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Separation services for IFR in uncontrolled vs controlled airspace

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no for uncontrolled, yes for controlled

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How restrictive are weather minimums in uncontrolled vs controlled airspace

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less for uncontrolled, more for controlled

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Is clearance required to enter uncontrolled airspace?

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no

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Name the 5 controlled types of airspaces

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Class A-E

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Name the uncontrolled airspace

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Class G

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What are the min and max altitudes for Class G airspace?

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From the surface to the bottom of Class E

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How is Class G airspace shown on a sectional when flying under 699 ft AGL?

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magenta fuzzy line

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How is Class G airspace shown on a sectional when flying between 700 ft and 1199 ft AGL?

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blue fuzzy line

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What is the max altitude for Class E airspace?

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17999 ft MSL

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What does Class E airspace protect?

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Federal airways and IFR approaches

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Class D is the first class to surround airports of what type?

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Ones with control towers

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Class D is shown on a sectional as a?

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blue dashed line

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What is the radius and max altitude of a Class D airspace

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5 SM up to 2500 ft AGL

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How is Class C airspace shown on a sectional?

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solid magenta

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What are the 3 areas of Class C airspace?

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surface, shelf and outer

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What is the radius and max alt of the surface area of Class C airspace?

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5 NM up to 4000 ft AGL

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What is the radius and max alt of the shelf area of Class C airspace?

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5-10 NM from 1200 - 4000 ft AGL

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What is the radius and max alt of the outer area of Class C airspace?

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extends from 10-20 NM

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What equipment is required to fly in and over Class C airspace?

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2 way comms, operable radio beacon

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How is Class B airspace depicted on a sectional chart?

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solid blue

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Airspaces prohibited for reasons of national security

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prohibited areas

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How is a prohibited area shown and denoted on a sectional?

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blue hashes and P-#

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Airspace restricted for altitudes and/or times

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restricted areas

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How is a restricted area shown and denoted on a sectional?

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blue hashes with R-#

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Airspace with unusual, often invisible hazards
warning areas
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How is a warning area shown and denoted on a sectional?
blue hashes w W-#
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How is a MOA shown on a sectional?
magenta hashes
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Airspace with high volume of pilot training
alert areas
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How is an alert area shown and denoted on a sectional?
magenta hashes w A-#
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Denoted on a sectional with a thin black line and a number?
Military Training Routes (MTRs)
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How many digits are used to show MTRs above 1500 ft AGL?
3
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What is a VFR Flyway?
a general flight path through Class B airspace that extends to the surface and doesn't require ATC clearance
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What is a VFR Corridor?
A tunnel through Class B airspace that has defined lateral and vertical boundaries and doesn't require ATC clearance
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What is a VFR Transition Route?
A specific flight course at a specific altitude through or above Class B airspace that requires ATC clearance.
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What is the minimum alt for flying over a special conservation area?
2000 ft AGL
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Weather minimums for Class G during the day
At or below 1200 ft AGL 1 SM, clear of clouds Above 1200 ft AGL 1 SM, 2000 ft horizontally, 500 below, 1000 above
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Weather minimums for Class C, D, E & G at night up to 10000 ft MSL
3 SM, 2000 ft horizontally, 500 below, 1000 above
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Weather minimums for Class G & E above 10000 ft MSL
5 SM, 1 SM horizontally, 1000 below and above
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What are weather minimums for soloing?
3 SM during the day 5 SM during the night cannot fly over clouds
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What are the 3 main options for flight review every 24 months?
flight review with CFI proficiency check accomplish 1 or more phases of WINGS
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How long is a 3rd class medical certificate valid for?
end of the 24th month if 40 and over else 60th month
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What altitude is flown for VFR collision avoidance when heading north and east?
odd alt + 500 | remember ONE: odd north east
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What does AHRS stand for?
Attitude Heading Reference System
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What is an AHRS?
3 axis sensors with info on heading, attitude, and yaw
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How does an AHRS obtain data?
GPS, magnetometer and air data
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What is the air data computer?
processes data from the pitot-static system and OAT
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What does the air data computer provide?
airspeed, pressure alt, vertical speed and OAT
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A spinning disc that resists change to its plane of rotation (rigidity in space)
gyroscope
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Which instruments are powered by a vacuum?
attitude and heading indicators
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Which instruments are powered electrically?
turn coordinator
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What does the attitude indicator show and which gyroscopic principle does it work off of?
pitch and bank uses rigidity in space
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What does the heading indicator show and which gyroscopic principle does it work off of?
magnetic heading and uses rigidity in space
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What does the turn coordinator show and which gyroscopic principle does it work off of?
yaw and roll and uses precession
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What system measures the pressure of the static or still air surrounding an airplane?
static
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What instruments are connected to the static system?
airspeed, VSI, and altimeter
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When the static system measures low pressure what does that indicate about the altitude?
high altitude
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How does the VSI indicate vertical speed?
measures the rate of airflow through a calibrated leak
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High to low pressure measured in the VSI means
climb
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The greater the pressure difference in the airspeed indicator the
higher the velocity
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Calibrated airspeed (CAS)
IAS corrected for mech and position errors
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True Airspeed (TAS)
CAS corrected for P and T (Your actual speed)
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Ground Speed (GS)
TAS + winds aloft
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If a pitot tube is partially blocked
the airspeed indicator will read a lower speed
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if a pitot tube is fully blocked
no airspeed
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If the pitot tube and its drain are complete blocked
airspeed acts like altimeter (airspeed increases in a climb)
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if only the static port is blocked
airspeed is inaccurate, VSI is 0, altimeter doesn't change
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Calibrated Altitude
Indicated altitude corrected for instrument failure
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True Altitude
actual height above sea level
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Absolute Altitude
height above any terrain
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high to low
look out below (true altitude is lower than indicated)
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1 inch of pressure change equals how many feet
1000
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What are the 3 magnetic errors?
variation, deviation, dip
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The error occurs because the magnetic NP and True NP are in different locations.
variation
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Westerly variation
mag north is west of true north you add to the compass
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This error occurs because the metal parts and magnetic fields in each airplane affect its magnetic compass
deviation
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This error occurs because in addition to paralleling the earth's magnetic field the compass dips downward toward the magnetic NP
dip
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What are the 2 forms of dip?
acceleration and turning
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Which directions does acceleration dip occur?
easterly and westerly
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How is the compass affected in acceleration dip?
accelerating east or west will turn the compass towards the north and during deceleration turn the compass towards the south
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Which directions do turning errors occur?
north and south
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During a northerly turn the compass will turn
in the opposite direction and then correct (No, North Opposite)
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During a southerly turn the compass will
turn south but faster than actual (False Start South)
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What are the 4 Cs of dead reckoning?
Climb, Conserve, Communicate, Comply

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