Ground Ops & Security
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Preflight Procedures
Pre-Solo93 terms · 5 maneuvers
Terms for this area
- ground operations
- margin of safety
- preflight assessment
- airworthy
- airworthiness status
- appliance logbooks
- encoder
- transponder certification
- AD — Airworthiness Directives
- airport ramp
- Current Airworthiness Certificate
- doorpost
- crazing
- light refraction
- magneto
- detents
- gyro instruments
- hazing
- avionics master
- retractable gear
- annunciator panel
- barometric setting
- pitot/static
- rivets
- spar lines
- avionics cooling fans
- delamination
- concentrated radii
- rivet heads
- aerodynamic devices
- misfueling
- fuel strainer quick drain
- fuel tank sump
- sumping
- vented fuel caps
- pinging
- oil dipstick
- kerosene-based fuel
- squat switches
- reciprocating airplane engines
- fuel filler nozzles
- shimmy damper
- elastomeric
- bungee cords
- tank sealant
- pitting
- controllable pitch propeller
- alternator/generator drive belts
- landing gear strut
- heat muffs
- fuel leakage
- risk management
- risk assessment
- risk mitigation
- human resource management
- taxiway
- Runway
- stick-and-rudder skills
- rotor downwash
- engine preheat
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- Preflight inspection
- Cockpit management
- Engine start
- Taxiing
- Before-takeoff (run-up) check
Four Fundamentals
Pre-Solo74 terms · 6 maneuvers
Terms for this area
- ACS — Airman Certification Standards
- yoke
- back pressure
- pitch (lateral) axis
- rudder pedal
- Elevator/stabilator
- roll (longitudinal) axis
- yaw (vertical) axis
- streamlined position
- kinesthesis
- proprioception
- natural horizon
- integrated flight instruction
- whiteouts
- electronically-generated instruments
- yaw control
- attitude flying
- flightpath
- straight flight
- level turn
- marked centerline
- level flight
- overbanking
- resultant
- perpendicular
- rudder trim
- turn radius
- skidding flat turns
- climb rate
- uncoordinated flight
- VX — best angle of climb airspeed
- rollout
- asymmetric thrust
- outboard wing
- parallax error
- cruise airspeed
- climbing turn
- descent at minimum safe airspeed
- 1.3 VSO
- VSO
- yawing moment
- minimum sink airspeed
- gliding turn
- aerodynamic
- emergency descent airspeed
- glide
- downward inertia
- flat approaches
- basic airmanship
- low-level gliding steep turn
- unrecoverable spin
- flightpath-airspeed profiles
- irreversible deceleration
- leveling off from a descent
- constant airspeed climb
- mgh
- constant altitude and airspeed
- T — D
- surplus energy
- PS = (T — D)V/W
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- Straight-and-level flight
- Climbs
- Descents
- Turns
- Coordination (rudder use / adverse yaw)
- Trim
Airport & Base Ops
Pre-Solo83 terms · 3 maneuvers
Terms for this area
- heliports
- seaplane bases
- airport operations
- Downwind Leg
- nongovernment air/ground radio communication station
- Multicom
- nontowered
- intrastate
- Reliever Airports
- Enplanements
- aeronautical chart legend
- Notices to Airmen
- midfield crosswind
- Chart Supplement U.S
- high-performance retractable
- Traffic Pattern
- Upwind Leg
- aeronautical chart bulletins
- VOR receiver checkpoints
- LAHSO — Land and Hold Short Operations
- Relocated Runway Threshold
- Displaced Threshold
- centerline
- ATIS code
- en route
- Runway Holding Position Sign
- collocated
- taxiways
- magnetic azimuth
- runway designation marking
- runway distance remaining signs
- runway holding position marking
- Destination Signs
- ILS critical area
- runway incursions
- VOR receiver checkpoint markings
- Approach Light System
- airport beacon
- Airport Lighting
- three-bar VASI
- PAPI — Precision Approach Path Indicator
- two-bar VASI
- Visual Approach Slope Indicator
- sequenced flashing lights
- nonprecision instrument runway
- noise abatement procedures
- Runway Lighting
- Visual Glideslope Indicators
- runway edge lights
- REIL — Runway End Identifier Lights
- pulsating VASIs
- In-Runway Lighting
- New Lighting Technologies
- Omnidirectional
- taxiway lights
- RWSL — Runway Status Lights
- obstruction lights
- stop bar lights
- conspicuity
- runway guard lights
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- Radio communications & ATC light signals
- Traffic patterns
- Airport markings, signs & lighting
Takeoffs, Landings, Go-Arounds
Pre-Solo90 terms · 9 maneuvers
Terms for this area
- Takeoff Roll
- Terms and Definitions
- initial climb
- attitude
- safe maneuvering altitude
- POH/AFM
- Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
- Normal Takeoff
- gusty wind
- Crosswind Takeoff
- crosswind correction
- Crosswind effect
- crabbing
- crosswind climb flightpath
- elevator trimming
- aileron pressure
- upwind wing
- downwind wing
- downwind rudder pressure
- wheel barrowing
- slush
- Rejected Takeoff/Engine Failure
- steepest angle of climb
- Noise Abatement
- positive AOA
- surface irregularities
- adhesion
- taxiway hold positions
- flap deflection
- wing downwash
- stabilized approach
- Base Leg
- Final Approach
- round out
- Touchdown
- after-landing roll
- configuration
- 1.4 VSO
- manufacturer's recommended airspeed
- AOA
- trapezoid
- go-around
- AGL
- approved placards/markings
- nose-wheel
- ground loop
- flap retraction
- ground effect
- maximum allowable takeoff power
- Intentional Slips
- uncoordinated
- skidding stall
- upwind main wheel
- cornering angle
- Maximum Safe Crosswind Velocities
- demonstrated crosswind velocity
- crosswind component chart
- wheelbarrowing
- downwind main wheel
- tricycle-geared airplane
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- Normal takeoff & climb
- Normal approach & landing
- Crosswind takeoff & landing
- Soft-field takeoff & climb
- Soft-field approach & landing
- Short-field takeoff & climb
- Short-field approach & landing
- Forward slip to landing
- Go-around / rejected landing
Performance & Ground Reference
Pre-Solo50 terms · 4 maneuvers
Terms for this area
- aerodynamic load
- fixate
- tactile feedback
- Coordination
- congested areas
- hazy day
- Drift and Ground Track Control
- gliding distance
- flightpath corrections
- maneuvering altitude
- wind drift
- constant-radius turn
- upwind
- downwind
- rectangular course
- coordinated aileron and rudder pressure
- skids
- Turns Around a Point
- rollout timing
- Elementary Eights
- eights along a road
- wingtip references
- eights across a road
- eights around pylons
- shallow-banked turn
- S-turn
- ground-based radius
- crosswind position
- pylons
- tangent
- Eights on Pylons
- taut string
- tapered-wing
- maneuvering airspeeds
- steepening bank
- outside rudder pressure
- pylon turn
- pitch, roll, and yaw attitudes
- segmented building blocks of instruction
- operating maneuvering speed
- terminating heading
- steep spiral
- constant radius
- Chandelle
- gliding spiral
- Lazy Eight
- aerodynamically stall
- constant rate rollout
- right rudder pressure
- left adverse yaw
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- Steep turns
- Rectangular course
- S-turns
- Turns around a point
Slow Flight & Stalls
Pre-Solo84 terms · 4 maneuvers
Terms for this area
- maneuvering
- stall
- airspeeds inappropriate for the conditions
- recovery
- startle effect
- microbursts
- overspeeds
- instrument flight
- Mechanical factors
- Human factors
- asymmetrical flaps
- autothrottles
- vertigo
- spatial disorientation
- task saturation
- annunciations
- autoflight system
- cross-check
- aerodynamic buffet
- Angle of attack indicator
- startle response
- marginal VMC
- aerobatic training
- diversion of attention
- Sensory Overload/Deprivation
- aerobatic category
- startle
- coordinated flight
- counterintuitive control movements
- ADM — aeronautical decision making
- overstressing the airplane
- backside of the power curve
- unload the airplane
- aerobatic-capable airplane
- unplanned excursions
- airplane-based UPRT
- basic airmanship skills
- slipstream effect
- FSTD-based UPRT
- angle of attack
- pre-stall buffeting
- kinesthesia
- multiengine airplanes
- yaw effects
- aileron inputs
- washout
- speedbrakes
- secondary stall
- practical test
- approach/landing phases of flight
- accelerated stall
- aural warning
- uncommanded nose down pitch
- uncommanded rolling motion
- VO — operating maneuvering speed
- stall recognition
- aural alert
- cross-control stall
- stall characteristics
- seat of the pants sensations
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- Maneuvering during slow flight
- Power-off stalls
- Power-on stalls
- Spin awareness
Emergency Operations
Pre-Solo49 terms · 4 maneuvers
Terms for this area
- Emergency Procedures
- precautionary landing
- Psychological Hazards
- Basic Safety Concepts
- rapid deceleration
- survivability
- dispensable structure
- controllable airspeed
- Terrain Selection
- Airplane Configuration
- Terrain Types
- engine failure after takeoff
- confined area
- ground-looping
- emergency descent
- in-flight fire
- asymmetrical flap failure
- Engine Fire
- electrical fire
- Cabin Fire
- Flight Control Malfunction/Failure
- Electrical System
- pitot-static system
- Abnormal Engine Instrument Indication
- Maintaining Airplane Control
- cartwheeling
- aerodynamic brake
- Combined Maneuvers
- Emergency Response Systems
- gliding steep turn
- ballistic parachute
- total flap failure
- asymmetric flap
- asymmetric stall
- flaps-up stall speed
- alternator/generator
- foamed
- attitude instrument flying
- amperage load
- vestibular sense
- squawk 7700
- pitot tubes
- MOAs — military operations areas
- fuel nozzle
- cowl flap
- fingertip pressure
- nose heaviness
- acclimatization
- electronic avionics
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- Emergency descent
- Emergency approach & landing
- Systems & equipment malfunctions
- Emergency equipment & survival gear
Preflight Preparation
Cross-Country5 maneuvers
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- Weather briefing & go/no-go decision
- Cross-country flight planning
- Weight & balance calculation
- Performance & limitations calculation
- Airworthiness & required documents
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Navigation
Cross-Country4 maneuvers
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- Pilotage & dead reckoning
- Navigation systems (VOR / GPS)
- Diversion
- Lost procedures
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Regulations
71 terms
Terms for this area
- Airplane Flight Manual
- inoperative equipment
- operating limitations
- limitations
- placard
- wheelbase length
- powerplant
- turning radius
- symbology
- VS1 — stalling speed with landing gear and flaps retracted
- VS0 — stalling speed with landing gear and flaps in the landing configuration
- VYSE — single-engine best rate of climb speed at maximum weight at sea level
- Airspeed
- takeoff power
- Maximum continuous power
- reference datum
- certificated weights
- Flight Limits
- Airworthiness Directive
- ditching
- normal procedures
- Preflight inspection
- balked landing
- engine failure
- Weight and Balance/Equipment List
- Systems Description
- preventive maintenance
- Supplements
- calibrated stall speed
- certificated pilots
- Safety Tips
- Certificate of Aircraft Registration
- AFS-750
- airworthiness certificate
- FSDO — Flight Standards District Office
- Authority and Basis for Issuance
- aircraft maintenance
- Aircraft Inspections
- Instructions for Continued Airworthiness
- annual inspection
- 100-hour inspection
- standard of airworthiness
- certificated repair station
- turbojet/turbopropeller-powered
- Emergency locator transmitter
- maintenance deferral
- altimeter system inspection
- transponder inspection
- deployable automatic type transmitters
- deferral provision
- MMELs — master minimum equipment lists
- Maintenance Entries
- prefabricated fuel lines
- Troubleshooting
- DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
- navigational software databases
- shock struts
- cotter keys
- cowlings
- rib stitching
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Airspace
67 terms
Terms for this area
- airspace
- Controlled Airspace
- Class a Airspace
- Class B Airspace
- ATC Clearance
- Class C Airspace
- contiguous states
- Class E Airspace
- IAPs — Instrument Approach Procedures
- Class A
- Class B
- FL 600
- Class C
- Uncontrolled Airspace
- Class G Airspace
- Class E
- Special Use Airspace
- Prohibited Area
- Restricted Area
- NACG — National Aeronautical Charting Group
- en route chart
- VFR on top
- IFR clearance
- MOAs — Military Operation Areas
- CFAs — Controlled Firing Areas
- MTR — military training route
- Warning Area
- Military Operations Area
- NSA — National Security Area
- temporary flight restriction
- VFR terminal area
- Camden Ridge MOA
- Class D Airspace
- controlled firing areas (CFAs)
- spotter aircraft
- other airspace areas
- 3 NM
- IFR separation
- published VFR routes
- LAA — Local Airport Advisory
- DVFR — Defense VFR
- MTRs — Military Training Routes
- VFR sectional charts
- VOR/DME
- tethered balloons
- IR
- VR
- IR1206
- VR1207
- IR206
- VR207
- VFR flyway
- VFR corridor
- terminal area VFR route
- terminal area charts
- Terminal radar service areas (TRSA)
- ICAO Documents
- ARINC — Aeronautical Radio Incorporated
- Basic VFR Weather Minimums
- Special VFR Weather Minimums
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Basic Instrument Maneuvers
Cross-Country134 terms · 4 maneuvers
Terms for this area
- control instruments
- performance instruments
- calibrated
- navigation instruments
- Attitude Control
- declutter
- CDI
- FMS
- fuselage dot
- bank control
- vertical (yaw) axis
- trim control
- reversionary displays
- XPDR — Transponder
- servo-assisted
- .5 (½ of a thousand or 500 fpm)
- rapid change in airspeed
- glideslope indicator
- Pitch Attitude Instrument Cross-Check
- magnetic compass
- engine instruments
- airplane trim
- multiengine airplane
- yaw axes
- helicopter trim
- cyclic-centering button
- cyclic pressures
- primary bank
- fundamental skills
- instrument cross-check
- primary pitch
- instrument interpretation
- positive control responses
- prescribed flightpath
- airspeed trend
- Common Cross-Check Errors
- precession error
- CRS
- HDG
- MFD — Multifunction display
- VOR/NDB
- adjust
- NAV frequency window
- NAV controls
- glideslope/vertical guidance indicator
- GPS/NDB
- DME tuning window
- 5-degree increments
- bank axis
- primary yaw
- instantaneous indication
- scanning techniques
- inset map
- trend indicators
- timed turn
- pitch
- attitude gyro
- heading indicator
- straight-and-level flight
- attitude indicator
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- Straight-and-level flight (instruments)
- Constant-airspeed climbs & descents (instruments)
- Turns to headings (instruments)
- Recovery from unusual flight attitudes
Night Operations
Checkride39 terms · 3 maneuvers
Terms for this area
- Air Almanac
- sole manipulator of the controls
- certificated
- night vision
- dilation
- photosensitive
- photosensitive cells
- macula
- occipital lobes
- foveal cones
- myopia
- searchlights
- hyperopia
- astigmatism
- nearsightedness
- presbyopia
- farsightedness
- refractive eye disorders
- monovision contact lenses
- Hertz
- low barometric pressure
- windscreen haze
- LED — light-emitting diode
- flickering light
- Night Illusions
- taxiway edge lighting system
- incandescent
- VFR flight at night
- IFR Flight
- centerline lighting
- maximum allowable power
- dual peaked (two quick) white flashes
- IMC
- hazardous to aerial navigation
- nonprecision instrument approach
- downwind landing
- chuckholes
- Orientation and Navigation
- Night Emergencies
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- Night preparation & equipment
- Night local flight
- Night cross-country
Postflight Procedures
Checkride10 terms · 2 maneuvers
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- After-landing procedures
- Parking & securing
Weather & Services
269 terms
Terms for this area
- cloudiness
- atmosphere
- troposphere
- stratosphere
- mesosphere
- thermosphere
- atmospheric circulation
- convection
- atmospheric pressure
- Coriolis force
- air mass
- northeasterly trade winds
- prevailing westerly winds
- conterminous United States
- frictional force
- mercurial barometer
- prevailing upper level westerly winds
- aneroid cell
- aircraft altimeter
- incapacitation
- convective currents
- anticyclonic circulation
- cyclonic circulation
- tailwinds
- updrafts
- cumulus
- cumulus cloud layers
- ballooning effect
- wind gusts
- ground topography
- windward
- leeward
- windward side
- Wind Shear
- headwind losses
- low-level wind shear
- temperature inversion
- Microburst
- VIRGA
- ASR-9 WSP
- isobars
- atmospheric stability
- adiabatic heating
- adiabatic cooling
- front
- pennant
- surface analysis
- convective activity
- dry adiabatic lapse rate
- moist adiabatic lapse rate
- inversion layer
- frontal inversions
- evaporation
- Sublimation
- condensation
- latent heat of evaporation
- Relative humidity
- unsaturated air
- Visibility
- fog
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Aircraft Systems
530 terms
Terms for this area
- airmen
- Rotorcraft
- gyroplane
- utility category
- acrobatic category
- aerodynamics
- airworthiness standards
- normal category
- acrobatic
- transport category
- standard airworthiness certificate
- Special airworthiness certificate
- type certificated
- provisional airworthiness certificate
- consensus of standards
- airframe
- conformity inspection
- CG — center of gravity
- CL — center of lift
- unaccelerated flight
- longitudinal axis
- relative wind
- monoplane
- roll axis
- lateral axis
- cantilever
- pitch axis
- vertical axis
- yaw axis
- dynamically unstable
- fuselage
- trailing edge
- wing
- empennage
- open truss structure
- Monocoque
- aerodynamic forces
- semimonocoque
- airfoil
- wing struts
- semi-cantilever
- Cantilever wing
- spar
- stringers
- AOA — angle of attack
- billowing
- vertical stabilizer
- horizontal stabilizer
- aircraft/powerplant combination
- control wheel
- APUs — auxiliary power units
- Antiservo tab
- Kevlar™
- tensile strength
- Truss Structure
- compressive strength
- tricycle gear
- well-braced framework
- unibody
- nacelle
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Aerodynamics
260 terms
Terms for this area
- Viscosity
- Friction
- argon
- millibars
- inches of mercury
- "Hg
- nonstandard temperature and pressure
- SDP — standard datum plane
- barometer
- Barometric scale
- 29.92 "Hg
- Indicated Altitude
- Altimeter Setting
- flight levels
- aerodynamic performance
- air density
- ICAO Standard Atmosphere
- Newton's Basic Laws of Motion
- law of universal gravitation
- inertia
- Bernoulli's Principle of Differential Pressure
- deceleration
- Airfoil Design
- Bernoulli's principle
- venturi tube
- constriction
- camber
- Kreuger flaps
- universal gravitation
- concave
- streamlined
- Clark 'Y' airfoil
- laminar flow airfoil
- circular arc airfoil
- double wedge airfoil
- Low Pressure Above
- supersonic
- downwash
- streamlined object
- Stagnation point
- teardrop
- High Pressure Below
- aerodynamic force
- aerodynamic balance
- Symmetrical airfoil
- airfoil profile
- deflection
- Airfoil Behavior
- winglets
- taper
- A Third Dimension
- Effect of Pressure on Density
- concave airfoil
- Early airfoil
- Later airfoil
- pressure distribution
- controllability
- symmetrical wings
- symmetrical rotor blades
- airfoil tip
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Performance & Limitations
69 terms
Terms for this area
- aircraft performance
- takeoff
- endurance
- landing
- pressure altitude
- density altitude
- Structure of the Atmosphere
- Fahrenheit
- 1013.2 millibars
- Celsius
- molecular cohesion
- density altitude chart
- Effect of Temperature on Density
- Effect of Humidity (Moisture) on Density
- rate of climb
- aerodynamic configuration
- minimum level flight airspeed
- climb performance
- kilowatts
- kw — kilowatts
- angle of climb
- VX
- VY
- propulsive power
- compressibility effects
- supercharging
- region of reversed command
- unaccelerated condition
- rate of acceleration/deceleration
- Runway Surface and Gradient
- Airport/Facility Directory
- grooved
- minimum hydroplaning speed
- hydroplaning speed
- aerodynamic braking
- lift-off speed
- minimum dynamic hydroplaning speed
- turbofan engine
- continuous peak deceleration
- unsupercharged reciprocating engine
- supercharged reciprocating engine
- thrust reversers
- retarding force
- Crosswinds
- energy dissipation
- IAS — the speed of the aircraft as observed on the ASI
- CAS — the ASI reading corrected for position (or installation) and instrument errors
- VS1 — the calibrated power-off stalling speed or the minimum steady flight speed at which the aircraft is controllable in a specified configuration
- VFE — the highest speed permissible with the wing flaps in a prescribed extended position
- VA — the calibrated design maneuvering airspeed
- EAS — equivalent airspeed
- adiabatic compressible flow
- antilock braking
- performance speeds
- design maneuvering airspeed
- PPH — pounds per hour
- KIAS
- interpolation
- takeoff charts
- 50 ft OBS
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Weight & Balance
36 terms
Terms for this area
- lateral unbalance
- longitudinal unbalance
- hazardous flight operations
- preflight planning
- stability
- fuselage centerline
- out-of-streamline condition
- aerodynamic efficiency
- laterally unbalanced condition
- minimum airspeed
- approved AFM
- reference datum line
- datum (reference datum)
- tank sumps
- unusable fuel
- undrainable oil
- pound-inches (in-lb)
- fixed ballast
- mean aerodynamic chord (MAC)
- ballast
- drainable oil
- maximum allowable gross weight
- datum reference
- positive inches
- negative inches
- fulcrum
- minus inches
- computational method
- graph method
- table method
- loading schedule placard
- interpolate
- weight shifting
- subtotal ramp weight
- weight addition or removal
- –³CG
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Navigation & XC Planning
86 terms
Terms for this area
- Dead Reckoning
- VFR terminal area chart
- TAC
- World Aeronautical Chart
- World Aeronautical
- Aeronautical Navigation Products
- Latitude and Longitude (Meridians and Parallels)
- equator
- Measurement of Direction
- reciprocal
- magnetic variation
- Deviation
- Variation
- magnetic heading
- magnetic deviation
- Effect of Wind
- Basic Calculations
- Converting Minutes to Equivalent Hours
- Time T = D/GS
- Distance D = GS X T
- GS GS = D/T
- Converting Knots to Miles Per Hour
- fuel consumption
- E6B
- plotter
- protractor
- Wind Triangle or Vector Analysis
- vector analysis
- Weather Check
- AFM/POH — Airplane Flight Manual or Pilot's Operating Handbook
- NOTAMs — Notices to Airmen
- aeronautical advisory station frequency
- Charting the Course
- course deviation indicator
- Isogonic line
- very high frequency omnidirectional range
- NAVAIDs — navigation aids
- omnidirectional range
- ground-based navigation
- VOT — VOR test facility
- omniranges
- OBS — omnibearing selector
- course selector
- azimuth dial
- VOR/VORTAC NAVAIDS
- dual VOR receiver check
- omninavigation instrument
- CDI needle
- VOR/LOC — VOR/Localizer
- NAV warning flag
- HDG flag
- directional gyro
- pointer function switches
- tracking
- slant-range distance
- course intercept
- rate of intercept
- angle of intercept
- slant range distance
- distance measuring equipment
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Radio Comms & ATC
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Terms for this area
- Automatic Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast (ADS-B)
- clearance bar lights
- kHz
- MHz — megahertz
- restricted radiotelephone permit
- Aeronautical Mobile Service
- phonetic alphabet
- radarscope
- Transponder
- Interrogator
- Radar
- attenuated
- ATCRBS — ATC radar beacon system
- Azimuth
- Primary Radar
- Stop Altitude Squawk
- SQUAWK Altitude
- SQUAWK Low/Normal
- SQUAWK Standby
- squawk
- MODE A/3
- Ident
- transponder code
- SQUAWK VFR
- SQUAWK Mayday
- Sectional Aeronautical Charts
- Radar Traffic Advisories
- FIS-B — Flight Information Services–Broadcast
- GPS
- TIS-B — Traffic Information Services–Broadcast
- extended squitter
- 1090ES
- ATC Instructions—Explicit Runway Crossing
- ATC Instructions—"Hold Short"
- unrestricted low approach
- ATC Instructions—"Runway Shortened"
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Aeromedical / Human Factors
164 terms
Terms for this area
- aeromedical factors
- paraplegia
- diabetes mellitus
- hypoglycemic
- angina pectoris
- disqualifying medical conditions
- myocardial infarction
- permanent cardiac pacemaker
- oral hypoglycemic medication
- psychosis
- transient loss of control of nervous system function(s)
- CO2 — carbon dioxide
- Parkinson's disease
- multiple sclerosis
- hypoxia
- Hyperventilation
- motion sickness
- CO — carbon monoxide
- inflight emergencies
- heatstroke
- middle ear and sinus problems
- Hypoxic hypoxia
- hypemic hypoxia
- stagnant hypoxia
- histotoxic hypoxia
- carbon dioxide intoxication
- tachycardia
- cardiac arrhythmia
- hemoglobin
- anemia
- ischemia
- convulsions
- pressurization
- cyanosis
- euphoria
- vestibular illusions
- narcotics
- cyanide
- drowsiness
- tingling
- excessive rate and depth of respiration
- Valsalva technique
- frontal sinus
- maxillary sinus
- Eustachian tube
- eardrum
- sinus block
- decongestant
- sinusitis
- auditory canal
- Valsalva maneuver
- vestibular system
- somatosensory system
- semicircular canals
- vestibular nerve
- utricle
- saccule
- otolith organ
- endolymph fluid
- ampulla
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ADM & Risk Management
149 terms
Terms for this area
- Crew Resource Management
- recurrency training
- ATC — Air Traffic Control
- RM — risk management
- controlled flight into terrain
- ADM training
- leading edge
- benefits outweigh dangers
- Impulsivity
- Invulnerability
- Macho
- antidote
- good visual flight rules
- IMC — Instrument Meteorological Conditions
- tarmac
- Beechcraft King Air
- CFI — Certificated Flight Instructor
- recency
- VASI/PAPI
- ILS — Instrument Landing System
- Glideslope
- NOTAM — notices to airmen
- MEFs — maximum elevation figures
- risk assessment matrix
- PIC — pilot in command
- get-home-itis
- SOPs — standard operating procedures
- NAVAIDs — navigational aids
- VFR and IFR charts
- AMTs — aviation maintenance technicians
- anthropometry
- let's-go-itis
- nose wheel steering tiller
- P = Pilot in Command (PIC)
- ATIS — Automated Terminal Information Service
- Missed Approach
- FSS — Flight Service Station
- external pressure
- Mitigating Risk
- The 5 Ps Check
- VMC — Visual Meteorological Conditions
- AIRMET SIERRA
- VASI
- PAPI
- C182 Skylane
- TFRs — Temporary Flight Restrictions
- get-there-itis
- VFR flight plan
- VFR flight following
- VORTAC
- post-flight analysis
- Perceive, Process, Perform (3P) Model
- checkride
- P-factor
- asymmetrical thrust
- CARE
- TEAM
- Scud Running
- continuing VFR into instrument conditions
- datalink weather
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Collision & Runway Incursion
13 terms
Ground Ops & Security
7 terms
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