150 likes | 328 Views
GPS NGS: Air Law. 401.03 VFR Flight Conditions. References: -FTGU, pages 91-98 - CARs. Instructor. 40 Minutes. 401.02 Aerodromes Part 2. MTPs: Minimum Instruments for Day VFR Terminology Minimum Visual Meteorological Conditions for VFR flight in Controlled Airspace
E N D
GPS NGS: Air Law 401.03 VFR Flight Conditions References: -FTGU, pages 91-98 -CARs Instructor 40 Minutes
401.02 Aerodromes Part 2 • MTPs: • Minimum Instruments for Day VFR • Terminology • Minimum Visual Meteorological Conditions for VFR flight in Controlled Airspace • Minimum Visual Meteorological Conditions for VFR Flight in Uncontrolled Airspace
MTP: Minimum Instruments for Day VFR • 605.21 No person shall operate a glider in day VFR flight unless it is equipped with: • Altimeter • Airspeed indicator • Magnetic compass or magnetic direction indicator • Two-way radio with selectable frequency Which instrument is missing??????
MTP: Terminology • Visual Flight Rules (VFR): • The rules which apply when flying by means of visual reference to the ground
MTP: Terminology • Instrument Flight Rules (IFR): • The rules which apply when flying by means of reference to the instruments in the cockpit
MTP: Terminology • Special VFR Rules (SVFR): • The rules for operating in weather conditions that are less than VFR within a control zone where some A/C are permitted flight under visual flight rules
MTP: Terminology • Visibility • The ability, as determined by atmosphere conditions and expressed in units of distance, to see and identify prominent unlighted objects by day and prominent lighted objects by night • Ceiling • The lowest height at which a broken or overcast condition exists; or • The vertical visibility when an obscured condition such as snow, smoke, or fog exists
The lowest height at which a broken or overcast condition exists
The vertical visibility when an obscured condition such as snow, smoke, or fog exists
MTP: Terminology • Flight Visibility • The average range of visibility at any given time forward from the cockpit of an aircraft in flight • Ground Visibility • The visibility at an aerodrome as contained in a weather observation reported by: ATC unit, FSS, AWOS
MTP: Terminology • Day or Daylight • TC definition - means the time between the beginning of morning civil twilight and the end of evening civil twilight • Night • -TC definition - means the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight