Instrument Flying Handbook

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Department of Transportation, 1971 - Flight training - 274 pages

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Page 196 - Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command. (a) The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft.
Page 159 - W., at and above 14,500 feet MSL, but does not include — (a) The airspace less than 1,500 feet above the surface of the earth; or (b) Prohibited and restricted areas, other than restricted area military climb corridors and the restricted areas listed in Subpart D of this part.
Page 159 - North. (b) That airspace of the State of Alaska, including that airspace overlying the waters within 12 nautical miles of the coast, from 18,000 feet MSL to and including FL600 but not including the airspace less than 1,500 feet above the surface of the earth and the Alaska Peninsula west of longitude 160°OOW West.
Page 161 - Minimum descent altitude" means the lowest altitude, expressed in feet above mean sea level, to which descent is authorized on final approach or during circle-to-land maneuvering in execution of a standard instrument approach procedure, where no electronic glide slope is provided. "Minor alteration" means an alteration other than a major alteration.
Page 153 - I must pause for a few seconds." If the pause is longer than a few seconds, or if "STAND-BY" is used to prevent another station from transmitting, it must be followed by the ending "OUT.
Page 69 - The course angle of a landmark is the angle between the lon-gitudinal axis of the aircraft and the direction of the landmark.
Page 155 - Federal airways. § 71.5 Extent of Federal airways. (a) Each Federal airway is based on a centerline that extends from one navigational aid or intersection to another navigational aid (or through several navigational aids or intersections) specified for that airway. (b) Unless otherwise specified in Subpart B or C— (1) Each Federal airway includes the airspace within parallel boundary lines 4 miles each side of the centerline.
Page 196 - In an emergency requiring immediate action, the pilot in command may deviate from any rule of this subpart or of Subpart B to the extent required to meet that emergency. (c) Each pilot in command who deviates from a rule under paragraph (b) of this section shall, upon the request of the Administrator send a written report of that deviation to the Administrator.
Page 213 - Category n operation below the authorized decision height unless — (1) The aircraft is in a position from which a normal approach to the runway...
Page 153 - Repeat all of this message back to me exactly as received after I have given "over.

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