CHALLENGERS MERIT: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
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1. Study chapter 2 in Aviation Fundamentals/Private Pilot Manual:
a. The Flight Environment, section A - Safety of Flight.
b. The Flight Environment, section B - Airports.
c. The Flight Environment, section C - Airspace.
d. The Flight Environment, section D - Radio Communications.
e. The Flight Environment, section E - Radar and ATC Services.
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2. Define the following terms:
a. Active Runway. ___________________________________________________________
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b. ATC Clearance. ___________________________________________________________
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c. ATIS. ____________________________________________________________________
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d. Flight Service Station. __________________________________________________
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e. Mayday. __________________________________________________________________
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f. Phonetic Alphabet. _______________________________________________________
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g. Pilot-in-command. ________________________________________________________
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h. Radar Contact/Radar Service. _____________________________________________
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3. Memorize and recite the entire phonetic alphabet.
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4. Diagram and describe precision and nonprecision runways. Include displaced
threshold, overrun, threshold marker, touchdown zone markers, fixed distance
marker, and runways markers.
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5. Diagram an airport traffic pattern. Include traffic pattern altitude, crosswind,
downwind, base, final, wind sock, traffic and pattern indicators.
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6. Diagram and describe class A, B, C, D, E, and G airspace.
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7. Define the ATC light gun signals, in the air and on the ground.
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