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required flight line protective equipments |
- flight deck (steel-toed) safety shoes - cranial impact helmet - protective eye goggles - leather gloves |
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runways |
paved ways that are used for aircraft takeoff and landing |
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threshold markings |
parallel stripes on the ends of the runways |
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overrun area |
paved or unpaved section on the ends of the runways that provide a reasonably effective deceleration area for aborting or overshooting aircraft |
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MA-1 series overrun barriers |
designed to stop tricycle landing gear equipped aircraft not equipped with tail hooks |
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emergency shore based recovery equipment |
used during in-flight emergencies that requires stopping the aircraft during landing in the shortest distance possible |
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taxiways |
paved areas for aircraft to move between parking aprons, runways, and airfield services |
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parking apron |
open paved areas adjacent to hangers, fuel, services often called the flight line |
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compass calibration pad (compass rose) |
a paved area in a magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated |
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runway numbering system |
runways are normally numbered in relation to their magnetic heading rounded off to the nearest 10 degrees, i.e., a runway heading of 250 degrees is runway 25 |
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airfield rotating beacon |
when the airport is below VFR weather conditions, day or night, the airport rotating beacon is used to identify the airport's location |
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the required flight deck protective equipment will include the following items |
- flight deck (steel-toed) safety shoes - protective jersey - cranial impact helmet - protective eye goggles - leather gloves |
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yellow jerseys |
aircraft handling officer, flight deck officer, catapult officer, arresting gear officer, air bos'n, plane directors |
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white jerseys |
safety department, air transport officer, landing signal officer, squadron plane inspectors (troubleshooters) medical |
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brown jerseys |
plane captains |
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blue jerseys |
aircraft handling crewman, chock crewman (chocks, chains, and tractors), elevator operatiors |
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green jersey |
catapult and arresting gear personnel, squadron aircraft maintenance personnel, helicopter landing signal enlisted-man, photographers |
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red jerseys |
crash and salvage, explosive ordnance disposal, ordnance handling personnel |
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purple jerseys |
aviation fuel crew |
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purple K powder (PKP) |
identified by a 12-inch wide red stripe with a white 3-inch high "PKP" stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming |
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saltwater station |
identified by an 18-inch wide red stripe with a yellow 3-inch high "W" stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming |
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CO2 bottle stowage |
identified by a 12-inch wide red stripe with a white 3-inch high "CO2" stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming |
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AFFF station |
identified by an 18-inch wide green stripe with a white 3-inch high "AFFF" stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming |
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bomb jettison ramp |
the flight deck in front of the ramp opening is marked with alternating 4-inch wide red and yellow stripes with a 12-inch black facsimile of a bomb centered |
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steam smothering |
identified by an 18" black stripe with a 3" white "STEAM" stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming |
