Comprehensive Flashcard Study Set on Navigation Procedures for Aviation Engineering

DD 1801

What is the preferred form for filing an IFR flight plan?

True

True or False: When you go cross-country, you are responsible for filling out the AFTO Form 781.

Weather

Activate

Notams

Told/Trouble-T/Taxi Plan/Fuel Planning

SID/STAR/Self

What is included in the WANTS checklist?

Local Military Weather

What is the number one weather source by priority as stated in AFMAN 11-202v3?

Type and number of Aircraft,

Callsign,

Departure airfield and TOD,

Route and altitude of flight,

Destination airfield and ETA,

Alternate airfield and ETA,

Pilot's name and contact info,

Planned time for verbal briefing

What are some of the items the pilot needs to provide to the weather briefer in order to get a weather brief?

DD Form 175-1

What form is used to develop a written weather brief?

Ceiling less than 2,000 and 3 SM visibility

What weather criteria would require you to file an alternate?

STAR

A standardized route for arrival into an airfield is called?

Navigation Information List

Where would you find the name of the FBO at your destination?

DoD Aeronautical Information Portal (DAIP)

The DoD system for NOTAM retrieval.

Yes

Can you request a NOTAM brief from a Flight Service Station?

1; 50

In the T-6A, for STTO entry on the AF Form 70 use ________ minute(s) and _________ pounds of fuel.

True

True or False: Level off fuel (L/O) is the planned amount of fuel from departure field elevation to planned cruise altitude.

24 miles

Determine the distance to level off with a 180 knot average groundspeed and a time to climb of 8 minutes.

Flight Information Handbook (FIH)

Where can you find METRO frequencies?

False; base calculations on destination IAF to alternate IAF

True or False: Under IFR rules, make your alternate calculations based on proceeding direct from the missed approach point at your destination to the IAF at your alternate if both ceiling and visibility criteria are used to determine the suitability of the destination field.

15; 100

In the T-6A, use a standard penetration and approach (P&A) fuel of ______ minute(s) and _______ pounds of fuel.

7

Call signs on the DD 1801 are limited to a maximum of how many characters?

Flight Information Handbook (FIH)

Where can you find the template for constructing a PIREP?

Controller on the ground

At smaller airfields, or those without a clearance delivery frequency, clearances are normally obtained from the _____________ frequency.

At or below

For long range cruise data, use the altitude, in multiples of 5,000 feet, that is ____________________ your cruise altitude.

Back cover of the IFR Supplement

Which document contains a guide to make changes to your flight plan?

AP1/B

Which document lists MTRs?

True

True or False: Prior to flying an AP1/B published low-level route, you must schedule the route with the scheduling organization.

160 KIAS

When aborting a low-level route in IMC, a minimum of what climb airspeed is normally sufficient?

11-202v3

Which document spells out the rules, both IFR and VFR, which Air Force pilots must follow when planning either type of mission?

NOTAMs

A careful examination of _____________ will many times reveal an airspace circumstance for which we are not normally aware, or will pose some sort of limitation to our preferred flight plan.

Class B

Which class of airspace surrounds the busiest airports and requires ATC clearance prior to entering?

Alter route to maintain VFR,

Maintain VFR until obtaining an IFR clearance,

Maintain VFR and land at a suitable location

What should you do if weather prevents you from completing the mission under VFR?

High, Low, and Terminal

What are 3 types of VORs?

IFR Sup, NAVAIDs Section

What document should you reference to ensure you are planning with the appropriate classification of VOR?

sectional; IFR Sup

Which two documents work hand in hand providing you the airfield information you seek for your VFR mission planning?

Magnetic Variation

The difference between magnetic and true north.

Dead Reckoning

Navigation solely by means of computations based on time, airspeed, distance, and direction.

17,500 feet MSL

The maximum cruise altitude for VFR flight.

10%

A "rule of thumb" for choosing a cruise altitude is to use _____ of total distance.

Maximum Elevation Figure

What is the figure highlighted in the graphic?

Climb

Conserve

Confess

What are the three C's you should apply when lost?

True

True or False: The FAA expects you to file SIDs, STARs and if available, preferred routes.

Subtract east variations

Add west variations

(West is best, East is least)

What do you do with east and west variations when converting true headings to magnetic headings?

False; Fuel log can only be used for SA

True or False: ForeFlight can be used for planning routes, weather, and fuel logs.

20; 10

The PIC will ensure the higher of ______ mins or ______% of planned flight time for reserve fuel (up to 45min).

Compute using best endurance at 10,000' MSL

How will the PIC compute planned flight time for reserve fuel?

FLIP, AP1/B

Most low-level route specific questions can be answered from which documents?

1200

When flying an SR low-level route, your aircraft squawk should be set to what?

Continuation Fuel

The minimum fuel required to complete the route at planned speeds and altitudes and to return to base with required fuel reserves.

Emergency Route Abort Altitude (ERAA)

Provides for 1,000 feet (2,000 feet mountainous) clearance above the highest obstacle within 22 nm either side of the route.

210 kts groundspeed

Normally, you plan a T-6 SR low-level for what speed?

8 ppm

Low-level fuel rates are generally calculated to be approximately?

By 20min,

or between air refueling points by 10% (up to a max of 45min for fixed-wing),

Whichever is greater

The minimum fuel reserve to be carried by a USAF aircraft is usable fuel on each flight to increase the total flight time _________________________ or ______________________________.

Flight Information Handbook (FIH)

In which FLIP document can you find information concerning two-way radio failure?

Exercise your emergency authority to immediately deviate without a clearance if thunderstorm conditions are of such severity that time does not permit ATC approval.

If an immediate deviation from an approved route is necessary because of thunderstorm conditions, what may you do?

You may stop if you have official govt business that you must conduct on or near field, and prior permission is received.

If an airfield in the IFR Enroute Supp is noted as OFFICIAL BUSINESS ONLY (OFFL BUS), can you stop there?

Immediately notify ATC or FSS of the loss.

You are flying in FAA controlled airspace on an IFR flight plan and it becomes apparent that your localizer receiver is inoperative. What should you do?

1,500' ceiling and 3 SM vis

What weather minimums are required to plan and fly an SR low-level?

Bingo Fuel

Calculated from the most distant point on the route to the recovery airfield using the most practical means of recovery.

General Planning (GP)

What document would you use to find out information on filling out a DD 1801?

AP/1

Which publication can you find country procedures and supplementary airfield info in?

AP/1A

Which document would you reference if you are looking for information on special use airspace (MOA's, restricted areas, prohibited areas, alert areas, warning areas, TFR's)?

AP/1B

Which document would you reference to find information on SR, VR, and IR MTR's?

A: Emergency Procedures

B: Flight Data Procedures

C: Weather

D: Conversion Tables

E: Standard Time Signals

F: FLIP/NOTAM Abbreviations

What sections are included in the Flight Information Handbook?

Inside back cover of the IFR Sup

Where would you find information on how to make flight plan changes and position reports?

IFR Sup

Where can you find information on radio class codes?

255.4

What is the common FSS frequency? (No longer in service as of April 2023)

Pilot to METRO Service

What does PMSV stand for?

Different than observation

Requested by ATC

Unusual or Unforecasted weather

Missed approach due to weather

Shear

(DRUMS)

When are you required to provide a PIREP?

Pick a callsign based on cruise altitude

When using 1800WXBrief.com to flight plan, how do you choose your callsign?

Low/High Terminal Books

Where can you find information on SIDs?

3,000' and 5 SM

What is the minimum weather required for a VR route?

17 degrees

(210 GS/60 = 3.5

60/3.5 = 17 degrees)

What is the Standard Correction Angle for low levels?

Repeatable; intentionally

Mission planning should be considered a thoughtful, ________________ process that enables pilots to systematically and _______________ ensure objectives are met.

Mission effectiveness

Mission sortie types should be varied when able to provide challenging profiles and optimum ____________________________.

Pilotage

Navigation by reference to landmarks or checkpoints such as towns, rivers, lakes, airfields, etc.

Emergency

A route abort off a low-level route into IMC conditions for any reason is considered an __________________.

In a turn

When on a low-level route, when should you never conduct inflight checks?

Speed

Heading

Altitude

Fuel

Time

What does the SHAFT acronym stand for?