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Flight Surgeon Week 1 Study Guide Questions and Answers Visual flight rules (VFR) - Answer-are a set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to operate the aircraft with visual reference to the ground, and by visually avoiding obstruc...

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Flight Surgeon Week 1 Study Guide
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Visual flight rules (VFR) - Answer✔✔-are a set of regulations under which a pilot operates an

aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to operate the aircraft with visual

reference to the ground, and by visually avoiding obstructions and other aircraft.


Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) - Answer✔✔-is an aviation flight category in which

visual flight rules (VFR) flight is permitted—that is, conditions in which pilots have sufficient

visibility to fly the aircraft maintaining visual separation from terrain and other aircraft.


Airspace: Class B - Answer✔✔-Busiest airports: surface to 10,000


*A airspace*: - Answer✔✔-Generally that airspace from 18,000 feet MSL up to and including

60,000 feet.


Class G Airspace - Answer✔✔-Uncontrolled airspace


- ATC has no authority


- Airspace is very near to the ground: 1,200 feet or less


Basic cloud clearance - Answer✔✔-3 miles visibility 500 feet below, 1000 feet above, and 2000

feet horizontal separation from clouds*
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Sectional Aeronautical Charts - Answer✔✔-are the primary navigational reference medium used

by the VFR pilot community.


Special use airspace: - Answer✔✔-is an area designated for operations of a nature such that

limitations may be imposed on aircraft not participating in those operations. Often these

operations are of a military nature.


*Give an example of a prohibited area?* - Answer✔✔-White House


*May contain hazards to nonparticipating aircraft in international airspace off the coast?* -

Answer✔✔-Warning Area


- Answer✔✔-according to the approximate compass heading the plane will have while taking

off or landing




- drop the zero


- runway 36 = 360 degrees; 18 = 180 degrees; 04 = 40degrees


*What is the down wind leg?* - Answer✔✔-The segment parallel to the runway encountered

after making the turn from the crosswind leg. Your second 90 degree turn.


When entering the traffic pattern the aircraft will enter the down wind leg at a ____ angle? -

Answer✔✔-45 degree



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Horizontal Situational Indicator (HSI) - Answer✔✔-• Displays heading information (compass).


• Used for navigation ground based navigational aids or GPS.


Barometric Altimeter - Answer✔✔-Displays the altitude of the aircraft relative to mean sea level

(MSL) through the static pressure sensor.


what 3 fundamental skills are needed to achieve smooth, positive control of the helicopter

during IFR - Answer✔✔-Cross-check


instrument interpretation


aircraft control


*What does the attitude indicator (or vertical situational indicator) display?* - Answer✔✔-

Displays pitch and roll attitude, turn rate, slip and skid indication, and CIS commands


*Which instrument measures the height of the aircraft above terrain?* - Answer✔✔-Radar

Altimeter


*The altitude reporting feature of the transponder is referred to as what?* - Answer✔✔-Mode

C or altitude position


*What are the three types of navigation an aviator can perform?* - Answer✔✔-Map, Ground

radio navigation, and GPS


What is the primary radio used for Military operations? - Answer✔✔-UHF Radio


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