FMS

Question 1

What does the fms serve as an aid to?

Answer 1

Flight planning, navigation, performance, database and redundancy management

Question 2

What are the categories of flight plan?

Answer 2

Active
Standby
Lateral
Vertical

Question 3

As a minimum what must an active flight plan contain?

Answer 3

A FROM waypoint, a TO waypoint and a destination

Question 4

How can a stored flight plan be recalled?

Answer 4

• by entering the name of the flight plan
  Or
• selecting the destination and departure airports

Question 5

What are the 3 types of databases stored in the FMS?

Answer 5

Navigation
Custom
Aircraft

Question 6

When does the new navigation database become active?

Answer 6

At 0900Z on the date the new database becomes active