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25 Cards in this Set
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Safety Equipment |
Steel-toed boots Cranial Goggles Leather gloves |
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Runways |
Used for aircraft takeoff and landing |
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Threshold Markings |
Parallel stripes on end of runways 12ft. wide by 150ft. long Designate landing areas |
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Overrun Area |
Section on ends of the runways for aborting or overshooting aircraft |
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MA-1 Series Overrun Barrier |
Designated to stop tricycle landing gear equipped aircraft not equipped with tail hook |
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Emergency Shore Based Recovery Equipment |
Used during in-flight emergencies to stop aircraft during landing in shortest distance possibe |
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Taxiways |
Area for aircraft to move between parking, runways, and airfiled servicing |
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Parking Apron |
Used for parking, servicing, and loading aircraft |
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Compass Calibration Pad (Compass Rose) |
Magnetically quiet area where aircraft compass is calibrated |
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Runway Numbering System |
Numbered in relation to their magnetic heading rounded off to nearest 10 deg. Ex. 250 deg. = 25 |
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Airfield Rotating Beacon |
Used to identify airport location Rotates clockwise military uses 2 white light one green flashing 12-15 time per min |
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Flight Deck Safety Equipment |
Steeled toed boots Protective jersey Cranial Goggles Leather gloves |
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Yellow Jersey |
Flight deck officer Plane director Catapult officer |
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White Jersey |
Safety department Medical Troubleshooter |
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Brown Jersey |
Plane Captain |
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Blue Jersey |
Aircraft handling and chock crewman (chocks, chains, and tractors) |
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Green Jersey |
Squadron maintenance |
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Red Jersey |
Crash and salvage Ordnance |
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Purple Jersey |
Fuel crew |
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PKP |
Purple K Powder 12 inch red stripe with 3inch white pkp ion middle |
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Saltwater Station |
18 inch red stripe with 3 inch yellow W in middle |
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CO2 Bottle Stowage |
12 inch red stripe with 3 inch white CO2 in the middle |
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AFFF |
Aqueous Film Forming Foam 18 inch green stripe with 3 inch white AFFF in middle |
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Bomb Jettison Ramp |
Ramp designated to eliminate loose ordnance 4 inch red and yellow stripes with 12 inch black facsimile of bomb centered
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Steam Smothering |
18 inch black Stripe with 3 inch white "steam" in middle |
