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  • Chapter 16: Navigation › Flight Planning › Assembling Necessary Material

    wind triangle (using the scale employed for drawing the diagram) • Estimated time en route (ETE)—total distance divided by GS • Fuel rate—predetermined gallons per hour used at cruising speed NOTE: Additional fuel for adequate reserve should be added ... aircraft shall become familiar with all available information concerning that flight. For flights not in the vicinity of an airport, this must include information on available current weather reports and forecasts, fuel requirements, alternatives available if the planned flight cannot…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-20. Standard Taxi Routes

    full taxi clearance if not fully familiar with the STR. e. A Letter to Airmen (LTA) will be issued by airport traffic control towers to announce availability, updates, cancelation, or changes of publicly-available STRs with appropriate updates ... Domestic Notices website. An LTA may include an airport diagram. The airport diagram will be labeled “not for navigation” and is not an acceptable substitute for the most up-to-date airport diagrams. LTAs are available via the FAA NOTAM…

  • Pilot/Controller Glossary › C

    flight information publication designed for use with appropriate IFR or VFR charts which contains data on all airports, seaplane bases, and heliports open to the public including communications data, navigational facilities, airport diagrams, certain special notices, and non-regulatory procedures ... use to bypass areas heavily traversed by large turbine-powered aircraft. Pilot compliance with recommended flyways and associated altitudes is strictly voluntary. VFR Flyway Planning charts are published on the back of existing VFR Terminal Area charts. CHARTED VISUAL FLIGHT…

  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 2. Departure Procedures › 5-2-3. IFR Clearances Off Uncontrolled Airports

    delivery services via telephone will have their telephone number published in the Chart Supplement of that airport’s entry. This same section may also contain a telephone number to use for cancellation of an IFR flight plan after landing ... Alaska, pilots of MEDEVAC flights may obtain a clearance by calling 1-877-543-4733. 5-2-4. Taxi Clearance Pilots on IFR flight plans should communicate with the control tower on the appropriate ground control or clearance delivery frequency…

  • Chapter 9. Aeronautical Charts and Related Publications › Section 1. Types of Charts Available › 9-1-5. General Description of Each Chart Series

    designed for use with appropriate IFR or VFR charts. The Chart Supplement Alaska contains data including, but not limited to, airports, NAVAIDs, communications data, weather data sources, special notices, non-regulatory operational procedures, and airport diagrams. The publication also includes ... designed for use with appropriate IFR or VFR charts. The Chart Supplement Pacific contains data including, but not limited to, airports, NAVAIDs, communications data, weather data sources, special notices, non-regulatory operational procedures, and airport diagrams. The publication also includes…

  • Chapter 9: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Taxiing › Air Taxi

    used when operating below 25 feet above ground level (AGL). [Figure 9-9] Since hover taxi is just like forward, sideward, or rearward hovering flight, the technique to perform it is not presented here. Air Taxi An air taxi ... Hover taxi. Flying in the cross-hatched or shaded area of the height/velocity diagram. 7. Flying in a crosswind that could lead to loss of tail rotor effectiveness. 8. Excessive tail-low attitudes. 9. Excessive power used or required…