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27 Cards in this Set
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Safety guidelines for the airfield/flight line and flight deck |
Extensive flight line training; being FOD free, wearing PPE, being qualified, and keeping your head on a swivel |
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Safety PPE on the flight line |
Flight deck (steel-toed) safety shoes Cranial impact helmet Protective eye goggles Leather gloves |
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Runways |
Paved areas used for aircraft takeoff and landing |
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Threshold Markings |
Parallel stripes on the ends of the runways 12ft wide by 150ft long; designate the landing area |
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Overrun Area |
Provide reasonably effective deceleration area for aborting it overshooting aircraft |
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MA-1 Series Overrun Barrier |
Stop tricycle landing gear equipped aircraft not equipped with tail hooks Always in standby status |
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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 used for parking, servicing, and loading aircraft |
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Compass calibration pad (Compass Rose) |
Magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated |
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Runway numbering system |
Numbered in relation to their magnetic heading rounded off to the nearest 10 degrees (i.e. 250 degree is runway 25) |
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Airfield rotating beacon |
used to identify the airport's location Rotates clockwise at constant speed; military airfields use 2 white lights and 1 green flashing 12 to 15 times per minute |
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Safety concerns while working on the flight deck |
-slip hazards and ladderwell -jet intakes and exhausts -rotor -propeller arcs |
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Safety equipment required on the flightdeck |
-flight deck boots -protective jersey -cranial impact helmet -protective eye goggles -leather gloves |
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Yellow jerseys |
Aircraft Handling Officer, Flight Deck Officer, Catapult Officer, Air Bos'n, Arresting Gear Officer, Plane directors |
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White jersey |
Safety dept., Air Transport Officer, Landing Signal Officer, Squadron Plane inspectors, and medical |
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Brown jersey |
Plane captains |
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Blue jersey |
Aircraft handling and chock crewman, and elevator operators |
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Green jersey |
Catapult and arresting gear personnel, squadron aircraft maintenance personnel, helo LSE, and photographers |
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Red jersey |
crash and salvage, EOD, and ordnance handling personnel |
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Purple jerseys |
aviation fuel crew |
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PKP |
12in wide red stripe w/ a white 3in high PKP; white 18in diameter circle w/ red 5in high PKP |
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Saltwater stations |
18in wide red stripe w/ yellow 3in high W; red triangle 18in per side w/ a yellow W |
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CO2 Bottle Stowage |
12in wide red stripe w/ a white 3in high CO2; white 18in diameter circle w/ a red 5in high CO2 |
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AFFF |
18in wide green stripe w/ a white 3in high AFFF; green 18in square w/ white 3in high AFFF |
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Bomb Jettison Ramp |
yellow stripe painted up and over the deck edge at both ends of the ramp opening; alternating 4in wide red and yellow stripes w/ 12in black facsimile of a bomb centered |
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Steam smothering |
18 black stripe with 3 white STEAM |
