Approach categories on aircrafts are based upon? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A grouping of aircraft based on a
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speed of 1.3 times the stall speed in the landing configuration at maximum gross landing weight. An aircraft
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must fit in only one category. If it is necessary to maneuver at speeds in excess of the upper limit of a speed
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range for a category, the minimums for the category for that speed must be used. For example, an aircraft
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which falls in Category A, but is circling to land at a speed in excess of 91 knots, must use the approach
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Category B minimums when circling to land.
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Aircraft Aaproach Category A? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔<91 Max circling speed 90Kts
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Aircraft Category B? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔91/120 Max circling speed 120Kts
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Aircraft Category C? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔121/140 Max circling speed 140Kts
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Aircraft Category D? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔141/165 Max circling speed 165Kts
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,Aircraft Category E? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔>165
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What is ETOPS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Extended twin operations. An operator is granted permission to
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operate a twin engined aircraft type on flight in which the aircraft is more than 60 minutes away from a
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suitable alternative aerodrome in the event that the aircraft suffers an engine failure en route.
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Wha are the various ETOPS categories? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Normal extended twin operations (ETOPS)
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categories, vary between 60 and 180 Minutes.
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The first segment on a Takeoff? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔First Segment: The Climb from 35 feet point until
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the landing gears are fully retracted. Conditions in this segment are:
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- landing gear extended
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- flaps in T/O position
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- Speed = V2
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- Climb gradient for 2 engine A/C = Positive
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- Climb gradient for 4 engine A/C = 0.5%
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- Takeoff power
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The second segment on a Takeoff? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Second Segment: Climb from gear retraction
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point until a height of 400 feet is reached. conditions in this segment are:
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- gears retracted
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- flaps in T/O position
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- speed = V2
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- Climb gradient 2 engine a/c 2.4%, and 4 engine a/c 3.0%
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- takeoff power
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, The third segment on a Takeoff? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Third Segment: Its the horizontal distance
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covered after the second segment until the flap retraction speed is reached, to raise the flaps plus the
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distance required to accelerate the aircraft to the flaps up climb speed. It consists of two parts:
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First part of 3rd segment: Distance covered before flap retraction, accelerating to flap retraction speed. The
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conditions are:
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- gears retracted
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- flaps in t/o position
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- speed increasing from v2 to flap retraction speed
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- Climb gradient 2 engine a/c 1.2%, 4 engine a/c 1.7%
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- takeoff power
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Second part of 3rd segment: Distance covered after flap retraction, accelerating to final t/o climb speed. the
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conditions are:
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- gears retracted
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- flaps retracted
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- speed, accelerating from flaps retraction to final t/o climb speed
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- Climb gradient 2 engine a/c 1.2%, 4 engine a/c 1.7%
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- maximum continuous power
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The fourth segment on a Takeoff? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Fourth Segment: the Climb from 400 feet till
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1500 feet is reached, after the end of third segment operating with max continuous power. The conditions
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are:
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- gears retracted
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- flaps retracted
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- speed = final t/o climb speed
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- max continous power
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- Climb gradient 2 engine a/c 1.2%, 4 engine a/c 1.7%
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