FH.II.J.R3
Risk managementEnvironment (e.g., weather, airports, airspace, terrain, obstacles, including wire strike hazards).
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- Pilot/Controller Glossary › C
facility providing air traffic services prior to entering the airspace and thereafter maintain those communications while in the airspace. No separation services are provided to VFR aircraft. 5. CLASS E- Generally, if the airspace is not Class A, Class ... Class C, or Class D, and it is controlled airspace, it is Class E airspace. Class E airspace extends upward from either the surface or a designated altitude to the overlying or adjacent controlled airspace. When designated as a surface…
- Chapter 13: Effective Aeronautical Decision-Making › Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) Awareness
sectional charts or other topographic references to ensure the helicopter will safely clear terrain and obstructions all along the route. • When planning a nighttime VFR flight, follow IFR practices, such as climbing on a known safe course until well above ... surrounding terrain. Choose a cruising altitude that provides terrain separation similar to IFR flights (2,000 feet above ground level in mountainous areas and 1,000 feet above the ground in other areas). Using this technique, known obstacles, such…
- Chapter 11. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) › Section 4. Airspace Access for UAS › 11-4-6. Airspace Restrictions To Flight
However, this changes when access to controlled airspace is desired. All access to controlled airspace by unmanned aircraft must be granted by ATC. NOTE-1. While the NAS is divided into controlled and uncontrolled airspace, users must remember that ... airspace is regulated, and certain rules apply throughout the NAS. 2. Recreational flyers are limited to no higher than 400 feet AGL in Class G airspace, without prior authorization. 3. sUAS remote pilots operating under 14 CFR part…
- Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Environmental Hazards › Weather
Environmental Hazards The environment or “V” hazard encompasses weather, terrain, airports, airspace, time of day, and other factors. Weather Of all the environmental hazards, weather is the most variable. However, improvements in aviation weather forecasts and improvements in technology make ... easier to identify weather hazards. • Thunderstorms and Convective Activity–Thunderstorms and their associated weather represent a severe hazard to all aviation activities. Severe turbulence, hail, and other phenomena can create the potential for loss of control and may result…
- Chapter 3. Airspace › Section 2. Controlled Airspace › 3-2-1. General
Section 2. Controlled Airspace 3-2-1. General a. Controlled Airspace. A generic term that covers the different classification of airspace (Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, and Class E airspace) and defined dimensions within which air traffic ... control service is provided to IFR flights and to VFR flights in accordance with the airspace classification. (See FIG 3-2-1.) b. IFR Requirements. IFR operations in any class of controlled airspace requires that a pilot must file…
- Glossary › Chart Supplement U.S. (formerly Airport/Facility
clearance is required to operate in the area, and aircraft so cleared receive separation services within the airspace. Class C airspace. Airspace from the surface to 4,000 feet above the airport elevation (charted in MSL) surrounding those airports having ... control, and having a certain number of IFR operations or passenger numbers. Although the configuration of each Class C airspace area is individually tailored, the airspace usually consists of a 5 NM radius core surface area that extends from…