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KnowledgeHazards on the ground that do not have lighting.
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- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-24. Use of Aircraft Lights
should be turned off when their light output would constitute a hazard to safety (14 CFR section 91.209). Supplementary strobe lights should be turned off on the ground when they adversely affect ground personnel or other pilots, and in flight…
- Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 6. Potential Flight Hazards › 7-6-13. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (Laser) Operations and…
person on the ground or in the air. The FAA and the Food and Drug Administration (the Federal agency that has the responsibility to enforce compliance with Federal requirements for laser systems and laser light show products) are working together ... ensure that operators of these devices do not pose a hazard to aircraft operators. c. Pilots should be aware that illumination from these laser operations are able to create temporary vision impairment miles from the actual location. In addition, these…
- Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Health and Physiological Factors Affecting Pilot Performance › Visual Illusions
effect with the disoriented pilot pulling the aircraft into a nose-up attitude. Visual Illusions Visual illusions are especially hazardous because pilots rely on their eyes for correct information. Two illusions that lead to spatial disorientation, false horizon and autokinesis ... system only. False Horizon A sloping cloud formation, an obscured horizon, an aurora borealis, a dark scene spread with ground lights and stars, and certain geometric patterns of ground lights can provide inaccurate visual information, or “false horizon,” when attempting…
- Pilot/Controller Glossary › A
more series of flashing lights installed at or near ground level that provides positive visual guidance along an approach path, either curving or straight, where special problems exist with hazardous terrain, obstructions, or noise abatement procedures. 8. RAIL- Runway Alignment…
- Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual
section 23.51: “the calibrated airspeed on the ground at which, as a result of engine failure or other reasons, the pilot assumed to have made a decision to continue or discontinue the takeoff.” Takeoff distance. The distance required to complete ... achieved.” TAWS. See terrain awareness and warning system. Taxiway lights. Omnidirectional lights that outline the edges of the taxiway and are blue in color. Taxiway turnoff lights. Lights that are flush with the runway which emit a steady green color…