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1
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What is the required Flight Line Protective Equipment?

A

Flight Deck (Steel-Toed) Safety Shoes, Cranial Impact Helmet, Protective Eye Goggles, Leather Gloves.

2
Q

What are Runways?

A

Paved areas that are used for aircraft takeoff and landing.

3
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What are Threshold Marking?

A

Parallel stripes on the ends of runways. Stripes are 12 Ft wide by 150 Ft long and designate the landing area.

4
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What is the Overrun Area?

A

Paved or Un-paved section on the ends of the the runways that provide a reasonably effective deceleration area for aborting or over shooting aircraft.

5
Q

What is the MA-1 Series Overrun Barrier?

A

Designed to stop tricycle landing gear equipped aircraft not equipped with tail hooks. The MA-1A is always in a standby status, in case there is an aborted takeoff or an emergency overrun landing.

6
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What is the emergency shore based recovery equipment used for?

A

Used during in-flight emergencies that require stoping the aircraft during landing in the shortest distance possible to minimize the chance of injury to pilot or aircrew and damage to the aircraft.

7
Q

What are Taxiways?

A

Paved areas for aircraft to move between parking aprons, runways, and airfield services.

8
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What are Parking Aprons?

A

Open paved areas adjacent to hangers, fuel, services often called the flight line. Used for parking, servicing, and loading aircraft; they are connected to the runways by taxiways.

9
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What is the compass calibration pad? (Compass Rose).

A

A paved area in a magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated.

10
Q

Explain the numbering system.

A

Runways are normally numbered in relation to their magnetic heading rounded off to the nearest 10 degrees, (i.e., a runway heading of 250degrees is runway 25.) If there are 2 runways whose centerline is parallel, the runway will be identified as L (Left) and R (Right) or 25L or 25R. If there are 3 parallel runways C (Center) is added.

11
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Explain the purpose of the airfield rotating beacon.

A

When the airport is below VFR weather conditions, day or night, the airport rotating beacon is used to identify the airports’ location. It rotates clockwise at a constant speed and military airfields use 2 white lights and one green flashing 12-15 times per minute.

12
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Required Flight Deck Protective Equipment.

A

Flight Deck (Steel-Toed) Safety Shoes, Protective Jersey, Cranial Impact Helmet, Protective Eye Googles, Leather Gloves.

13
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Personnel who wear yellow jerseys.

A

Aircraft Handling Officer, Flight Deck Officer, Catapult officer, Air Bos’n, Arresting Gear Officer and Plane Directors.

14
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Personnel who wear white jerseys.

A

QA Personnel, Safety, Air Transport Officer, Landing Signal Officer, and Medical.

15
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Personnel who wear brown jerseys.

A

Plane Captains.

16
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Personnel who wear blue jerseys.

A

Aircraft Handling and Chock Crewman (Chocks, Chains and Tractors) and Elevator Operators.

17
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Personnel who wear green jerseys.

A

Catapult and Arresting Gear Personnel, Squadron Maintenance Personnel, LSEs, and Photographers.

18
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Personnel who wear purple jerseys.

A

Aviation Fuel Crew.

19
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Personnel who wear red jerseys.

A

Aviation Ordnancemen and crash and salvage personnel, and EOD.

20
Q

What is the symbol for PKP?

A

Identified by 12-Inch wide red stripe with a white 3-Inch high “PKP” stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming. At locations where coaming are not installed, a white 18-Inch diameter circle with red 5-Inch high “PKP letter is painted on the flight deck.

21
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What is the symbol for Saltwater Stations?

A

Identified by an 18-Inch wide red stripe with a yellow 3-Inch high “W” stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming. At locations where coamings are not installed, a red triangle 18-Inches per side with a yellow “W” is painted on the flight deck.

22
Q

What is the symbol for CO2 bottle stowage?

A

Identified by a 12-Inch wide red stripe with a white 3-Inch high “CO2” stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming. At locations where coamings are not installed, a white 18-Inch diameter circle with a red 5-Inch high CO2 is painted on the flight deck.

23
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What is the symbol for AFFF?

A

Identified by an 18-Inch wide green stripe with white 3-Inch high “AFFF” stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming. At locations where coamings are not installed, a green 18-Inch square with white 3-Inch high “AFFF” letters is painted on the flight deck.

24
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Describe Jettison Ramp.

A

Ramps designated to eliminate loose ordnance will have a yellow stipe painted up and over the deck edge at both ends of the ramp opening. The flight deck in front of the ramp opening is marked with alternating 4-inch wide red and yellow stripes with a 12-Inch black facsimile of a bomb centered.

25
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What is the symbol for Steam Smothering?

A

Identified by an 18-Inch Black stripe with a 3-Inch white steam stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming.