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Compass error resulting from magnetic interference of the radios, aircraft electronics, and the engine
What is Compass Deviation?
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Term used to allow an aircraft to access the departure runway, but not take off
What is "Line Up and Wait"?
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METAR term for "mist"
What is "BR"?
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A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas contained in exhaust fumes of combustion engines
What is Carbon Monoxide (CO)?
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Unless otherwise noted, direction of all turns at uncontrolled airports
What are LEFT turns?
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Sectional Chart lines showing magnetic variation
What are Isogonic lines?
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Type of airspace at US international boundaries
What is an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)?
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Standard day (ISA) pressure in hectopaschals
What is 1013.2
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An abnormal increase in the volume of air breathed in and out of the lungs that can occur subconsciously when a stressful situation is encountered
What is Hyperventilation?
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Sectional chart symbol for a designated VFR reporting point
What is a magenta flag?
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The symbol for stall speed in landing configuration at maximum weight
What is VSO?
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Facility that controls aircraft arriving or departing major metropolitan air traffic areas
What is a TRACON (Terminal RAdar CONtrol)?
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Usual Terminal Area Forecast (TAF) period of validity
What is 24 hours?
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A state of oxygen deficiency in the body sufficient to impair functions of the brain and other organs
What is Hypoxia?
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Number shown in quadrangles bounded by ticked lines of latitude and longitude represented in Thousands and Hundreds of feet above mean sea level
What is the Maximum Elevation Figure (MEF)?
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The part of the VOR indicator that shows relative lateral position
What is a Course Deviation Indicator (CDI)?
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Possible base altitudes of Class E airspace
What are "Surface", "700 ft AGL", "1200 ft AGL", and "14,500 ft MSL"?
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Most dangerous line of thunderstorm activity
What is a Squall Line?
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Physician who specializes in aviation medicine and who is authorized to conduct an FAA medical examination
What is an Aviation Medical Examiner (AME)?
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Scale of a Sectional Chart
What is 1:500,000?
500
Term used to specify azimuth from a VOR
What is a Radial?
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Usual top of Class C airspace
What is 4000 ft AGL?
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Small scale intense downdrafts which, on reaching the surface, spread outward in all directions from the downdraft center
What is a microburst?
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Ear pressure equalization technique of closing the mouth, pinching the nose closed, and attempting to blow through the nostrils
What is a Valsalva maneuver?
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Color and style of line depicting Class C airspace?
What is a solid magenta line?