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1
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MI

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Shallow

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BG

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Patches

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PR

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Partial

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DR

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Drifting

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BL

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Blowing

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SH

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Shower

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TS

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Thunderstorm

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FZ

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Freezing

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DZ

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Drizzle

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RA

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Rain

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SN

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Snow

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SG

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Snow grains

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IC

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Ice crystals

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PE

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Ice pellets

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GR

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Hail

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GS

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Snow pellets

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BR

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Mist

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FG

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Fog

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FU

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Smoke

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VA

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Volcanic ash

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DU

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Dust

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SA

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Sand

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HZ

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Haze

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PO

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Dust/sand whirls

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SQ

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Squalls

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+FC

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Funnel cloud

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+SS

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Sandstorm

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+DS

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Dust storm

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Objectives of IFR control

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To maintain a safe, orderly, expeditious flow of air traffic under the control of an IFR unit

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Alerting service

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The service provided to ATC units to notify appropriate organizations regarding aircraft in need of search and rescue aid and to assist such organizations as required

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Terminal control service

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The service provided by ACCs to aircraft operating within specified control areas

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32
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Canadian Domestic Airspace (CDA)

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CDA includes all air paces over the Canadian airmass, the Canadian arctic, Canadian archipelago and those areas of the high seas within the airspace boundaries

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Controlled airspace

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Airspace of defined dimensions within which air traffic control services are provided and within which some or all aircraft may be subject to air traffic control

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34
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Altimeter Region Setting

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Designated area within which aircrafts use the altimeter setting of the nearest station along the route of the flight

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35
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Class F airspace designations:
M
A
H
S
T
P
F
A 
Military
Aerobatics
Hang Gliding
Soaring
Training
Parachuting
Testing
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36
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Aircraft Movement Information Service (AMIS)

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The service provided by ATC for the collection, processing and dissemination of aircraft movement information by use of air defence units

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37
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What 2 services are provided within an IFR

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Flight Information Services

Alerting Services

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38
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Indicated speed

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Speed shown on the airspeed indicator in the aircraft

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39
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True speed

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The actual speed of the aircraft through the air, corrected for various errors

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40
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Ground Speed

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Speed of the aircraft over the surface of the earth

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41
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What part of the Navaid provides lateral guidance

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The localizer

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42
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VOR

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Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range. Radiates 360 spokes, one for each magnetic heading

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43
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NDB

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Non-Directinonal Beacon. Radio transmitters that broadcast a signal in a circular nature. Pebble in a pond

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Frequency and Wavelength

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Inversely proportional. Higher the frequency, the shorter the wavelength

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45
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Base Leg

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A flight path extending from the end of the downwind leg to he extended centreline of the approach end of the landing runway

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46
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MATS

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Manual of Air Traffic Services

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ATSAMM

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Air Traffic Services Administration and Management Manual

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48
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TC AIM

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Transport Canada Aeronautical Information Manual

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49
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CARs

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Canadian Aviation Regulations

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ARW

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Altitude Reservation Services West

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Mechanical Turbulence

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Turbulence that occurs when air flows over irregular terrain or other obstructions

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52
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Moderate Turbulence

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Changes in altitude or attitude occur but the aircraft remains in positive control at all times. It usually causes variation in air speed. Occupants feel definite strain against seat belts and unsecured objects may become dislodged

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53
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Causes of wake turbulence

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Wing-tip vortices
Rotor-tip vortices
Jet-engine thrust stream
Rotor down wash
Prop wash
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54
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Light aircraft category weight

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7000kg or less

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55
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What provides stability in the rolling plane

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Dihedral angle of the wings

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56
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Cumulus cloud

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Detached clouds, dense with sharp outlines, developing vertically in the form of rising mounds. Generally looks like a cauliflower

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57
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4 most significant meteorological dangers to aviation

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Ice
Wind shear
Turbulence
Cumulonimbus Clouds (CBs)

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58
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Jet Stream Characteristics

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Between 20k-40k
Higher in altitude through the summer
Higher in the tropics than in the poles
Minimum winds speeds of 60Knots
Thousands of miles long
Hundreds of miles wide
Thousands of feet tall
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59
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Wind shear

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Change in wind speed or direction in a short distance. It can exist in horizontal direction, vertical direction or both.

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Macroburst

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A large downburst with a diameter of 2 miles or more when it reaches the earths surface. Can last from 5 to 20 mins.

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Tropopause

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Boundary between troposphere and the layer above

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Troposphere

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Where most weather occurs

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63
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Lift caused by friction between air and ground

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Mechanical friction

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64
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Standard Atmosphere

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Dry
15 degrees at sea level
29.92 pressure
RoC 1.98 degrees per 1000 feet

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65
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Air mass characteristics

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Uniform properties of temperature and moisture in the horizontal

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Air masses coldest to warmest

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Continental Arctic
Maritime Arctic
Maritime Polar
Maritime Continental

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Cold front

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Transition zone between cold and warm air

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Isobars

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Curved lines on the surface weather map that join areas of equal barometric pressure

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Widely Spaced isobars

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Means that the pressure gradient is shallow with light winds

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Requirements for a thunderstorm

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Unstable air
Lifting action
High moisture content

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71
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Gust front

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The result of strong down drafts in the mature stage of a thunderstorm which reach the ground and spread horizontally

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Squal line

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Narrow band of active thunderstorms

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73
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Effects of icing

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Reduce lift/increase drag

Reduces air intake (engine failure)

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74
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Kinds of friction turbulence

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Mechanical
Shear
Frontal

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75
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Types of thermal turbulence

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Daytime

Cold air

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Clear air turbulence

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Occurs between 20k-40k
Can hazard high performance aircraft 
No clouds
Strong in jet stream
Rapid change in wind direction and speed in short distance
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Microburst

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Downburst less than 2 miles in diameter for less than 5 mins

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3 stages of a thunderstorm

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Cumulus
Mature
Dissipating

79
Q

3 types of clouds with icing

A

Cumulus
Towering cumulus
Cumulonimbus

80
Q

De-icing methods

A

Rubber boots
Heating
Fluids

81
Q

Victor Airway

A

Low level airway

82
Q

Jet Airway

A

High level airway

83
Q

GNSS

A

Global Navigation Satellite System

  • Space component
  • User component
  • Control Component
84
Q

WAAS

A

Wide area augmented system

85
Q

LAAS

A

Local area augmented system

86
Q

INS

A

Internal Navigation System

87
Q

RNAV

A

Area navigation system

88
Q

Radar

A

Radio Detection and Ranging

89
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TCAS

A

Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System.

Transponder required

90
Q

2 way communication failure?

A

CFS emergency

91
Q

What publication is published every 56 days

A

CFS (Canadian flight supplement)

92
Q

How long are operations bulletins valid

A

60 days

93
Q

CIRVIS

A

Communications instructions for reporting vital intelligence sightings

94
Q

Minimum Altitudes

A

Planes: 1000 above, 2000 side
Helicopters: 1000 above, 500 side
Balloons: 500 above, 500 side

95
Q

Flight plans not required?

A

Within 25 miles of aerodrome for VFR traffic

96
Q

Ground Visibility

A

The visibility at that aerodrome as contained in a weather observation reported by an AWOS

97
Q

Flight visibility

A

Visibility forward from the cockpit

98
Q

LFPO

A

Paris role

99
Q

KSLC

A

Salt Lake City

100
Q

PAFA

A

Fairbanks

101
Q

LEMD

A

Madrid

102
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EDDM

A

Munich

103
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CYUL

A

Montreal

104
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KIAD

A

Washington Dulles

105
Q

EHAM

A

Amsterdam

106
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CYYT

A

St.Johns

107
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CYOW

A

Ottawa

108
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EGKK

A

Gatwick

109
Q

KMSP

A

Minneapolis

110
Q

MUHA

A

Havana

111
Q

CYYB

A

North Bay

112
Q

CYQX

A

Gander

113
Q

What does 5 readability mean?

A

Perfectly readable

114
Q

757-200

A

Heavy in front

Medium behind

115
Q

Pilatus

A

PC12

116
Q

BE20

A

Beechcraft super king air 200

117
Q

CL60

A

Canadian challenger 600

118
Q

DH8B

A

DeHavilland 8-200

119
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TGO

A

Transport Canada

120
Q

CFC

A

Canadian Forces

121
Q

AAL

A

American Airlines

122
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NVC

A

Nav Canada

123
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UAL

A

United airlines

124
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AFR

A

Air France

125
Q

Emergency Frequencies

A

VHF: 121.5
UHF: 243

126
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RCC

A

Rescue coordination centre

127
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ARFF

A

Aircraft rescue and firefighting

128
Q

Uncertainty Phase

A

A flight plan has been filed but no arrival report has been received

129
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Alert Phase

A

Communication search has failed to reveal any news of the aircraft
Aircraft fails to land within 5 mins of being cleared to land
Information has been received of impaired operational efficiency but emergency landing is not necessary

130
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Distress Phase

A

Not enough fuel to reach safely

Forced landing is likely

Aircraft is about to make a forced landing

131
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DH

A

Decision height

Used in precision approach

132
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MDA

A

Minimum descent altitude

Used in non-precision approach

133
Q

Buys Ballots Law

A

In the northern hemisphere, if you stand with your bank to the wind, the area of low pressure is on your left

134
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Clearance format and content

A 
P - prefix
A - aircraft identification
C - clearance limit
S - SID
R -Route
A - altitude
M - Mach number
D - departure, en route, approach or holding
S - special instructions or information
T - traffic information
135
Q

Readability scale

A

1 unreadable - 5 perfect

136
Q

Great circle

A

Circles that cut the earth in 2 equal parts

137
Q

Minor circle

A

Circles that do not cross he centre of the earth

138
Q

Profile drag

A

Skin friction

139
Q

Parasite drag

A

Drag produced by appendages that do not produce lift eg landing gear

140
Q

Induced drag

A

Drag caused air flow flowing over the wing and producing eddies that try and pull GE aircraft back

141
Q

Speed restrictions

A

No more than 250 knots below 10000f

No more than 200 knots below 3000 or within 10nm of a controlled airspace

142
Q

Atmospheric Properties

A

Mobile, expandable, compressible

143
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Cumulus

A

Bumpy flight beneath and in

Can develop into TCU or CB

144
Q

Towering Cumuls

A

Rough air (turbulence)

Significant icing

Develops into Cumulonimbus

Strong up drafts from below

145
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Cumulonimbus

A 
Thunderstorm activity
Precipitation
Violent vertical currents
Often hail
Extreme turbulence
Extreme icing
Lightning
146
Q

Altocumulus castellanus

A

Turbulence
Precipitation
Icing

147
Q

Pressure gradients

A

Rate of change of pressure with horizontal distance

Faster the pressure changes, the faster the wind

Steep pressure gradients, isobars are close

Weak pressure gradient, isobars far

148
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Sublimation

A

Change of state from gaseous to solid or visa versa

149
Q

Convection

A

Air heated by contact with the earths surface causes rising columns or hot air

150
Q

Orographic lift

A

Air is forced to rise by sloping terrain

151
Q

Frontal lift

A

Air is forced to rise by a wedge of colder denser air

152
Q

Mechanical Turbulence

A

Lift caused by friction between air and the ground

153
Q

Convergence

A

Occurs at the centre of low pressure areas, air is forced to rise

154
Q

Stable air

A

Low visibility

Stratus type clouds

Steady precipitation

Consistent steady winds

Smooth flying conditions

155
Q

Unstable Air

A

Good visibility

Showery precipitation

Gusty winds

Bumpy flying conditions

156
Q

What could produces the most frequent icing conditions

A

In winter, stratocumulus. However CU, TCU and CB clouds will produce the iciest conditions

157
Q

Light Turbulence

A

Slight erratic changes in altitude or attitude. Occupants may feel strain against their belts

158
Q

Severe Turbulence

A

Large and abrupt changes in altitude or attitude with large variations in airspeed. Airplane momentarily out of control. Occupants forced violently against their seats.

159
Q

MOCA

A

Minimum Obstacle Clearance Altitude

160
Q

MEA

A

Minimum Enroute Altitude - that assures adequate signal and meets MOCA

161
Q

MRA

A

Minimal reception altitude. Minimum altitude required for acceptable navigational signal coverage

162
Q

Holding pattern

A

Holding fix and holding side are on opposite sides

Higher altitude/higher speed, the greater the holding are

163
Q

EXCDS

A

Extended computer display system

164
Q

CVIDS

A

Computer visual information display system

165
Q

NARDS

A

Nav Canada Auxiliary Radar Display System

166
Q

OIDS

A

Operational Information Display System

167
Q

VSCS

A

Voice switch communication system

168
Q

ATIS

A

Automated Terminal Information Service .

Notifies aircraft of current weather, active runways, runway and taxi location, communications frequencies

169
Q

Approach

A

10 mins

170
Q

Arrangements

A

Administrative or operational accord between Nav Canada units regarding the provision of Air Traffic Services

171
Q

Operations Bulletin

A

Not valid for more than 60 days

172
Q

Operations Letter

A

Long term items related to the provision of aircraft or the operation of aircraft

173
Q

AOR

A

Aviation Occurrence Report, select all but the last

174
Q

Tower Control

A

Responsible for all traffic taking off or landing, and for control of all VFR traffic within the control zone

175
Q

Ground Control

A

Responsible for all traffic moving on the ground, except landing and taking off

176
Q

Clearance Delivery

A

Relay IFR clearances, preparing flight progress strips

177
Q

Apron Advisory

A

Some airports have separate apron management

178
Q

Arrival/Departure control

A

Provided to expedite the flow of IFR flights inbound and outbound within a terminal control area

179
Q

Reasons for bumping someone off the phone

A

Emergency or Control

180
Q

Question 81

A

C

181
Q

5 Letter Indicators

A

Airway intersections

182
Q

Transport 01

A

PM

183
Q

Transport 02

A

Governor General

184
Q

Canforce 3701

A

Governor General on military flight

185
Q

Canforce 01

A

Pm on military

186
Q

Canforce 02-19

A

Other heads of state or government

187
Q

VFR flies into IFR conditions

A

Equipped and certified?

188
Q

Class A

A

Only IFR. ACC for all. From FL180 to FL600

189
Q

Class B

A

Both IFR and VFR. From 12500ft up to but not including 18000ft

190
Q

Class C

A

VFR requires clearance. All aircraft provided with air traffic information

191
Q

Class D

A

VFR must establish 2 way communication with ATC. All air traffic provided with air traffic information

192
Q

Class E

A

Super low or super high airspace. Airspace that is not A,B,C,D

193
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class F

A

Restricted or advisory regions

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