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. Order of priority in the air is?

Aeroplanes give way to airships and gliders.

Aeroplanes give way to airships gliders and balloons.

Aeroplanes give way to gliders and balloons.

Motorised aeroplanes have the right of way.

#2. What is the minimum amount of third party insurance required for a microlight?
This is measured in Special Drawing or SDR Rights

SDR 2.0 m

SDR 1.0m

SDR 0.5m

SDR 0.75m

An SDR (Special Drawing Right) is a currency unit of the International Monetary Fund and is used worldwide as a method of determining value. It is based on a selection of foreign currencies and therefore fluctuates in value on a continual basis in the same way as any currency does.

#3. Microlights fly under VFR rules how early/late can you fly?

from sun up to sun down

from sun up to 30 mins after sun down

from 30 mins before sun up to sun down

from 30 mins before sun up to 30 mins after sun down

#4. You are in communication with an AFIS (Aerodrome Flight Information Service), where does their authority end?

Once you have left your parking area

Once you have vacated the runway to taxi

When your wheels leave the ground

Once you have entered the runway

Ref: CAA CAP 413

AFISOs are also permitted to pass messages on behalf of other agencies and instructions from the aerodrome operator. If they do so, they will include the name of the agency so that pilots will be aware that the message comes from a legitimate source, e.g. ‘Wrayton Control clears you to join …’.

With the exception of issuing instructions to aircraft on the ground, AFISOs provide an information service relating to the ATZ and aerodrome. They must ensure that the information given to pilots is distinct and unambiguous, as pilots will use
this information for the safe and efficient conduct of their flights.

An AFISO may request pilots to make position reports e.g.downwind, final etc. These requests do not have the status of instructions, although it is expected that most pilots will comply.

From the information provided by the AFISO, the pilot will determine if it is safe to land, take-off or transit
the ATZ. AFISOs are not permitted to refuse entry into the ATZ when requested by a pilot. The aerodrome authority may decide that they will not permit an aircraft to land at their aerodrome and request that the AFISO pass this message on. Such a message must be prefixed: ‘Message from the aerodrome authority…’ AFISOs may not issue such
messages of their own volition.

#5. What does this symbol mean?

Runway closed

Gliding in progress

Helicopter landing area

Medical flights only

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

#6. How wide is an “Airway”

2.5nm

3nm

10nm

5nm

#7. Your NPPL rating is one day over its renewal period of 24 months, you have met the flying requirements, what must you do to continue flying legally?

Fly an additional hour with an instructor

Have the license signed by an R rating examiner

Retake and pass a GST

Nothing the Licence is still fully valid

#8. 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

#9. How long must you keep your personal flying log for after your last flight?

24 months

Life

6 months

12 months

#10. 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

Registration of aircraft

Date of flight

Place of departure

#11. Can you enter a MATZ without clearance to do so?

No unless you are transponder equipped

Only a VFR flight travelling at less than 140kt may enter without clearance

Yes

#12. Which of the following excludes a pilot from making a Pilots Medical Declaration (PMD)?

Hypothyroidism that is controlled by medication

A physiological disorder that is controlled by medication

Hypertension (high blood pressure) that is controlled by medication

Hypotension (low blood pressure) that is controlled by medication

However, a person with a physiological disorder that is controlled by medication may be certified as fit to fly by a CAA Aeromedical Examiner (AME)

#13. NPPL pilots may self-declare themselves medically fit to fly, at what age does this need renewing?

67 and then every 3 years

60 and then every 3 years

55 and then every 3 years

70 and then every 3 years

#14. 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

35mg 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

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

1000 - 2000ft above QFE

500 - 3000ft above QFE

1000 - 3000ft above QFE

0 - 2000 above QFE

#16. What does this signal square image mean?

Direction of take-off and landing may not coincide

Direction of landing is towards the circle

Direction of take-off is towards the circle

Beware, kite flying taking place

#17. When flying over an assembly of how many people, do you need to be at least 1000ft above and able to glide clear?

1,500

2,000

500

1,000

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

A display pilot authorisation from CAA

Permission form the BMAA

The organisers written permission

A note from a CFI

#19. What height does a CTA cover?

From a QFE up to a specified FL

From 1000ft up to a specified FL

From a QNH or FL up to a 10000ft

From a QNH or FL up to a specified FL

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

5 nm

3 km

5 km

3,000 ft

#21. Class E airspace is for both IFR and VFR flights but do you require a clearance to enter it?

Only IFR flights require a clearance to enter it

No neither IFR or VFR flights require a clearance to enter it

Yes both IFR and VFR flights must gain a clearance to enter it

Only VFR flights require a clearance to enter it

Class E. Class E airspace is for IFR and VFR use. IFR aircraft require ATC clearance and compliance with ATC instructions is mandatory for separation purposes. VFR traffic does not require clearance to enter class E airspace.

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

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

12 seconds, red if civil green in military

32 seconds, green if civil red in military

12 seconds, green if civil red in military

32 seconds, red if civil green in military

#24. How often is the UKAIP Updated?

12 months

48 hours

2 months

28 days

#25. What is the marshal indicating in the image when their arms repeatedly crossed above the head.

Stop, The speed of arm movement indicates the urgency of the stop

This way, The speed of arm movement indicates how quickly you should taxi

You are clear to continue

Look here for your next instruction

Finish

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