General Knowledge Flashcards
Stabilized Approach
Pilot has established and maintains a constant angle glide path towards a predetermined point on the landing runway
Lost Comm procedures:
US
International (radar vs non radar)
Pacific Track
North Atlantic Track
US - AVEFAME
International:
Radar contact - maintain last assigned speed and level for 7 minutes before following flight plan
Non Radar contact - maintain last assigned speed and level for 20 min before following flight plan
Pacific Track - Maintain last assigned flight level for 60 min before following flight plan
NAT - maintain oceanic level and speed , any step climbs must not be executed
Mixed Ice
Combination of clear and rime
Emergency Fuel
Point where it is necessary to proceed directly to the airport of intended landing due to low fuel.
Declaration of Emergency fuel is an explicit statement that priority handling is both required and expected.
Light Icing
Rate of icing of .25 - 1 inch per hour
No change of course or altitude is necessary and no loss of airspeed occurs
Rime Ice
Rough and opaque, formed by supercooled drops rapidly freezing on impact.
Forming mostly along an airfoil’s stagnation point, it generally conforms to the shape of the airfoil.
Min Fuel
Indicates fuel supply is at the point, where upon reaching the destination, it can accept little or no delay.
Not an emergency
SLOP
Strategic Lateral offset procedure
Allows aircraft to offset the centerline of an airway or flight route by a small amount, normally to the right, so that collision with opposite direction aircraft becomes unlikely.
In the North Atlantic Region pilots are expected to fly along the oceanic track centerline or 1-2 nm to the right.
Va
Design maneuvering speed. Above which it is unwise to make full application of any single flight control as it may generate a force greater than the aircraft’s structural limitations.
V1
Speed beyond which the take-off should be longer be aborted.
(Can stop on remaining runway)
Lost comm procedures
Squawk 7600
AVEF-AME
Route based on last: Assigned Vectored Expected Filed
Altitude based on highest of:
Assigned
Min enroute
Expected
Moderate Icing
1-3” per hour
Ice accumulation continues to occur, but not at a rate sufficient to affect safety unless it continues for an extended period of time, but airspeed may be lost.
Frost Ice
A result of water freezing on unprotected surfaces while the aircraft is stationary.
Vmo / Mmo
Max operating limit speed. Exceeding Vmo may trigger an over speed alarm
SLD Ice
Ice formed in supercooled large droplet conditions.
Similar to clear ice, but because droplet size is large, it extends to unprotected parts of the aircraft and forms large shapes, faster than normal icing conditions.
