Ch 28: Visual Navigation

Question 1

Map reading?

Answer 1

Act of interpreting and understanding geographical and aeronautical information shown on a map chart.

Question 2

VFP?

Answer 2

Visual checkpoint - unique feature, or combination of features, used to positively identify a position on the surface of the Earth from an aircraft in flight.

Question 3

7 general considerations when selecting VCPs?

Answer 3

Large to small

Proximity to leg

Line features

Terrain

Vegetation

Season

Time of day

LPL TVST

Question 4

4 general considerations for marking charts correctly?

Answer 4

Track lines and bearing, plus fan lines, where appropriate.

VCPs and times

Wind vectors and max drift calcs

NOTAM’ed features

TVWN

Question 5

7 problems associated with VFR navigation at lower levels?

Answer 5

Groundspeed

Terrain

Obstacles

Lack of VCPs

Line features

Comms and rad nav

Night flight

TOLL GCN

Question 6

Visibility?

Answer 6

Distance at which an object or light can be clearly discerned.

Question 7

6 causes of reduced visibility inflight?

Answer 7

Precip

Fog / mist

Haze

Smoke / smog

Sea spray

Night flight

Question 8

13 (:o) problems associated with night VFR navigation?

Answer 8

T+E management

Night flight illusions

Controlled and uncontrolled flight into terrain

Loss of light sources

Dark night or black-hole conditions

Inadvertent entry into cloud or other hazardous weather

Electrical failure or failure of any of the instrument power sources

Failure to recognise instrument failure

Engine power loss

Midair collisions

Misjudged approach, landing, or baulked approach

Heavy and gear up landings

Collisions on the ground

Question 9

3 considerations for improving inflight vis?

Answer 9

Contrast

Cleanliness of visual aids

Lighting

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