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18 Cards in this Set
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colors of location and direction signs?
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location= yellow inscription on black background direction= black inscription on a yellow background |
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weather minima in control zones?
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not less than 3 miles vis. 1mile horizontally and 500ft vertically from cloud
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Uncontrolled airspace above 1000ft?
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not less than 1 mile vis. by day, 3 miles by night 2000ft vertically and 500ft horizontally from cloud |
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Uncontrolled airspace under 1000ft?
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not less than 2 miles vis. by day, 3 miles by night. must be clear of cloud
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special VFR minima?
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not less than 1 mile vis. and clear of cloud |
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VFR over the top requirements?
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only during day for cruise portion of flight. vertical distance of 1000ft from cloud. If between cloud layers, clouds must be at least 5000ft apart. 5 mile vis. at altitude. destination airport must have good forecast weather.
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Visual signals---a/c on ground green flash steady green red flash steady red white flash flashing runway lights |
-cleared to taxi -cleared for takeoff -taxi clear of landing area in use -stop -return to staring position -runway evacuation of vehicles and pedestrians |
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visual signals--a/c in flight steady green steady red green flash red flash pyrotechnics |
-cleared to land -give way to other a/c and continue circling -return for landing -airport unsafe; do not land -do not land for the time being |
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define night
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when the center of the suns disc is 6 degrees below the horizon
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VASIS and PAPI
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both visualize proper glide slope VASIS- multiple rows PAPI- one singular row |
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When is daylight savings time in effect?
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0200 local, second Sunday in march until 0200 local, first Sunday in November
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How to convert Local Mean Time (LMT) to Zulu?
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Subtract 1 hour for every 15 degrees east of the prime meridian, add for west
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when operating VFR on a low level airway, one must unsure that the visibility is no less than?
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3 miles |
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scale used on a WAC chart is?
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1:1,000,000
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scale used on VNC chart is?
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1:250,000
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The lifting process that occurs at an area of low pressure is caused by?
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convergence
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Fuel colours 80/87 100LL 100/130 Jet A |
Red blue green straw colour |
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