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• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 11-4
  Chapter 11: Night Operations › Night Vision › Factors Affecting Vision

  time, suppressing the other, and consequently impairs binocular vision and depth perception. The FAA recommends not using these lenses when piloting an aircraft.. ⦁ A flickering light in the flight deck, anti-collision lights, or other aircraft lights, may cause ... function. Although rare, this may occur at a frequencies from 1 to 20 hertz. If continuous, the possible physical reactions can be nausea, dizziness, grogginess, unconsciousness, headaches, or confusion. Pilots should try to eliminate or screen out any light source…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 1-11
  Chapter 1: Introduction to Flight Training › Safety Considerations › Collision Avoidance

  that is comfortable and adhere to it to assure optimum scanning. Peripheral vision can be most useful in spotting collision threats from other aircraft. Each time a scan is stopped and the eyes are refocused, the peripheral vision takes ... because it is through this element that movement is detected. Apparent movement is usually the first perception of a collision threat and probably the most important because it is the discovery of a threat that triggers the events leading…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 16-21
  Chapter 16: Navigation › Filing a VFR Flight Plan

  determined to be 106 knots. Based on this information, the total trip time, as well as time between checkpoints, and the fuel burned can be determined. These numbers can be calculated by using a manual or electronic calculator. For this ... trip, the GS is 106 knots and the total time is 35 minutes (30 minutes plus 5 minutes for climb) with a fuel burn of 4.7 gallons. Refer to the flight log in Figure 16-26 for the time between…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 16-4
  Chapter 16: Navigation › Latitude and Longitude (Meridians and Parallels) › Time Zones

  Mountain Standard Time, and 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. When Daylight Saving Time is in effect, generally between the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November, the sun is directly above the 75th meridian at noon, Central ... Daylight Time. These time zone differences must be taken into account during long flights eastward—especially if the flight must be completed before dark. Remember, an hour is lost when flying eastward from one time zone to another, or perhaps…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-1-10
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-5. Flight Plan - VFR Flights

  radio or other electronic means. VFR flight plan proposals are normally retained for two hours following the proposed time of departure. e. Pilots may also activate a VFR flight plan by using an assumed departure time. This assumed departure time ... will cause the flight plan to become active at the designated time. This may negate the need for communication with a flight service station or flight plan filing service upon departure. It is the pilot’s responsibility to revise…

• 14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight RulesOpen
  14 CFR § 91.1057 Flight, duty and rest time requirements: All crewmembers.

  Flight, duty and rest time requirements: All crewmembers. (a) For purposes of this subpart— Augmented flight crew means at least three pilots. Calendar day means the period of elapsed time, using Coordinated Universal Time or local time that begins ... midnight and ends 24 hours later at the next midnight. Duty period means the period of elapsed time between reporting for an assignment involving flight time and release from that assignment by the program manager. All time between these…