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| Who is the coordinating facility for all flight operations? |
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| Who is the scheduling agency for all flight operations? |
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| When is the air plan usually distributed? |
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| Night prior to scheduled operations |
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| Who is responsible for strict conformance to the air plan? |
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| Aircraft Handling Officer (the HANDLER) |
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| Who prepares the ordance load plan? |
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| No changes shall be made to the ordance load plan with out the permissin of who? |
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| Aqueous film forming foam, used in firefighting |
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| How long before flight operations is CATCC manned? |
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| Who is the only person on the flight deck without a helmet? |
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| Who wears purple jerseys on the flight deck? |
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| Who wears green jerseys on the flight deck? |
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| arresting gear, catapult and maintenance crews Ships photographers as well |
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| Who wears white jerseys on the flight deck? |
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| safety, LSO, ATO, and medical |
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| Who wears yellow jerseys on the flight deck? |
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| Aircraft handling Officers, and catapult/arresting gear officers |
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| Who wears red jerseys on the flight deck? |
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| ordinance, and crash and salvage |
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| Who wears brown jerseys on the flight deck? |
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| Air Ops shall provide the pre-launch brief how long before the event? |
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| When are flight plans required? |
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| When terminating ashore, proceeding across an ADIZ boundary not covered in a flight advisory, or proceeding over land. |
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| Ships operating with in close proximity to one another must do what prior to air operations with in 10 miles of one another? |
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| What is the ATO (Air Transfer Officer) responsible for? |
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| Responsible to the Airops O for the safe orderly flow of passengers, mail, and cargo on and off carriers |
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| What is the Operations Officer responsible for? |
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| the control of airborne aircraft except for when that control is assigned to higher authority. |
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| What is the Air Operations Officer responsible for? |
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| Responsible to the OpsO for coordination of all matters pertaining to flight operations, proper function of CATCC, determining type of approach and the degree of control |
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| What is the Landing Signal Officer responsible for? |
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| Responsible for the visual control of aircraft in the critical phase of flight |
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| weather no lower than 3000/5 daytime. |
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| weather no lower than 1000/5 and daytime |
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| weather expected to be below 1000/5 or nighttime |
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| What are the 4 degrees of control used by CATCC? |
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| positive, advisory, monitor and non-radar |
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| used during case3, pinkie time, mandatory letdowns, and situations where supervisory personnel deem necessery |
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| Utilized when traffic dictates that a higher degree of control is need for safety of flight than normal visual flight rules |
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| Utilized when VMC outside of controlled airspace, and where seperation can be assumed by the pilot. |
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| What are the only air search radars acceptable for an ASR approach? |
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| radars that rotate in excess of 7 rpms per minute |
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| Define the lateral seperation criteria during positive control? |
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| 50mls or more from the antennea are seperated by 5miles, less than 50mls are seperated by 3 miles, inside of 12mls-seperated by 2mls, on final with in 5mls-seperated by 1 1/2mls |
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| Define the vertical seperation criteria during positive control? |
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| jet and turboprop up to and including FL290-1000 feet, reduced to 800 feet within 12mls, above FL290-2000feet, helos-500FT |
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| What radio circuits is CATCC in control of? |
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| primary-ship to shore ATC admin freqs,CCA freqs secondary-guard, land/launch, air tactical freqs |
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| What radio circuits is CDC in control of? |
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| primary-air tactical freqs, guard secondary-ship to shore ATC admin freqs |
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| What radio circuits is PriFly in control of? |
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| primary-land/launch secondary-guard, departure and final freqs |
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| Who is responsible for ensuring prifly freqs are recorded during case1 and 2? |
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| Who is normally in charge of plane guard efforts when in sight of the ship? |
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| CATCC will conduct a radio check with the plane guard helo how often? |
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| The plane guard is considered on station when? |
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| within 20nm day or 10nm night of the carrier |
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| What are the 5 1st digit HEFOE squawks? |
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| 1-hydraulic 2-electrical 3-fuel 4-oxygen 5-engine |
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| No helo operations are allowed in what areas around the carrier? |
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| 5mls in front of the ship between the 340 - 020 radials, and 3mls behind the ship between the 150-190 radials |
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| Flight crews shall man thier aircraft how many minutes prior to launch? |
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| Flight crews shall man thier aircraft how many minutes prior to launch? |
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| Can the Condition II, alert 15 SAR helo be folded? |
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| yes, provided the primary SAR helo is airborn. |
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| What is condition I for a fixed wing? |
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Definition
| spotted on the catapult, or clear route to the catapult. secured with initial tiedowns. startup equipment ready, plane crew on standby, catapult crew on station and alert.flight crew in aircraft. |
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| What is condition II for a fixed wing? |
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| Same as Cond I except crew not in plane, they must be within the island or on deck with the aircraft |
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| What is condition III for a fixed wing? |
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| Flightcrews dressed, briefed and standing by in the ready room. starting equipment available and catapult team standing by near their station |
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| What is condition IV for a fixed wing? |
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| Similar to condition III except for minor maintenance may be performed |
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| What is condition I for a helo? |
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| spotted for immediate launch, wings spread. secured with initial tiedowns. startup equipment ready, crew and equipment in aircraft. |
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| CH5 What is condition I for a helo? |
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| spotted for immediate launch, wings spread. secured with initial tiedowns. startup equipment ready, crew and equipment in aircraft. |
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| CH5 What is condition II for a helo? |
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| Same as Condition I except crew may be on standby in the ready room |
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| CH5 What is condition III for a helo? |
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| blades may be folded, helo need not be in launch position, but have direct access to launch spot, towbar attached with ground crew assigned and briefed, flight crew briefed and standing by in designated location |
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| CH5 What is condition IV for a helo? |
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| similar to cond III except for minor maintenance is allowed |
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| CH5 What condition shall the alert 7 aircraft be in? |
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| CH5 What condition shall the alert 15 aircraft be in? |
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| CH5 What condition shall the alert 30 aircraft be in? |
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| CH5 What condition shall the alert 60 aircraft be in? |
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| The minimum standard seperation between CH5 departure radials during instrument conditions is what? |
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| CH5 What determines the assignment of departure radials? |
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| A/C mission, number of carriers in formation, topographical features in the area, and emergency, letdown, and helo holding radials |
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| CH5 Case III departure mandatory voice reports are what? |
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| airborn, passing 2500', arcing, outbound, popeye(w/altitude), on top, and kilo |
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| CH5 When is popeye a mandatory voice report on departure? |
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| when IMC, passing FL180 (or assigned departure altitude) and not on top. |
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| CH5 What is the standard interval between launches on board the carrier? |
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| 30 seconds, 60 seconds if it is a jet behind a turboprop |
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| CH5 Describe caseIII jet departure? |
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| climb straight ahead to 300kts, crossing 5nm at 1500' or above, at 7nm turn to intercept the 10nm arc until reaching the departure radial |
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| CH5 Describe caseIII turboprop departure? |
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| climb straight ahead to 1000' accelerating to 250kts, at 5nm turn to intercept the 7nm arc till reaching the departure radial. Maintain 1000' til 12nm |
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| CH5 Describe caseIII COD departure? |
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| straight ahead, maintain 1000' til 12nm |
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| CH5 Describe case I jet/turboprop departure? |
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| clearing turn, straight ahead parrellel the BRC ay 500' till 7nm. unrestricted climb to VMC |
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| CH5 Describe case II jet departure? |
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| clearing turn, straight ahead parrellel the BRC at 500', at 7nm turn to intercept the 10nm arc until on departure radial. 500' restriction lifted after 7nm. maintain 300kts until VMC on top. |
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| CH5 Describe case II turboprop departure? |
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| clearing turn, parrellel the BRC at 500' at 6nm turn to intercept the 7nm arc until on departure radial. maintain 500' till 12nm |
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| CH5 Describe case I/II COD departure? |
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| depart straight ahead at 500' till 12nm |
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| CH6 How many miles out should a transient helo contact marshall? |
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| CH6 Case I/II recoveries can not be conducted with what? |
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| CH6 Case I recovery: What does "commencing" mean? |
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| departing the port holding pattern |
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| CH6 Case I recovery: What does "initial" mean? |
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| CH6 Case I recovery: What does "spinning" mean? |
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| entering the spin pattern |
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| CH6 Case I recovery: What does "departing ___NM upwind" mean? |
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| departing the landing pattern to reenter port holding |
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| elimination of voice report except for in the interest of safety |
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| CH6 What is a bow-on recovery? |
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| Recovery of aircraft when the marshall point is located in front of the carrier |
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| CH6 Can a helo be flying case I while the fixed wing traffic is case II/III? |
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| CH6 Can case III recoveries commence concurrently with case I/II departures? |
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| CH6 What is a "drag" approach? |
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| CH6 What is the rate of descent prior to platform? |
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| CH6 What is the rate of descent upon passing platform? |
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| CH6 Unless otherwise instructed, where will the aircraft transition to landing configuration? |
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| CH6 Weather minimums: non-precision jet? |
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| CH6 Weather minimums: ICLS jet? |
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| CH6 Weather minimums: ICLS w/SPN46 monitor jet? |
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| CH6 Weather minimums: mode I jet? |
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| CH6 Weather minimums: mode IA, II, IIT, III jet? |
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| CH6 Weather minimums: non-precision turboprop? |
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| CH6 Weather minimums: ICLS turboprop? |
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| CH6 Weather minimums: ICLS w/SPN46 monitor turboprop? |
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| CH6 Weather minimums: mode II/IIT/III turboprop? |
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| CH6 Weather minimums: non-precision helo? |
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| CH6 Weather minimums: mode III helo? |
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| CH6 What will a jet/turboprop do after a bolter or waveoff? |
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| climb straight ahead on the final bearing to 1200' |
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| CH6 After a bolter or a waveoff, if no instructions are recieved at 4mls or 2 mins, what can be expected? |
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| pilot will assume lost comms and turn downwind and reattempt comms |
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| CH6 If a bolter/waveoff pilot enters the downwind and does not have comms with CATCC, what should be expected? |
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| FW-turn to final 2min or 4mls past the abeam, helos will reenter at the 3dme fix, PALS A/C will be aware of datalink displays |
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| CH6 What are the weather minimums for an EMCON recovery? |
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| CH6 What is the maximum number of aircraft in the case I/II pattern? |
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| should be limited to 4 but no more than 6 |
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| CH6 What is the minimum pattern altitude for the tanker? |
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| CH6 Where is spot one in the tanker rendezvous pattern? |
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| CH6 Where is spot 2 in the tanker rendezvous pattern? |
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| directly in front of the ship |
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| CH6 Where is spot 3 in the tanker rendezvous pattern? |
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| CH6 Where is spot 4 in the tanker rendezvous pattern? |
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| CH6 What is the minimum tanking altitude for case I/II? |
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| CH6 What is the minimum tanking altitude for case III? |
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