Month: September 2021

4.82.14 Procedures for Directing a Surface Craft to a Distress Incident

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1. Contact
  • Transmitting precise instructions by any means available
  • If such precise instructions cannot be transmitted,
  • they should be given by carrying out the following procedure
    2. Circle
    • Circle the surface craft at least once.
    3. Cross
    • Cross the projected course of the surface craft
    • close ahead at low altitude: 
    • rocking the aircraft or
    • opening and closing the throttle or
    • changing the propeller pitch.
      4. Direction
      • Head in the direction in which the surface craft is to be directed and
      • Repeat these procedures until the
      • surface craft acknowledges.

         

        4.82.8 How ATC will verify the transmission of a 7500 Transponder Code.

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        1. Controller Verifies 7500
        • Controller will attempt to verify by radio
        • that the code selection is intentional
        • “ ... (CALL SIGN) ... CONFIRM SQUAWKING SEVEN FIVE ZERO ZERO"
        2. Reply
        • If  reply is "Affirmative" or if No Reply received,
        • this indicates the aircraft is subjected to unlawful interference.

        4.78 Aerodromes Lighting / Pilot Activated Lighting

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        1. General
        • At most aerodromes lighting duration is 20 minutes
        • By keying  the aircraft transmitter
        • on the designated frequency 
        • the lighting options change.
        2. Activation
        • Five rapid and short transmissions,
        • collectively not exceeding three seconds.
        3. Brilliance
        • To change intensity, repeat  activation sequence,but
        • hold the button down on the last transmission.
        • Lighting intensity  continuously cycles
        • until the transmit button is released.
        4. Runway Selection
        • Where alternative runways are available the cycling will
        • include changing to the next runway(s) and
        • cycling their brilliance before starting the cycle again.
        5. Reactivation
        • At any time a single transmission will
        • reset the lighting timer for a further 20 minutes.
        • Note: There is no warning prior to the lights turning off.

        4.66.2 Radar Services available to VFR flights.

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        2. Radar Assistance
        • Provided for VFR flights in classes C and D airspace.
        • In Class G airspace, help is available in an emergency
        • or with navigation
        1. Purpose
        • Radar is used mainly to separate aircraft within
        • controlled airspace and to
        • assist aircraft in an emergency
        3. Radar Vectoring
        • Heading instructions are given to a pilot by a radar controller
        • Different from radar assistance
        • Vectoring may be needed if you have inadvertently gone off course or
        • when ATC wants to maintain aircraft separation.

        4.76.8 Meaning of the various Aerodrome Ground Signals.

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        1. Parachute Landing
        • Red and white cone 
        • Point of cone points into wind
        • Dropping area is active.
        2. Agricultural Operations
        • White Letter "A"
        • indicates agricultural operations
        • May NOT comply with circuit direction
        3. Gliding Operations
        • Arrow made of white fabric strips 
        • indicates Gliding in progress.
        • Landing and towing is in the direction of the arrow.
        • Tow lines likely to be on the ground around towing source.
        4. Unfit for Use
        • White crosses displayed horizontally
        • on the manoeuvring area
        • indicate ground or runway
        • is unfit for use.