction.

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Question 25

Definition of stopway

Answer 25

Stopway
An area beyond the takeoff runway, no less wide than the runway, centered upon the extended centerline of the runway, and able to support the airplane during an aborted takeoff, without causing structural damage to the airplane, and designated by the airport authorities for use in decelerating the airplane during an aborted takeoff.

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Question 26

V₂

Answer 26

Takeoff safety speed (V₂)
Airspeed at which the required one-engine-inoperative climb performance can be achieved (obstacle clearance).

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Question 27

TCAS I and TCAS II

Answer 27

TCAS I
Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) that utilizes interrogations of, and replies from, airborne radar beacon transponders and provides traffic advisories to the pilot.

TCAS II
Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) that utilizes interrogations of, and replies from airborne radar beacon transponders and provides traffic advisories and resolution advisories in the vertical plane.

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Question 28

Definition of time in service

Answer 28

Time in service
With respect to maintenance time records, means the time from the moment an aircraft leaves the surface of the earth until it touches it at the next point of landing.

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Question 29

Definition of warning area

Answer 29

Warning area
Airspace of defined dimensions, extending from 3 nautical miles outward from the coast of the United States, that contains activity that may be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft.

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