High Altitude Aircraft Operations
| Objective: |
To familiarize the student with the knowledge, procedures, and risks involved in high altitude operations. |
| Content: |
- High Altitude Weather:
- The tropopause
- The jet stream
- Cirrus clouds
- Clear air turbulence
- Condensation trails
- Exhaust contrails
- Aerodynamic contrails
- Dissipation trails
- Haze layers
- Canopy static
- Icing
- Thunderstorms
- High altitude airspace and requirements
- Oxygen Systems and Requirements
- Masks
- Diluter demand oxygen systems
- Pressure demand oxygen systems
- Continuous Flow oxygen systems
- Servicing of oxygen systems
- Ice control systems
- Airfoil ice control
- Windscreen ice control
- Propeller ice control
- Other ice control systems
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See Aviation Weather (AC 00-6A) C. 13
See Aviation Weather (AC 00-6A) C. 13 Figures
See PHAN C. 5-24 to 5-29
See PHAN C. 5 Figures |
| Completion Standards: |
The lesson is complete when the instructor determines that the student understands the knowledge presented in this lesson completely. |
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