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103 ms- §7-5-5AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-5-5 — Pilot Advisories on Bird and Other Wildlife Hazards
Many airports advise pilots of other wildlife hazards caused by large animals on the runway through the Chart Supplement and the NOTAM system. Collisions of landing and departing aircraft and animals on the runway are increasing and are not
- §7-5-6AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-5-6 — Flights Over Charted U.S. Wildlife Refuges, Parks, and Forest Service Areas
a. The landing of aircraft is prohibited on lands or waters administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or U.S. Forest Service without authorization from the respective agency. Exceptions include: 1. When fo
- §7-6-1AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-1 — Accident Causal Factors
a. The 10 most frequent causal factors for general aviation accidents that involve the pilot‐in‐command are: 1. Inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning. 2. Failure to obtain and/or maintain flying speed. 3. Failure to maintain
- §7-6-2AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-2 — Reporting Radio/Radar Altimeter Anomalies
a. Background. 1. The radio altimeter (also known as radar altimeter or RADALT) is a safety-critical aircraft system used to determine an aircraft's height above terrain. It is the only sensor onboard the aircraft capable of providing a d
- §7-6-3AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-3 — VFR in Congested Areas
A high percentage of near midair collisions occur below 8,000 feet AGL and within 30 miles of an airport. When operating VFR in these highly congested areas, whether you intend to land at an airport within the area or are just flying throug
- §7-6-4AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-4 — Obstructions To Flight
a. General. Many structures exist that could significantly affect the safety of your flight when operating below 500 feet above ground level (AGL), and particularly below 200 feet AGL. While 14 CFR part 91.119 allows flight below 500 feet A
- §7-6-5AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-5 — Avoid Flight Beneath Unmanned Balloons
a. The majority of unmanned free balloons currently being operated have, extending below them, either a suspension device to which the payload or instrument package is attached, or a trailing wire antenna, or both. In many instances these b
- §7-6-6AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-6 — Unmanned Aircraft Systems
a. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), formerly referred to as “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” (UAVs) or “drones,” are having an increasing operational presence in the NAS. Once the exclusive domain of the military, UAS are now being operated by va
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7-6-7 — Mountain Flying
a. Your first experience of flying over mountainous terrain (particularly if most of your flight time has been over the flatlands of the Midwest) could be a never‐to‐be‐forgotten nightmare if proper planning is not done and if you are not a
- §7-6-8AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-8 — Use of Runway Half-way Signs at Unimproved Airports
When installed, runway half-way signs provide the pilot with a reference point to judge takeoff acceleration trends. Assuming that the runway length is appropriate for takeoff (considering runway condition and slope, elevation, aircraft wei
- §7-6-9AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-9 — Seaplane Safety
a. Acquiring a seaplane class rating affords access to many areas not available to landplane pilots. Adding a seaplane class rating to your pilot certificate can be relatively uncomplicated and inexpensive. However, more effort is required
- §7-6-10AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-10 — Flight Operations in Volcanic Ash
a. Severe volcanic eruptions which send ash and sulphur dioxide (SO2) gas into the upper atmosphere occur somewhere around the world several times each year. Flying into a volcanic ash cloud can be exceedingly dangerous. A B747-200 lost all
- §7-6-11AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-11 — Emergency Airborne Inspection of Other Aircraft
a. Providing airborne assistance to another aircraft may involve flying in very close proximity to that aircraft. Most pilots receive little, if any, formal training or instruction in this type of flying activity. Close proximity flying wit
- §7-6-12AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-12 — Precipitation Static
a. Precipitation static is caused by aircraft in flight coming in contact with uncharged particles. These particles can be rain, snow, fog, sleet, hail, volcanic ash, dust; any solid or liquid particles. When the aircraft strikes these neut
- §7-6-13AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-13 — Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (Laser) Operations and Reporting Illumination of Aircraft
a. Lasers have many applications. Of concern to users of the National Airspace System are those laser events that may affect pilots, e.g., outdoor laser light shows or demonstrations for entertainment and advertisements at special events an
- §7-6-14AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-14 — Flying in Flat Light, Brown Out Conditions, and White Out Conditions
a. Flat Light. Flat light is an optical illusion, also known as “sector or partial white out.” It is not as severe as “white out” but the condition causes pilots to lose their depth-of-field and contrast in vision. Flat light conditions are
- §7-6-15AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-15 — Operations in Ground Icing Conditions
a. The presence of aircraft airframe icing during takeoff, typically caused by improper or no deicing of the aircraft being accomplished prior to flight has contributed to many recent accidents in turbine aircraft. The General Aviation Join
- §7-6-16AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
7-6-16 — Avoid Flight in the Vicinity of Exhaust Plumes (Smoke Stacks and Cooling Towers)
a. Flight Hazards Exist Around Exhaust Plumes. Exhaust plumes are defined as visible or invisible emissions from power plants, industrial production facilities, or other industrial systems that release large amounts of vertically directed u
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7-6-17 — Space Launch and Reentry Area
Locations where commercial space launch and/or reentry operations occur. Hazardous operations occur in space launch and reentry areas, and for pilot awareness, a rocket-shaped symbol is used to depict them on sectional aeronautical charts.
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7-6-18 — Automatic Landing Operations
Prior to conducting automatic landing operations, pilots are expected to determine that the flight control and instrument approach guidance systems being used permit safe, automatically flown landings to be conducted at that runway. The ana