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| Airfield beacons may be rotating or fixed, but shall provide what degree of signal throughout the azimuth? |
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| When will a navy airfield not have a rotating beacon? |
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Definition
| when 2 or more airports are located closely together and one beacon serves 2 fields |
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| When is a identification beacon required? |
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| when the rotating beacon is more than 1 mile away or when it serves more than one airfield |
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| When is a heliport beacon required? |
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| When the heliport serves night time operations and is not located on an airfield |
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| When is a hazard or obstruction beacon needed? |
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| It id needed to signafy any obstructions 150 feet above field elevation |
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| Describe a military beacon? |
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| dual peaked white and green |
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| On a military beacon, how far are the beams directed apart? |
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| How many revolutions per minute shall the rotating beacon be? |
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| When is the rotating beacon to be operated? |
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| twilight and night time, or daytime IMC |
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| Describe an identification beacon? |
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Definition
| non-rotating flashing omni-directional light visible thru 360 degrees |
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| Describe the identification beacons flash? |
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| green coded signal at 40 flashes per min |
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| What should be done to the beacon to avoid lightning stricks? |
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| How far should the beacon be from the airfield? |
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Definition
| not less than 1000' from the runway centerline |
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| How far should the beacon be from the control tower? |
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| Where should the base of the beacon be in relation to the control tower floor? |
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| not less than 20' higher than the base of the tower cab |
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| What is the standard electrical power to the beacon? |
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| List the authorized objects allowed to obstruct the visibility of any approach light. |
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| nothing is allowed to obstruct approach lights |
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| Where are the sequenced flashing light located? |
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Definition
| not more than 5 feet from the centerline of the approach light system |
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Term
| Describe the 1000' crossbar? |
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Definition
| consists of a bar of elevated white, steady burning lights on each side of the centerline. 8 lites on either side spaced 5ft starting 15ft from the approach lighting centerline |
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| Describe the touchdown zone lights? |
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Definition
| pair of semi-flush uni-directional white lights located on each side of the runway centerline perpindicular to the runway centerline |
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| Describe taxi-way centerline markings? |
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| continuous retro-reflective yellow line not less than 6 inches wide located along the taxi-way axis |
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| Describe taxi-way edge markings? |
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| pair of continuous retro-reflective yellow lines 6" wide and 6" apart, along the edges of all taxiways |
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| Describe the closed taxi-way markings? |
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| non retroreflective yellow X shaped crosses. The arms shall intersect at 90 degrees and shall be no less than 5 feet wide or 30 feet long. |
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