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4.78 Aerodromes Lighting / Pilot Activated Lighting

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.

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.

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.

4.75.8 Flight in VFR Transit Lanes

1. Purpose
  • Areas of uncontrolled airspace within In CONTROLLED airspace
  • VFR aircraft restricted as little as possible 
  • Transiting VFR traffic separated from arriving and departing IFR flights 
  • and can operate without ATC clearance
2. Description
  • May only be active during the day.
  • Clear of airspace where IFR arrival/departure procedures occur
  • Buffer zones provided between flight paths
  • of arriving and departing IFR flights and each VFR transit lane
3. Appearance on Chart
  • Solid Blue Lines 
  • Letter 'T' followed by 3-digit code 
  • Identifying name.
  • Upper/lower limits  near the Code.
  • "DAY" is added to emphasize day operation only