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What documents must you for flights proceeding outside Australia?

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Certificate of airworthiness
Certificate of registration
Radio equipment licence
Passenger list with embarkation and destination details
Cargo bill of loading and cargo manifest
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What documents must be carried during flight within Australia?

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Air flight manual
Flight crew licences and Medicals
Maintenance release

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What is in the aircraft flight manual?

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General aircraft particulars
Limitations
Emergency procedures
Normal procedures
Performance
Weight and balance/equipment
Aeroplane and system descriptions
Handling service and maintenance
Supplements
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All aircraft must be registered unless the aircraft?

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Is a foreign aircraft

Is not intended to be used as an aircraft (museum)

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What are the categories of the certificate of airworthiness?

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Normal
Utility
Aerobatic
Commuter
Transport
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What is the typical maintenance schedule for an aircraft?

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Major inspections every 3 years
Inspections every 100hours
25 or 50 hours inspection
Daily inspection

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When must the maintenance release be referred to and when just it be carried?

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Before every flight

Carried during flight

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Can a maintenance release be given without a certificate of airworthiness?

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No

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What are the three sections of the maintenance release?

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General aircraft information and scheduled maintenance
Endorsements and clearing endorsements
Daily inspection certificate and aircraft total time in service (TTIS)

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Who must sign off on the maintenance release?

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PPL for their flight only

CPL or higher for the entire day

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What is bending loads?

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Attempt to lift the wing above the wing roots

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What is torsional loads?

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Forces act to twist the ends of the structure in the opposite direction

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What is Vs stalling speed?

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The lowest speed at which a load factor of 1 is possible

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What is Vs1.

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Stall speed with flaps and gear up indicated by bottom of green arc
48 knots

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What is Vs0?

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Stall speed with flaps and gear down
Indicated by bottom of white arc
40 knots

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What is Va?

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Manoeuvring speed or maximum control deflection speed
At any IAS between Vs and Va load factor limit cannot be exceeded, no damage, stall intervenes
At speeds above Va, full application of elevator may result in structural damage/failure

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Where is the Va speed marked?

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Aircraft flight manual
105kts (1157kg)
98kts (998ks)
90kts (862)

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What is Vno?

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Normal operating speed, top of the green arc

C172 -129kts

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What is Vne?

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Never exceed speed
Marked by red radial line
C172 - 163 knots

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What is Vb?

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Turbulence penetration speed
Calculated on loads imposed by vertical gusts at 3000ft/min acting on the aircraft
If flying in turbulent conditions, fly below the Vb

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What is Vle?

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Landing gear extension speed

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What is Vlo?

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Maximum landing gear operating speed.
Usually the same as vle
Stated in afm or placarded in cockpit

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What is Vfe?

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Maximum flap extension speed.
Top of the white arc
Flap 10 -110kts
Flap 20 -85kts

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What is the ISA and what rate does it drop?

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1013.2hPa

Drops 1 hPa for each 30ft of height increase above sea level

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What is the standard temperature at sea level and at what rate does it change?
15C | 2C for each 1000ft height increase
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If you set your QNH knob to 1013 what will it read?
Pressure height of your location
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What is elevation?
Height of point above mean sea level
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What is the formula for pressure height?
Elevation + (1013 - QNH) x 30
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What is the formula for calculating ISA temperature?
15C - (2C/1000ft)
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How do you calculate density height?
PH + (ISA DEVIATION x 120)
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What are ambient conditions?
Atmospheric temperature, pressure and wind conditions prevailing at aerodrome during period of 15mins preceding takeoff
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What are forecast conditions?
Atmospheric temperature and pressure conditions forecast for aerodrome of destination and alternate (if applicable) by authorised meteorological officer within 1 hour of take off within Australia or 2 hours for international
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What is effective length of runway?
Length of runway usable for take off or landing
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What is a stop way?
Rectangle area at end of each runway centrally located about extended centreline of associated runway. Approved as suitable are in which aircraft may be stopped after interrupted takeoff
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What is a clear way?
Rectangle area at the end of the runway centrally located about extended centre line of associated runway approved as suitable area for aircraft to continue to climb to minimum height required to establish obstacle clearance
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What is take off distance available?
Distance specified as being effective operational length available for use by aircraft for take off. May include clear way or stopway
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What is landing distance available?
Effective operational length available for landing. Commences at threshold and most cases is the same as physical length of runway
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What is the takeoff distance required?
Distance to accelerate from standing start to height of 50 ft above take off surface reaching take off safety speed, with all engine operating multiplied by 1.15
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What is landing distance required?
Distance required from point where aircraft first reaches 50ft above landing surface until complete stop multiplied by 1.15
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What is accelerated stop distance available?
Distanced as being effective operational length of runway available for aircraft executing interrupted take off an day include stopway
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What is take off safety speed (TOSS)?
IAS aircraft should be at 50ft above runway. Not less that 1.2 Vs1 Must give climb performance 6% or greater with gear extended! out of ground effect and engines at take off power
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What is approach speed?
Landing approach speed shall not be less than 1.3Vso
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What is Takeoff climb performance?
Must achieve climb gradient of 6 % without ground effect, all engines operating at take off power
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What is En route climb performance?
Single engine aircraft must have ability to climb at gradient of 4.5% at airspeed not less than 1.2vs at all heights up to 5000ft
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What factors affect take off performance?
Temperature (hotter air = thinner air = performance decrease) Pressure (QNH low, performance decrease) Elevation (higher elevation = decrease performance) Humidity (humidity increase = decrease performance)
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What is basic empty weight?
Weight of aircraft including unusable fuel and full oil
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What is empty weight?
Weight of aircraft including unusable fuel and undesirable oil
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What is Zero fuel weight?
Gross weight of aircraft excluding all useable fuel in wing tanks
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What is ramp weight?
Weight of aircraft at startup
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What is takeoff weight?
Weight of aircraft at start of takeoff run
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What is landing weight?
Weight of the aircraft immediately prior to touchdown
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Why is an overweight aircraft dangerous?
Increases the stall speed Gives poorer climb performance Increases take off distance
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Why are weight limitations imposed?
Structural weight limits and performance weight limits must not be exceeded
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What is maximum take off weight?
Maximum permissible weight according to CoA at which aircraft is able to safely take off.
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What is maximum landing weight?
Prevents excessive load on undercarriage during touchdown. | For many light aircraft (c172) same as mtow
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What is maximum zero fuel weight?
Imposes limits to prevents excessive stresses placed on wings by upward life loads.
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What is centre of gravity?
Point where weight is said to act Along longitudinal axis Depends on how aircraft is loaded Must be within certain range for aircraft to be in control and stable
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What is a moment?
The tendency of a rigid body to rotate about a point | Moment = Force x Arm
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What is 1kg in pounds for the bravo charts?
2.2lbs

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