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Emergency procedures

Planning
Distress beacons
Emergency signals
Forced landings
Communication failure
Mercy flights

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General

Introduction

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Medical certificate
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Classification of operations
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Documents to be carried
Carriage of animals
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Engine ground operations
Seating
Pre take-off
In flight
Accidents and incidents

Radio telephony procedures

General
Words and phrases
SARTIME and SARWATCH
General phrases
Frequency management
Traffic information
Meteorological information
Clearances
Approach and area control
Starting and initial clearance issue
Taxi procedures
Aerodrome movements
After take-off
Arrival at aerodrome
ATS Surveillance Service Phraseologies
ATS surveillance system communication and navigation
Speed control
Traffic information
Secondary surveillance radar
Callsigns

Conversions

Pressure, temperature and speed
Distance, volume and mass

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Prohibited, restricted and danger areas
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Light and ground signals
Displaced threshold

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Primary and secondary radar
Transponder operation

Pre-flight planning

Preparation

Pre-flight information
Radio communications requirements
Alternate due to weather
Alternate due to facilities
Take-off and landing requirements
Icing
Fuel requirements
Fuel planning
Time
Daylight and darkness
Charts
Prohibited, restricted and danger areas

Meteorology

Services
Forecasts
Forecasts and reports
Forecast terminology
Graphical area forecasts (GAF)
Grid point wind and temperature (GPWT) forecasts
Aerodrome forecasts
Aerodrome forecasts and reports
Trend type forecasts
Wind shear warning service
Meteorological advice

Flights over water

Pre-flight
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Designated remote areas

Maps

Safety precautions

Passengers
Pre-flight
ELT

Pre-flight briefing and notification

Pre-flight services
NAIPS
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Flight information service

In-flight information

operations

General information

Classes of airspace
VFR altimetry
Visual flight rules
Visual meteorological conditions
ATS surveillance services
VASIS

Class G communications

Listening watch
Frequency management
Radiotelephony requirements
Interpilot air-to-air communication
CTAF
AFRU
CA/GRS
UNICOM
Summary

Non-controlled aerodromes

General
Airmanship
Circuit procedures
Arrivals, departures and transits
Radio unserviceability
Night circuits
Traffic mix
Hazards
SARWATCH and SARTIME

Cruising level requirements

Prohibited, restricted and danger areas
Navigation position fixing

Controlled airspace

General
Airways clearance
En route
Engine start and taxi
Take-off
After take-off
Arrival
Visual approach
Holding
Landing

Class D airspace

General
Class D airspace requirements
En route
Inbound
Outbound

Class E and Class G airspace

VFR in Class E airspace
Surveillance Information Service in Class E and Class G airspace

Sport and recreational aviation activities

Gliding operations
Parachuting operations
Ballooning

Air defence identification zone

General
Visual signals

Night VFR

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General flight operations
Lowest safe altitude
Alternates

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Requirements

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Visual meteorological conditions
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Over-water flights

Emergency procedures

Planning

Distress beacons

Overview
Carriage requirements
Types of beacon
Operation
Activation
Registration
Testing
Emergency activation

Emergency signals

Forced landings

Initial action
Hints for survival

Communication failure

Procedures

Mercy flights

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