any Flashcards
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1
Q
what do frequencies range from?
A
118.000 to 137.000
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Q
ground station ranges-
* tower
* approach
A
- tower-25nm and 4000ft
- approach-25nm and 10000ft
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Q
A
4
Q
Saftey com ranges
A
10nm and 2000ft or 1000ft above circuit height
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Q
Range of VHF nav freqs
A
108.000 to 118.000 but not 118.000
6
Q
What do these transponder buttons mean-
- CRSR
- CLR
A
- crsr-Highlightts digets that need to be changed
- clr-highlight cerain buttons to clear
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Q
What does mode s transponder do
A
- within 3500ft and 6nm
- only shoes closest 8 aircraft
- doesnt offer traffic advice
- No all aircraft have it
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Q
Time in aviation
A
- always UTC and 4 or 2 didgets
- is question asked in bst take 1hr off
9
Q
when to report long or short final
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long-between 4-8nm
short 4nm
10
Q
Readability levels
A
- 1-unreadable
- 2-now and then
- 3-difficulty
- 4-readable
- 5-perfect
11
Q
what does contact mean and freecall
A
- Contact- change freq and detaiuls have been pased on to atsu
- freecall- change freq and details have not already been passed on
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Q
order of call to new ground station
A
approach-callsign-request
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order of passing message
* a
* d
* d
* p
* a
* a
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- a-aircraft callsign
- d-departure
- d-destination
- p-position
- a-altitude
- a-additional details
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message priority
A
- Distress
- urgancy
- diresction finding
- flight saftey
- met
- flight regularity
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Q
FIS
A
Alerting service and basic service
issue discressions
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Q
a/g
A
not licenced
cannot issue clearences
basic and possibly alerting service
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Q
atc
A
closely monitored by caa
issue clearences
licenced
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Q
atz dimentions when
* less than 1850
* above 1850
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- less-2.0nm
- more-2.5nm
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Q
ways to depart aerodrome
A
extended upwind leg
follow circuit and leave
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Q
Matz ranges
A
15nm or 5 mins
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Q
conditional clearence
A
callsign
condition
id of condition
clearence
request condition
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Q
ATIS
A
automatic terminl info service- provies info for each aerodrome
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Q
when to use CAVOK
A
No precepipitation
visability 10km plus
no cloud below 5000ft
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Q
standard pressure
A
1013.2hpa
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controlled airspace classes
a,b,c,d,e,
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uncontrolled airspace
f,g
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Class A
busiest
NO VFR
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Class B
Not in UK
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Class C
upper controlled airspace
above fl195
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Class D
Control zones around busiest airports
ATC Clearence required
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Class E
Scottish CTR zone
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Class F
Not in uk
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Class G
Rest of airspace not controlled open FIR
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lars
Lower airspace radar service
fl100-30nm
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shaded triangle
empty triangle
* shaded triangle - must report at these points
* empty triangle- only report if requested
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position report
callsign
position
time
alititude
next pos
ETA
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tmz
Transponder manditory zone-
If have a transponder no need to get a clearence
If no transponder need a clearence
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daais
dacs
daais- tells you if it is active does not give clearences
dacs- gives clearences
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qdm
qdr
qte
qdm-magnetic heading
qdr-magnetic bearing
q**t**e-**t**rue bearing**
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What is line of sight?
Ground waves
VHF
Interupted by obsticles
As height increases so does range
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what are sky waves?
Waves which travel up into the sky and are refracted or absorbed by the ionsphere.
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How the height and thickness of the iopnsphere changes day and night?
* Day-thicker and 50-500km above earth
* Night-thinner and 100km-400km above earth
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Freqs bands
* UHF
* VHF
* HF
* MF
* LF
* ULF
* UHF-300-3000000mhz
* VHF-30-300mhz
* HF-3-30mhz
* MF-300-3000khz
* LF-30-300khz
* VLF-10-30khz
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VHF range formula-
range=square root of (1.5xalt in ft)
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when is UHF used
military use
SSR
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Vdf accuracy levels
* +-2
*** +-5-BEST**
* +-10
* less than 10
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What is offered in uncontrolled airspace
* basic
* procedural
* traffic
* deconfliction
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* what are CTR areas-
* CTAS-
* Tmas -
Ctr- controled ares-atdc provided to all flights, extend a certain height and width
cta-an area in airspace extending from a certain height
TMA- on routes and in vinicity to major aerodromes.
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what is an airway
A narrow corridor for certain controlled airspace, all class A
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What is special VFR
Initiated by pilot and agreed and issud by ATC for flights which are or would be canceled due to weather conditions
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What rules to follow when flying special VFR
* Comply with atc instructions
* fly within limits of your licence
* Avoid ATZ
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Rules to PPL pilot in regards to airways
Fly at right angles to airway
Remain in VMC
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ATSU reply to mayday
Roger your mayday
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what is the trangle result when have radio failure-
Fly a trangle each leg 2mins long, sharm 120 degree turns, x2
Right way around=partial failure
Left way around=total radio failure
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Whta to do if when in CTR airspace you get radio failure
-Stay in vmc
-land at the nearest aerodrome
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What to do if you request SVFR and get radio failure before accepted
-Transmit blind
-Remain clear of CTR
-Land at the nearest aerodrome
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What to do if you have radiop failure inside CTR under SVFR
-Leave CTR
-transmit blind
-SQWARK
-Land
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What does Recycle Sqwark mean-
1-Select transponder to STBY
2-Select a different Code
3-Sqwark correct code
4-Select transponder mode c or a
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how to pronounce 100 and 1000 in avaiation
pronounced- one hundred
-one thousand
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Pronunciation of-
FL100 AND FL110
* FL100-Flight level one hundred
* FL110-Flight level one one zero
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how to pronounce time-0815
wun fife
or
zero ait one fife
| Pronounce Individually
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what does it mean when on is situated on transponder
Just 4 didget code is being shown
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What does it mean when ALT is selcted on transponder
Both the 4 digit transponder code as set by the pilot and the altitude of the aircraft based on a pressure setting of 1013hPa
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Line of sight formula
1.23xroot(x)+root(y)
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