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Enroute Aeronautical Chart1. Locate the Palmdale VOR (PMD)2. Locate the Van Nuys VOR/DME (VNY)3. What information is transmitted to the aircraft by a VOR?4. What information is transmitted to the aircraft by a DME?5. What is “VOR radial”6. What is a “DME arc”7. What are “Victor Airways” Give an example.8. What is a MEA? What is a MOCA?9. What are “Intersections”? How are intersections defined? Give an example.10. What is “Mode C”? Why is there a Mode C circle at 30nm radius from the LAXVOR/DME?Copyright Lance Sherry 200922
Las Vegas to Burbank RouteSouthwest Airlines records indicate that the accident airplane arrived at LAS fromLos Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, about 1630, almost 2hours behind schedule, because of rain and gusting winds in the LAS area. …Flight 1455 departed the gate about 1650, more than 2 hours behind schedule.[Aircraft schedule Flight XXXX Depart LAX 13:20 and Arrive LAS 14:25Flight 1455 Depart LAS 14:45 Arrive BUR 15:45]1. Draw a space-time diagram for Flight 1455 (LAX-LAS-BUR). Show: ScheduledDeparture Times (SDT), Scheduled Arrival Times (SAT), Actual Arrival Times(AAT), Actual Departure Times (ADT), Scheduled Turn Around Time (STAT),Actual Turn Around Time (ATAT), Slack. (Assume Schedule Turn Around Time= 20 minutes)LAX __________________________________________________________________LAS __________________________________________________________________BUR __________________________________________________________________During post-accident interviews, the flight crew indicated to Safety Boardinvestigators that the takeoff and en route portions of the flight to BUR werenormal and uneventful. The first officer stated that after the flight crossed thePMD very high frequency omni-directional radio range (VOR)2 navigationtransmitter at 8,000 feet, he obtained information Oscar from the BUR airportterminal information service (ATIS),Copyright Lance Sherry 200923
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