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12 Cards in this Set
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Describe airfield familiarization.
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It is essential to personnel learning hoow to perform their duties for their personal safety and the safety of the aircrew.
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Explain the safety guidelines.
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Be FOD free, wearing your PPE, being qualified, and keeping your head on swivel are essential to safely working on the fligh line.
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What is the safety equipment?
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Flight deck (steel-toed) safety shoes
Cranial impact helmet Protective eye goggles Leather gloves |
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Explain Runways.
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Paved areas that are used for aircraft takeoff and landing.
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Explain Threshold Markings.
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These are parallel stripes on the ends of the runways.
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Explain an Overrun Area.
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Paved or un-paved section on the ends of the runways that provide a reasonably effective deceleration area for abortiing or overshooting aircarft.
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Explain a MA-1 Series Overrun Barrier.
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Designed to stop tricycle landing gear equipped aircraft not equipped with tail hooks.
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Explain the Emergency shore based recovery equipment.
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Used during in-flight emergencies that require stopping the aircrafft during landing in the shortest distance possible to minimize the chance of injury to pilot or aircrew and damage to the aircraft.
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Explain taxiways.
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Paved areas for aircraft to moove between parking aprons, runways, and airfield services.
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Explain a parking apron.
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Open paved areas adjacent to hangars, fuel, services often called the flight line.
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Explain a compass calibration pad (Compass Rose).
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A paved area in a magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated.
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Explain a runway numbering system.
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Runways are normally numbered in relation to their magnetic heading rounded off to the nearest 10 degrees.
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