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42 Cards in this Set
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What must airfield personnel have?
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Knowledge of the airfield and its features
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What is essential to safely working on the flight-line?
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FOD free PPE
qualified Sharp mind |
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When will personnel be given safety equipment?
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ANYTIME working on the flight-line
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Required Flight-line items:
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Flight deck (steel-toed) safety shoes
Cranial impact helmet Protective eye goggles Leather gloves |
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What is a runway?
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Paved area for takeoff and landing
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What are threshold markings and how long/wide are they?
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Parallel stripes on the ENDS of runways that designate landing areas
12ft↔️X150ft↕️ |
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What is an Overrun Area?
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Deceleration are for aborting and overshooting aircraft
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When/why is shore based recovery equipment used?
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- During in-flight emergencies that require stopping
- Minimize injury and aircraft damage |
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What are taxiways?
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Paved areas for aircraft transportation
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What is a compass rose?
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Place where an aircraft compass is calibrated
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If a runway heading is 250°, the runway number will be...
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25
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What is added to a runway number when there are 2 runways with a parallel centerline?
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L or R - i.e. 25L or 25R
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An airfield rotating beacon is used during poor weather to identify...
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an airport's location
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An airfield rotating beacon is used during poor weather to identify...
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an airport's location
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In which direction does an airfield rotating beacon turn?
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Clockwise
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An airfield rotating beacon is used during poor weather to identify...
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an airport's location
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In which direction does an airfield rotating beacon turn?
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Clockwise
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How many lights make up an airfield rotating beacon?
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2 white
1 green every 12-15 minutes |
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What slippery substances create hazards on a flight deck?
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Oil, grease and fuel
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Examples of life-threatening hazards.
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Jet intakes and exhausts
Rotor and propeller arcs |
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5 required PPE items when working on a flight deck.
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Flight deck (steel-toed) safety shoes
Protective jersey Cranial impact helmet Goggles Leather gloves |
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5 required PPE items when working on a flight deck.
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Flight deck (steel-toed) safety shoes
Protective jersey Cranial impact helmet Goggles Leather gloves |
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List all the colors of a flight-line jersey.
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Yellow, white, brown, blue, green, red and purple
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7 total
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Yellow Jersey
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Aircraft handling officer
Flight deck officer Air Bos'n Plane directors |
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White Jersey
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Safety dept.
Air transport officer Landing signal officer Plane inspectors Medical |
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Yellow Jersey
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Aircraft handling officer
Flight deck officer Air Bos'n Plane directors |
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White Jersey
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Safety dept.
Air transport officer Landing signal officer Plane inspectors Medical |
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Brown Jersey
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Plane Captain
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Yellow Jersey
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Aircraft handling officer
Flight deck officer Air Bos'n Plane directors |
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White Jersey
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Safety dept.
Air transport officer Landing signal officer Plane inspectors Medical |
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Brown Jersey
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Plane Captain
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Blue Jersey
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Aircraft handling and chock crewmen
Elevator operator |
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Yellow Jersey
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Aircraft handler
Flight deck officer Catapult officer Air Bos'n Arresting gear officer Plane directors |
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White Jersey
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Safety dept.
Air transport officer Landing signal officer Plane inspectors Medical |
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Brown Jersey
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Plane Captain
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Blue Jersey
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Aircraft handling and chock crewmen
Elevator operator |
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Green Jersey
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Aircraft maintenance
Catapult and arresting gear MCs Helicopter landing signal |
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Red Jersey
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Crash and Salvage
EOD Ordinance Handling |
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Red Jersey
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Crash and Salvage
EOD Ordinance Handling |
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Purple Jersey
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Fuel
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Fire fighting agents
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PKP
saltwater stations (yellow "W") CO2 (red stripe white "CO2") AFFF (Green strip white "AFFF") bomb jettison ramp steam smothering (black stripe white "STEAM") |
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What is a Bomb Jettison Ramp?
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Ramp designated to eliminate loose ordinance
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