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• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-4-21
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 4. Arrival Procedures › 5-4-5. Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP) Charts

  This is the DA for the approach. This method places the offending obstacle in front of the LNAV/VNAV DA so it can be seen and avoided. In some situations, this may result in the LNAV/VNAV DA being higher than ... identified. 1. VGSI systems may be used as a visual aid to the pilot to determine if the aircraft is in a position to make a stabilized descent from the MDA. When the visibility is close to minimums, the VGSI…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 4-3-23
  Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-17. VFR Helicopter Operations at Controlled Airports

  well as to wind indications in the vicinity of the helicopter. ATC should be advised of the intended method of departing. A pilot request to takeoff in a given direction indicates that the pilot is willing to accept the wind ... significant distance from the control tower and it may be difficult or impossible for the controller to determine the helicopter’s relative position to the wind…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. G-24
  Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual

  Radar services. Radar is a method whereby radio waves are transmitted into the air and are then received when they have been reflected by an object in the path of the beam. Range is determined by measuring the time ... then return to the receiving antenna. The direction of a detected object from a radar site is determined by the position of the rotating antenna when the reflected portion of the radio wave is received. Radar summary chart. A weather…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 16-12
  Chapter 16: Navigation › Pilotage

  other. [Figure 16-18] Pilotage Pilotage is navigation by reference to landmarks or checkpoints. It is a method of navigation that can be used on any course that has adequate checkpoints, but it is more commonly used in conjunction with ... single checkpoint. Choose ample checkpoints. If one is missed, look for the next one while maintaining the heading. When determining position from checkpoints, remember that the scale of a sectional chart is 1 inch…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 10-2-13
  Chapter 10. Helicopter Operations › Section 2. Special Operations › 10-2-3. Landing Zone Safety

  he/she should use this method to assist the flightcrew by indicating the scene’s clock reference position from the nose of the aircraft. For example, “Accident scene is located at your 2 o’clock position ... Clock” System for Identifying Positions Relative to the Nose of the Aircraft 4. When the helicopter approaches the scene, it will normally orbit at least one time as the flight crew observes the wind direction and obstacles that could interfere…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 1-1-1
  Chapter 1. Air Navigation › Section 1. Navigation Aids › 1-1-3. VHF Omni-directional Range (VOR)

  only positive method of identifying a VOR is by its Morse Code identification or by the recorded automatic voice identification which is always indicated by use of the word “VOR” following the range’s name. Reliance on determining the identification…