Aviats_angl_Tema_4_1_Aeron_Inform_Services

Авиац.англ.Тема 4(1) Aeronautical Infor-

mation Services.

1. Which Annex of ICAO deals with the issues of Aeronautical Information Services? ( № 15).

2.When did Annex 15 of the Chicago Convention become applicable? (1 April 1954).

3. In what publication is the aeronautical information concerning the territory of each country published? (-in AIP).

4. What do the letters AIP stand for? (-Aeron. Informat. Publication).

5. Is AIP an international publication? (-Yes).

6. What is NOTAM short for? (-Notices to Airmen).

7. Into what categories are NOTAMs classified? (-1 and 2).

8. What information is contained in NOTAM? (- concerning the establishment, condition or change in any aeronautical facility, service procedure or hazard the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations. NOTAM information might include advice that a certain air-

space will be temporarily closed because of rocket launching, for example, or that a nav. aid at a particular location is inoperative).

9. What publication has been adopted by ICAO in addition to NOTAM? (-SNOWTAM, a special series of NOTAM informing about the presence or removal of hazardous conditions at airport due to snow, ice, slush or standing water on the aircraft movement areas of airports).

10. What is the task of ICAO AIS personnel? (-They do not provide actual service, but check on whether these services are provided in ICAO member states).

11. How is the information generated by AIS and AIP system used? (-It is directed to pilots before taking off).

12. What information does a pilot need to plan his flight? (-the NOTAM information, e.g., which

airway to follow to the aerodrome of his destination, what facilities are available en route and at the point of destination, the length of the RWs, the communication frequencies, meteorological information, etc.).

13.What information is filed in the flight plan? (-the route the aircraft is to follow,the description of the route, the name of the aerodrome of destination and that of the alternate aerodrome (or aerodromes), what rules of flight will be followed – IFR or VFR or a combination of both ; other information).