Resources & Links
- Air Law Notes
- Airspace Classifications
- Airchart Symbols
- VFR / Airspace
Air law and navigation You should:
- be able to name the sources and promulgation methods of UK Aviation Law
- understand the NOTAM and CANP systems
- be able to interpret aeronautical charts (including scales, differences in the level of information depicted, validity periods, and symbols)
- understand the basic structure of Zones, Areas and Airways
- know the dimensions of ATZs and MATZs
- understand the usage of various altimeter settings (QFE, QNH, 1013.2 hPa)
- know the Rules of the Air (especially the low-flying rules, and the aerial collision avoidance rules)
- be able to define VMC and VFR (minima, rules)
- know the legal definitions of night, sunset and sunrise and the relevant flying restrictions relating to them
- be able to define IMC and IFR (basic differences from VMC rules)
- appreciate the factors affecting compasses (deviation and variation)
- be able to interpret warning signs
- understand commonly used abbreviations and initials
- be able to distinguish between types of airspace that permit glider entry and those that don’t (e.g. AIAAs, MATZs, Danger Areas)
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