Flight Surgeon Week 1 Study Guide Questions and Answers

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 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* GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024 Page 2/17 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 GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024 Page 3/17 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 GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024 Page 4/17 What is the primary radio used for Civilian operations? - Answer-VHF What radio is used for military internal? - Answer-FM radio The altitude reporting feature of the transponder is referred to as what? - Answer-MODE C or altitude position Three types of aviation Navigation? - Answer-- terrain (Map) - Ground based navigational aids - Global Positioning System (GPS) Cloud Coverage: Scattered = - Answer-4/8 of the sky define: Inadvertent Instrument Meteorological Condition (IIMC) - Answer-Weather conditions prevent an aviator from flying under visual meteorological conditions (VMC) when you were planning VFR flight What is the purpose of a flight plan? - Answer-The purpose of a flight plan is to inform search and rescue of flight path/intentions in the event the aircraft goes missing. What are the three types of instrument departure procedures? - Answer-- Obstacle departure procedure - Standard instrument departure - Diverse departure GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024 Page 5/17 Instrument approach procedures: precision vs non-precision charts - Answer-precision provides lateral and vertical guidance non-precision only provides lateral guidance What is the purpose of an instrument departure procedure? - Answer-Allows aircraft to take off under IMC and provides obstacle clearance Name the aircraft that have airborne drop capability? - Answer-UH-60 Blackhawk & CH-47 Chinook **not the HH-60 What is the Army's attack aircraft? - Answer-AH-64 Apache What is the new Army flight school training aircraft? - Answer-UH-72 Lakota Anti torque pedals controls ... - Answer-tail rotor pitch *What does the APU provide?* - Answer-A/C Power to systems What flight control component controls the pitch of the rotor blades? - Answer-Collective *What do the anti torque pedals control?* - Answer-Control pitch of