Air Law Quiz for NPPL Microlight Pilots - Get Your Wings

Welcome to our air law quiz, this quiz is provided for you to test your skills and to have some fun, it is not to be taken as an indication that you are ready to take the air law exam, that is for your instructor to assess!

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#1. Can the time flown on your GST be counted towards you minimum required hours?

No it's a test

Yes but only if you pass

yes but not towards your solo or navigation hours

Yes but towards navigation hours only

#2. Which rules of the air do Microlights operate under?

IFR and VMC

VFR and IFR

VMC and VFR

VFR and ATZ

#3. Which of the following are notifiable?

Anyone killed or seriously injured while in or in direct contact.
Aircraft has structural damage or failures that impact its flying strength performance or needs major repairs.
If the aircraft is missing.

Anyone killed or seriously injured while in or in direct contact.
If the aircraft is missing.
Engine failures and damage to propellers

#4. What are the operation limitations on an NPPL restricted license?

Air speed is limited to 70kt
No passengers (unless over 25 hours flown)
Must not fly further than 8nm from take off site

Air speed is limited to 70kt
No passengers (unless over 25 hours flown)
Must not fly further than 10nm from take off site

May not fly with a cloud base of less than 1000ft
10Km visibility
No passengers (unless over 25 hours flown)
Must not fly further than 8nm from take off site

May not fly with a cloud base of less than 2000ft and +10Km visibility
No passengers (unless over 25 hours flown)
Must not fly further than 8nm from take off site

The minimum requirements before applying to the BMAA for your NPPL (M) restricted license are:

Flight time under instruction – 15 hours in total, which has to include 7 hours solo
You also need to hold a valid medical declaration / certificate in order to fly solo

The restricted licence means:

The pilot must not fly more than 8nm from the departure airfield.
The pilot must not fly when the cloud base is lower than 1000ft above ground level (AGL) and/or visibility is less than 10KM

#5. Can a flight enter an ATZ without permission?

Yes so long at the flight remains under 1000ft

Yes but only if it is a VFR flight

Yes

Rule 11 of The Rules of the Air Regulations 2015 – Flying within an ATZ

To comply with Rule 11
1. An aircraft must not fly, take off or land within the ATZ of an aerodrome unless the commander of the aircraft has complied with 2, 3 or 4 as appropriate.

2. If the aerodrome has an air traffic control unit the commander must obtain the permission of that unit to enable the flight to be conducted safely within the ATZ.

3. If the aerodrome provides a flight information service the commander must obtain information from the flight information centre to enable the flight to be conducted safely within the ATZ.

4. If there is no flight information centre at the aerodrome the commander must obtain information from the air/ground communication service to enable the flight to be conducted safely within the ATZ.

#6. What does this symbol mean?

Hard surfaces for Taxiing

Hard surfaces for take-offs

Hard surfaces for landings

Hard surfaces for take-off and landings

#7. How long is the Microlight class rating valid for?

12 months

36 months

24 months

Life

#8. What is the alcohol limit for a pilot?

15mg per 100ml in the blood 9 micrograms in 100ml of breath 27 mg in 100ml of urine

25mg per 100ml in the blood 9 micrograms in 100ml of breath 27 mg in 100ml of urine

20mg per 100ml in the blood 9 micrograms in 100ml of breath 27 mg in 100ml of urine

35mg per 100ml in the blood 9 micrograms in 100ml of breath 27 mg in 100ml of urine

#9. When must you file a flight plan?

If flying more than 10nm out to sea

If crossing an international border

It is not a legal requirement to file a flight plan

If flying with a passenger

#10. Your Certificate of Validity (CoV) for your Permit to Fly has expired. what do you need to do to resume flying?

Select all that apply:

Pass and inspection by a BMAA inspector

Receive back the new CoV before any further flights

Sussesfuly complete a check flight

Have a check flight with an Instructor

#11. In order to carry passengers, you are required to have made 3 takeoffs and three landings as the sole manipulator of the controls in the previous how many days?

120

You are allowed to fly the 3 takeoffs and landings with a pilot who is legally entitled to fly the type so long as you are the sole manipulator of the flight controls.

#12. What does this symbol mean?

Medical flights only

Runway closed

Helicopter landing area

Gliding in progress

A white double cross signifies that glider flying is in progress. A larger version marks an area to be used only by gliders.

#13. In order to carry an non pilot of type as a passenger you must have completed

Six take-offs and landings in the last 60 days

Three take-offs and landings in the last 90 days

Six take-offs and landings in the last 90 days

Three take-offs and landings in the last 60 days

#14. What does a white flare from aircraft or irregular switching of navigation or landing lights mean?

My undercarriage won't lock down

I have no radio

I need to land in the opposite direction

I am compelled to land

#15. Which of the following is it compulsory to record in a pilot’s personal log book? (tick all that apply)

Select all that apply:

Pilot status

Place of departure

Registration of aircraft

Date of flight

#16. What is the minimum age you can fly solo in a microlight?

#17. Order of priority in the air is?

Aeroplanes give way to gliders and balloons.

Aeroplanes give way to airships and gliders.

Aeroplanes give way to airships gliders and balloons.

Motorised aeroplanes have the right of way.

#18. What is the minimum visibility in Class D airspace when flying VFR below 3,000ft?

3,000 ft

5 km

5 nm

3 km

#19. Air Light Beacons – identification beacon flash 2 letter Morse every how many seconds and are what colour?

32 seconds, green if civil red in military

32 seconds, red if civil green in military

12 seconds, red if civil green in military

12 seconds, green if civil red in military

#20. What altitude are you limited to when using MOGAS?

You are not limited

6000ft

5000ft

10000ft

#21. To display fly at an airshow you must have?

The organisers written permission

A note from a CFI

Permission form the BMAA

A display pilot authorisation from CAA

#22. What is the minimum visibility in Class G airspace for a flight below 3000ft and travelling then 140kt?

1.5km

1km

3.5km

3km

For fixed wing aircraft operating at 140kt or less:

1500 m flight visibility

Clear of cloud

In sight of the surface.

#23. When flying over a built up area you must

be at least 1000ft above the tallest structure 600m clear horizontally and able to glide clear

be at least 1500ft above the tallest structure 600m clear horizontally and able to glide clear

be at least 1000ft above the tallest structure 600ft clear horizontally and able to glide clear

be at least 1000ft above QFE 600m clear horizontally and able to glide clear

#24. The panhandle of a MATZ starts and ends at what heights?

1000 - 2000ft above QFE

500 - 3000ft above QFE

0 - 2000 above QFE

1000 - 3000ft above QFE

#25. Do you need a flight radio telephony operator licence (FRTOL) to fly a Microlight

Yes
Once you have your NPPL you must apply for a FRTOL

No
Not if the the microlight is not radio equipped or if equipped you do not use it
Not if you are a student and your instructor has a licence

Yes it is a requirement of the ANO

No
So long as it's a handheld radio
Not if you are a student and your instructor has a licence

ANO Section 5

Operation of radio in aircraft 79.

(1) A radio station in an aircraft must not be operated, whether or not the aircraft is in flight, except—
(a) in accordance with the conditions of the licence issued for that station under the law of the country in which the
aircraft is registered or the State of the operator; and
(b) by a person duly licensed or otherwise permitted to operate the radio station under that law.
(2) The radio station in an aircraft must not be operated so as to cause interference which
impairs the efficiency of aeronautical telecommunications or navigational services.

Wireless Telegraphy (WT) Act 1949

Under the Wireless Telegraphy (WT) Act 1949 it is an offence to install or use radio transmission equipment without a licence.

Glider pilots and student pilots under training are, subject to certain conditions, exempt under ANO Article 26 from the requirement to hold a FRTOL. However, glider pilots without a FRTOL are not permitted to use the radio to communicate with an Air Traffic Control (ATC) unit.

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