Slide 1

Basic Principles of Airmanship Airfields

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Objectives Understand Airfield Layouts Know how runways are numbered Know how runways & taxiways are marked by day and night Know how approach lights guide an aircraft into land

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Types of Airfield Grass Triangle Pattern Main Instrument Runway

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Wind Speed 20 Knots Airspeed 80 Knots Ground Speed = 60 Knots

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Grass Airfield

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Triangle Pattern Airfield

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Types of Airfield What are the advantages and disadvantages of: Grass airfields? Triangle pattern airfields?

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Modern Main Instrument Runway

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Major Airport

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Modern Main Instrument Runway

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Aircraft are vulnerable to attack if lined up!

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Aircraft Dispersal (Battle of Britain 1940)

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Hardened Aircraft Shelter (HAS) 2004

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Exterior of Hardened Aircraft Shelter

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Damaged HAS in Iraq 2003

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QRA Take Off

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Runways numbered by Magnetic Compass Bearing

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Runway 22 heading South West Runway 04 (Reciprocal) heading North East

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Runways numbered by Magnetic Compass Bearing

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Runway 22 is heading 220

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Air Traffic Control

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Slide 23

Windsock Wind Direction & Strength