Commercial Pilot for Airplane Category › VI. Navigation › Task B. Navigation Systems and Radar Services

CA.VI.B.S5

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Recognize signal loss or interference and take appropriate action, if applicable.

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Aeronautical Information Manual p. 1-2-11
Chapter 1. Air Navigation › Section 2. Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) and Area Navigation (RNAV) › 1-2-4. Recognizing, Mitigating, and Adapting to GPS Jamming and/or Spoofing
GPS signals are vulnerable to intentional and unintentional interference from a wide…
Aeronautical Information Manual p. 4-6-7
Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 5. Surveillance Systems › 4-6-9. Contingency Actions: Weather Encounters and Aircraft System Failures that Occur…
Contingency Actions: Weather Encounters and Aircraft System Failures that Occur After Entry into RVSM Airspace TBL 4-6-2 provides pilot guidance on actions to take under certain conditions of aircraft system failure that occur after entry into RVSM airspace ... weather encounters. It also describes the expected ATC controller actions in these situations. It is recognized that the pilot and controller will use judgment to determine the action most appropriate to any given situation. Contingency Actions: Weather Encounters and Aircraft…
Aeronautical Information Manual p. 1-1-6
Chapter 1. Air Navigation › Section 1. Navigation Aids › 1-1-8. NAVAID Service Volumes
Volumes (SSVs) for most NAVAIDs. The SSV is a three-dimensional volume within which the FAA ensures that a signal can be received with adequate signal strength and course quality, and is free from interference from other NAVAIDs on similar ... frequencies (e.g., co-channel or adjacent-channel interference). However, the SSV signal protection does not include potential blockage from terrain or obstructions. The SSV is principally intended for off-route navigation, such as proceeding direct to or from…
Aeronautical Information Manual p. 4-3-20
Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-13. Traffic Control Light Signals
Traffic Control Light Signals a. The following procedures are used by ATCTs in the control of aircraft, ground vehicles, equipment, and personnel not equipped with radio. These same procedures will be used to control aircraft, ground vehicles, equipment, and personnel ... equipped with radio if radio contact cannot be established. ATC personnel use a directive traffic control signal which emits an intense narrow light beam of a selected color (either red, white, or green) when controlling traffic by light signals…
Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 6-2
CHAPTER 6. PART 107 SUBPART C, REMOTE PILOT CERTIFICATION › 6.4 Application Process › 6.4.1 Remote Pilot Applicants Without Part 61 Certificates
Once the applicant completes the online application in IACRA, the applicant signs the application electronically and submits it to the Airman Registry for processing. No FAA representative will be required to sign the application if the applicant was able ... self-certify. Note: When an applicant seeking a Remote Pilot Certificate uses this online option, the application transmits electronically from the applicant to the Airman Registry. The only electronic signature reflected on the IACRA application will be the applicant…