Clearance bar lights are installed at holding positions on taxiways in order to increase the conspicuity of the holding position in low visibility. They may also be installed to indicate the location of: An intersecting taxiway.
a. The following reports should be made to ATC or FSS facilities without a
specific ATC request:
1. At all times:
(a) When vacating any previously assigned altitude or flight level for a
newly assigned altitude or flight level.
(b) When an altitude change will be made if operating on a clearance specifying
VFR-on-top.
(c) When unable to climb/descend at a rate of at least 500 feet per minute.
(d) When approach has been missed. (Request clearance for specific action; i.e.,
to alternative airport, another approach, etc.)
(e) Change in the average true airspeed (at cruising altitude) when it varies by
5 percent or 10 knots (whichever is greater) from that filed in the flight plan.
(f) The time and altitude or flight level upon reaching a holding fix or point
to which cleared.
(g) When leaving any assigned holding fix or point.
During ILS PRM Operations: The tower controller and the monitor
controller will be broadcasting on both of the assigned frequencies. The
monitor controller has the capability of overriding the tower controller. The
pilots flying the approach will listen to both frequencies and only
broadcast on the primary tower frequency.
At cabin pressure altitudes above 15,000 feet, the periphery of the visual
field grays out to a point where only central vision remains (tunnel vision). A
blue coloration (cyanosis) of the fingernails and lips develops. The ability to
take corrective and protective action is lost in: 20 to 30 minutes at 18,000
feet and 5 to 12 minutes at 20,000 feet, followed soon thereafter by
unconsciousness.
Ditching requires 500' of landing surface
Pilots flying an "interchange" or "leased" aircraft not bearing the
colors/markings of the company operating the aircraft should inform the terminal
ATC facility on first contact the name of the operating company and
trip number, followed by the company name as displayed on the aircraft, and
aircraft type.
The ILS system may be divided functionally into three parts:
(a) Guidance information: localizer, glide slope,
(b) Range information: marker beacon, DME, and
(c) Visual information: approach lights, touchdown and centerline lights,
runway lights.
Mile—A statute mile is 5,280 feet. A nautical mile is 6,076 feet.
When filing IFR it to the pilot's advantage to file a Preferred Route
4500 Spoken as Four Thousand Five Hundred
If you call ATC prior to entering Class C airspace and the controller responds
with: "(aircraft call sign) standby," the pilot: Can enter the Class C
airspace.
When receiving radar vectors or deviating because of weather along the route,
it is recommended that the GPS be:
Augmented by use of another navigation source.
When calling a Flight Service Station from a location which is remote from the
FSS, the pilot should be sure to:
Let the FSS know his location and over which frequency he is expecting a reply.