Air Department Flashcards
(47 cards)
1
Q
What are the three hazards on the flight deck?
A
- Jet Blast
- Rotor Wash
- Prop Arcs
2
Q
What is V-1?
A
Flight Deck Directors
3
Q
What is V-2?
A
Catapults, Arresting Gear, and VLAs
4
Q
What is V-3?
A
Hangar Bay Directors
5
Q
What is V-4?
A
Fuels
6
Q
What is V-5?
A
Admin and Tower Personnel
7
Q
Name 4 stations in Pri-Fly
A
- Air Officer(Air Boss)
- Assistant Air Officer(Mini-Boss)
- Primary Flight Control Supervisor
- Land/Launch Record Keeper
8
Q
Name 5 stations in Pri-Fly
A
- ISIS(Integrated Shipboard Information System) Computer Operator
- Forward Spotter
- Aft Spotter
- Recovery Equipment Controller
- FLOLS(Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System) Controller
9
Q
What are the stations manned in flight deck control?
A
Aircraft Handling Officer Assistant Flight Deck Officer Aviation Fuels Representative Sound-powered Phone Talkers Elevator Operators Weapons Personnel Squadron/ Aircraft Maintenance Representative (Dog/Pup)
10
Q
Who wears yellow?
A
- Aircraft Handling Officers
- Plane Directors
11
Q
Who wears blue?
A
Aircraft Handling Crews
12
Q
Who wears red?
A
- Crash and Salvage
- Explosive Ordinance Disposal
- Ordnance
13
Q
Who wears green?
A
- Catapult and Arresting Gear Officers an Crews
- GSE Troubleshooters
- Aircraft Maintenance Crews
- Photographers
14
Q
Who wears purple?
A
Fuels Crews
15
Q
Who wears brown?
A
Plane Captains
16
Q
Who wears white?
A
- ATO Members/Cargo Handlers
- QA/ Final Checkers
- LOX Handling Crew
- Pri-Fly
- Safety
- Medical
17
Q
Who wears a white jersey with red cross?
A
Medical
18
Q
Who wears a green jersey with a red cranial?
A
Landing LSE
19
Q
Who wears red jerseys with black stripes?
A
Ordnance crews
20
Q
Who wears cranials with three orange stripes?
A
- Air Department Khakis and LPOs
- EOD team members
- Ordnance Officers
21
Q
What is the Air Officer’s role?
A
Responsible to the CO for:
- aircraft launch/recovery
- VLAs
- shipboard handling of aircraft
22
Q
What is the Aircraft Handling Officer’s role?
A
- Responsible for the supervision of handling of the embarked aircraft on the flight deck and hangar deck.
- Assists Air Officer during flight operations
23
Q
Describe the role of the Crash Crew
A
- Save lives
- flight deck fire fighting
- rescue
- clearing flight deck crash debris
- ensure their equipment is properly maintained and ready for use
24
Q
During launch who is permitted in the catwalks in the vicinity of the deck edge stations?
A
Members of the catapult crews
25
What means of communications are used whenever aircraft are being moved on the flight deck by handling crews?
- verbal orders utilizing headsets
- hand signals
- whistles
26
Describe the role of the Catapult and Arresting Gear Officer
Responsible for the operation of the ship's:
- ALRE(Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment)
- Visual Landing Aid equipment
27
Describe the MK-7 Arresting Engine
- Hyrdro-Pneumatic system
- Cylinder and Ram Assembly
- Control Valve System
- Auxiliary Air Flasks
28
Describe how steam is supplied to the catapults
Drawn from the ship's reactors to the catapult steam receivers where it is stored at the desired pressure. From the receivers it is directed to launch valves and provides energy to launch aircraft.
29
How do aircraft make an emergency landing?
Barricade catches it and passes the force of the arrestment through the purchase cable then to the arresting engine.
30
What conditions would we utilize emergency arrestment?
- Mechanical Failure
| - Aircraft cannot make a normal arrested landing
31
Describe the different barricades utilized in the fleet
The most common barricade is used for jet aircraft, the second is an E-2/C-2 barricade designed so that props can pass through with minimal damage.
32
Describe FLOLS
- Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System
| - A visual landing aid used to bring the aircraft down a glide slope
33
Describe MOVALS
- Manually Operated Visual Landing Aids System
| - Back up if FLOLS is inoperative or ineffective due to excessive pitch and roll
34
What does the Manually Operated Visual Landing Aid System consist of?
- light box
- LSO controller
- power control box
- mounting facilities
35
Describe ILARTS
- Integrated Launch and Recovery Television System
| - Used to monitor and record aircraft launching and landing operations under day and night conditions
36
What are the ILARTS recordings used for?
- Post flight analysis and evaluation
| - Investigations in the event of an incident on the flight deck
37
What stations are manned in Hangar Deck Control?
- Hangar Deck Officer
- Deck CPO/LPO
- Elevator Operators
38
What are the responsibilities of Hangar Deck personnel?
- The handling and spotting of all aircraft
| - Maintain all assigned fire-fighting equipment
39
What are some of the fire-fighting equipment in the Hangar Deck?
- sprinkler systems
- water curtains
- foam monitors
40
Describe the responsibilities of the conflagration station?
-the security of the hangar bay for the proper operation of all remotely controlled fire-fighting apparatus
41
Who are the Conflagration Station responsible to?
- IWO(Integrity Watch Officer
| - OOD
42
Which conflagration stations will be manned during the watch period?
One station per hangar bay containing aircraft
43
What are the hangar deck ballistic edge doors used for?
To divide the hangar deck into sections or bays which aides in isolation of hangar deck fires and CBR contaminations
44
What are hangar deck edge doors?
They are the deck-edge elevator doors used to open and close the hangar deck openings
45
What personnel can operate Aircraft Elevators?
V-1 and V-3 personnel
46
What are the Aircraft Elevators used for?
Used to transfer aircraft and equipment
47
What identifies aircraft elevator deck edges?
6'' x 12'' red and white line
