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30 Cards in this Set
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What are some safety equipment used when working on a flight deck or airfield? |
Flight deck safety shoes Cranial impact helmet Goggles Gloves |
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What is a runway? |
Paved area used for takeoff & landing. |
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What are threshold markings? |
Parallel stripes at the ends of the runway to designate the landing area. (Stripes are 12’W x 150’L) |
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What is a overrun area? |
A section at the ends of the runway providing an effective deceleration area for aborting or overshoot. |
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What is an MA-1 series overrun barrier? |
Used to stop tricycle landing gear aircraft without tail hooks. |
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What is emergency shore based recovery equipment used for? |
Used during in-flight emergencies requiring stopping the aircraft during landing in the shortest distance possible. |
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What are taxiways? |
Paved areas for aircraft to move between aprons, runways, & service areas. |
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What are taxiways? |
Paved areas for aircraft to move between aprons, runways, & service areas. |
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What is a parking apron? |
Paved areas used for parking, servicing, & loading aircraft. |
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What are taxiways? |
Paved areas for aircraft to move between aprons, runways, & service areas. |
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What is a parking apron? |
Paved areas used for parking, servicing, & loading aircraft. |
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What is a compass calibration pad? |
A magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated. |
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How does the runway numbering system work? |
They are normally numbered by magnetic heading rounded to the nearest 10 degrees. (250 degrees = Runway 25) |
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What does 2 flashes of white light followed by 1 green indicate? |
A military airfield. |
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Who wears yellow jerseys? |
Aircraft handling officer Flight deck officer Catapult officer Arresting gear officer Plane directors |
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Who wears white jerseys? |
Safety Air transport officer Landing signal officer Troubleshooters Medical |
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Who wears brown jerseys? |
Plane captains captain |
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Who wears blue jerseys? |
Aircraft handlers Chock crewman Elevator operators |
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Who wears blue jerseys? |
Aircraft handlers Chock crewman Elevator operators |
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Who wears green jerseys? |
Catapult/arresting gear crew Aircraft maintenance Helo landing signal enlisted Photographers |
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Who wears red jerseys? |
Crash & salvage AOs Ordnance |
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Who wears purple jerseys? |
Fuel crew |
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What is the deck identifier for PKP? |
12”W red line w/ 3”H PKP |
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What is the deck identifier for saltwater stations? |
18”W red stripe w/ 3”H yellow “W” |
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What is the deck identifier for PKP? |
12”W red line w/ 3”H white PKP |
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What is the deck identifier for saltwater stations? |
18”W red stripe w/ 3”H yellow “W” |
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What is the deck identifier for CO2? |
12”W red stripe w/ 3”H white CO2 |
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What is the deck identifier for AFFF? |
18”W green stripe w/ 3”H white AFFF |
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What is the deck identifier for a bomb jettison tamp? |
A yellow stripe up & over both sides of the ramp w/ alternating 4” red & yellow stripes. Also contains a black facsimile of a bomb. |
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What is the deck identifier for a steam smothering station? |
18”W black stripe w/ 3”H white steam |
