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| An airplane may be operated in uncontrolled airspace at night below 1,200 ft above the surface under the following conditions: |
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| Less than 3 miles but more than 1 mile visibility in an airport traffic pattern and within one-half mile of the runway. |
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| When information is disseminated for a navigational facility, it will be located in |
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| When operating VFR in a military operations area (MOA), a pilot |
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| should exercise extreme caution when military activity is being conducted. |
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| Normally, the vertical limits of Class D airspace extend up to and including how many feet above the surface? |
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| A warning area is airspace of defined dimensions established |
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| from three nautical miles outward from the coast of the U.S. |
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| No person may operate an airplane within Class D and E airspace between sunset and sunrise under special VFR unless the |
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| airplane is equipped for instrument flight. |
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| What is the purpose of the taxiway ending marker sign? |
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| Indicates taxiway does not continue beyond intersection. |
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| All operations within Class C airspace must be |
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| in an aircraft equipped with a transponder with automatic altitude reporting capability. |
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| An on-glidepath indication from a tri-color VASI is |
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| Which transponder code should the pilot of a civilian aircraft never use? |
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| The visual glidepath of a 2-bar VASI provides safe obstruction clearance within plus or minus 10° of the extended runway centerline and to a distance of how many miles from the runway threshold? |
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| While in Class G airspace under day VFR conditions, what in-flight visibility is required when flying more than 1,200 feet AGL and less than 10m000 ft MSL? |
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| When operating an airplane within Class D airspace under special VFR, the flight visibility is required to be at least |
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| 1,000 feet of runway remain. |
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| If an aircraft has a transponder, encoding altimeter, and RNAV, the proper equipment suffix to be entered on a flight plan is |
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| What is the purpose of the runway hold position sign? |
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| Denotes entrance to a runway from a taxiway. |
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| Flight through a military operations area (MOA) is |
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| permitted anytime, but caution should be exercised because of military activity. |
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| The minimum visibility for VFR flight in Class E airspace increases from 3 to 5 SM beginning at an altitude of |
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| When landing at an airport that does not have a tower, FSS, or UNICOM, you should broadcast your intentions on |
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| To operate an aircraft within Class C airspace from a satellite airport without an operating control tower, a pilot must |
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| contact ATC as soon as practicable after takeoff. |
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| Flight through a restricted area should not be accomplished unless the pilot has |
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| received prior authorization from the controlling agency. |
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| When operating VFR in Class B airspace, what are the visibility and cloud clearance requirements? |
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| 3 SM visibility and clear of clouds. |
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| (Refer to Figure 55.) On what frequency can a pilot activate the approach lights at Redbird Field when the control tower is not in operation? |
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| What purpose does the taxiway location sign serve? |
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| Identifies taxiway on which an aircraft is located. |
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| An airport without a control tower lies within the controlled airspace of an airport with an operating tower. According to regulations, two-way radio communications with ATC are required for landing clearance at |
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| the tower-controlled airport only, as well as to fly through the area. |
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| A slightly low indication on a PAPI glidepath is indicated by |
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| one white light and three red lights. |
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| Which indications would a pilot see while approaching to land on a runway served by a 2-bar VASI? |
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| If departing to the high side of the glidepath, the far bars will change from red to pink to white. |
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| (Refer to Figure 54.) The segmented circle indicates that the airport traffic pattern is |
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| left-hand for Rwy 35 and right-hand for Rwy 17. |
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| A turbine-powered or large airplane is required to enter an airport traffic pattern at an altitude of at least |
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| While in Class E airspace in VFR conditions, what in-flight visibility is required when flying more than 1,200 ft AGL and at or above 10,000 ft MSL? |
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| When landing behind a large jet aircraft, at which point on the runway should you plan to land? |
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| Beyond the jet's touchdown point. |
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| (Refer to Figure 47.) What is the normal radius of the outer area (area B)? |
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| When on the upper glidepath of a 3-bar VASI what would be the colors of the lights? |
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| The near and middle bars are white and the upper bar is red. |
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| If the aircraft's radio fails, what is the recommended procedure when landing at a controlled airport? |
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| Observe the traffic flow, enter the pattern, and look for a light signal from the tower. |
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| The recommended entry position to an airport traffic pattern is |
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| to enter 45° at the midpoint of the downwind leg at traffic pattern altitude. |
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| (Refer to Figure 55.) Select the correct statement concerning Dallas Love Field. |
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| The runway gradient for Rwy 18 is less than .3 percent. |
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| During a takeoff made behind a departing large jet airplane, the pilot can minimize the hazard of wingtip vortices by |
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| being airborne prior to reaching the jet's flightpath until able to turn clear of its wake. |
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| (Refer to Figure 54.) Which runway and traffic pattern should be used as indicated by the wind cone in the segmented circle? |
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| Left-hand traffic on Rwy 35 or right-hand traffic on Rwy 27. |
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| How much time do you have to close a VFR flight plan before search and rescue procedures are initiated? |
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| One-half hour after your ETA. |
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