T-6A INAV Ground School Review

Flashcards covering terms, acronyms, and procedural definitions from the T-6A INAV Ground School lecture notes.

ES

Indicates that the required aeronautical information can be found in the FLIP ENROUTE SUPP.

GP

General Planning; specifically, GP7 contains information concerning ICAO Class D Airspace procedures.

ASR

AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE RADAR.

MOCA

MIN OBSTRUCTION CLEARANCE ALT.

HOT SPOT

A location on an airport with a history of potential risk of COLLISION OR INCURSION and where HEIGHTENED ATTENTION by pilots is necessary.

DD FORM 1801

The form used to submit a Military Flight Plan to Air Traffic Control.

COP

Changeover Point; located MIDWAY between the NAV FACILITY'S segments for straight routes.

AP/1

Area Planning 1; contains aeronautical data for North and South America, Gen Planning, and select data in the IFR Supplement and the FIH.

CLASS B AIRSPACE

Generally, that airspace from the surface to $10,000\,\text{MSL}$ surrounding the NATION'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS in terms of IFR operations.

AP/1A

Area Planning 1A; contains data regarding SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE, including Prohibited, Restricted, Warning, Alert, and Military Operations Areas (MOAs).

AP/1B

Area Planning 1B; the official source of military training route data for military users, published every $56$ days.

FIH

Flight Information Handbook; issued every $32\,\text{WEEKS}$ by the NGA, containing emergency procedures and meteorological information.

VICTOR ROUTES

The designation for Low Altitude airways.

JET ROUTES

The designation for High Altitude airways.

Q-ROUTES

High Altitude GPS airways.

Terminal High Altitude Books

Commonly called Approach Charts; designed primarily for MED and HIGH PERFORMING aircraft operating at high altitude.

DP

Instrument Departure Procedures; provide written and graphic portrayals of standard instrument departure routes and altitude restrictions.

TCN

Terminal Change Notice; published at the $4\,\text{week}$ midpoint of the $8\,\text{week}$ Terminal Low and High Altitude approach book cycle.

STAR

A book containing ARRIVAL procedures for civilian and some military airfields.

Descent at Pilot's Discretion

Allows the pilot to start the descent when they choose; the descent rate does not have to be constant.

SNRT

Memory aid for when NOT to execute a procedure turn: Straight-in, NOPT, Radar vectors, or Timed approach.

DA

Decision Altitude; the point on a precision approach where the pilot must establish visual reference with the runway environment or execute a missed approach.

MDA

Minimum Descent Altitude; the lowest altitude to which descent is authorized on final approach or during circle-to-land maneuvering for a nonprecision approach.

VDP

Visual Descent Point; a defined point on the final approach course of a nonprecision straight-in approach procedure from which normal descent from the MDA to the runway touchdown point may be commenced.

6 Ts

Memory aid for actions at the IAF and FAF: Time, Turn, Time, Transition, Twist, Talk.

HAT

Height Above Touchdown.

HAA

Height Above Airport.

TCH

Threshold Crossing Height.

MVA

Minimum Vectoring Altitudes; provide $1000\,\text{feet}$ of obstacle clearance within the sector and $2000\,\text{feet}$ in mountainous areas.

Airport Elevation

The MSL altitude of the highest point of an airport's usable runways.

Sidestep Maneuver

A procedure in which you fly a published instrument approach to one runway, then perform a visual transition to land on an alternate parallel runway.