Air Law exam on Saturday
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Air Law exam on Saturday
I've read Jeremy Pratts PPL 1 book on air law (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Private-Pilo...e=UTF8&s=books) and am taking the exam on Saturday. I've just had a panic though because I've only read Law* and none of the Comm* stuff (I thought that would be a seperate exam).
Do I need to quickly get through the comm* section or is the exam just the law* stuff ? I'm very worried that I've only read 80% of the literature.
BTW I am flying from the UK.
Do I need to quickly get through the comm* section or is the exam just the law* stuff ? I'm very worried that I've only read 80% of the literature.
BTW I am flying from the UK.
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Not entirely true - there is some crossover between the two sections. For example, there were questions on LARS and DAAIS/DACS in my air law exam. There was also a requirement to at least know what the circuit looked like and what distances final / long final etc would be defined as.
I would at least read and understand the comms section before doing the exam.
Better still - sign up to www.airquiz.com and do some of the exam questions.
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I would at least read and understand the comms section before doing the exam.
Better still - sign up to www.airquiz.com and do some of the exam questions.
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You should not have to read the Comms section of that book. I used the Pratt books for my PPL. I also used www.airquiz.com
It wont hurt to start reading the comms section in the mean time.
It wont hurt to start reading the comms section in the mean time.
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Don't worry about the air law exam-I read the Jeremy Pratt air law section(not the comms)and passed without any problems.
I would recommend you get the PPL Confuser book as it tests the knowledge you have read. It's very easy to just read something and not properly absorb it-especially with something incredibly dull(although vital) like air law. The Confuser is just like the exams themselves and is great preparation.
Good luck!
I would recommend you get the PPL Confuser book as it tests the knowledge you have read. It's very easy to just read something and not properly absorb it-especially with something incredibly dull(although vital) like air law. The Confuser is just like the exams themselves and is great preparation.
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The trick to keeping your examiner and instructor happy in the air law exam is to get the right answer to questions that actually matter, like, say, rights of way - nobody cares if you can't remember the date of the Chicago Convention.
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Im sure you will be fine but since you are going to have to learn comms at some point anyway, why not give it a read through before the weekend?
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Sure. But I got through one of my finals exams that way - I knew perfectly well that I was useless at one part of the syllabus, so made sure I knew enough to get full marks on the bits that I could cope with!
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I'm confused
Ground Symbols:
"T" - Take-off and landing in the direction of the shaft of the T
Erm, is that the "horizontal" shaft, or the "vertical" shaft ?
"T" - Take-off and landing in the direction of the shaft of the T
Erm, is that the "horizontal" shaft, or the "vertical" shaft ?
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Towards....
This doc may also be helpful (see page 64)
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP637.PDF
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Thankfully I managed to pass AirLaw without being asked for that particular fact, but it's one I have always been concerned about as in my mind a T points away from the crossbar (so T is pointing down in this case), and would I if confronted with a non-radio field (without a radio) remember that its towards the crossbar...
The way I try to remember is that it mimicks the approach lights coming up to the threshold.
The way I try to remember is that it mimicks the approach lights coming up to the threshold.
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When you look at a light aircraft from above it looks a bit like a Tee. The Tee on the ground in a way depicts the direction a landing/taking off aeroplane on the ground. (Does that read right, I'm not sure!)
