Air Law Quiz for NPPL Microlight Pilots - Get Your Wings

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#1. What is the minimum age to hold a NPPL licence for a microlight?

#2. What does this signal square image mean?

Direction of landing is towards the circle

Beware, kite flying taking place

Direction of take-off and landing may not coincide

Direction of take-off is towards the circle

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

A note from a CFI

The organisers written permission

A display pilot authorisation from CAA

Permission form the BMAA

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

#5. How often is the UKAIP Updated?

12 months

48 hours

28 days

2 months

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

VFR and ATZ

IFR and VMC

VFR and IFR

VMC and VFR

Arms repeatedly moved upward and backward.

Right arm down, left arm repeatedly moved upward and backward.

Right or left arm down, the other arm moved across body and extended.

Left arm down, the right arm repeatedly moved upward and backward.

#8. Obstructions in airspace MUST be lit if over what height

500ft

550ft

300ft

250ft

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

Life

12 months

36 months

24 months

#10. 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?

Nothing the Licence is still fully valid

Fly an additional hour with an instructor

Retake and pass a GST

Have the license signed by an R rating examiner

#11. Order of priority in the air is?

Aeroplanes give way to airships and gliders.

Aeroplanes give way to gliders and balloons.

Motorised aeroplanes have the right of way.

Aeroplanes give way to airships gliders and balloons.

#12. 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.

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

Once you have entered the runway

Once you have vacated the runway to taxi

When your wheels leave the ground

Once you have left your parking area

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.

#14. 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 30 mins after sun down

from 30 mins before sun up to sun down

#15. What are the minimum hours required to obtain a full microlight licence?

18hrs
Min solo 10hrs
Min total Nav 5hrs
Min solo Nav 3hrs

25hrs
Min solo 10hrs
Min total Nav 5hrs
Min solo Nav 3hrs

25hrs
Min solo 10hrs
Min total Nav 10hrs
Min solo Nav 5hrs

15hrs
Min solo 10hrs
Min total Nav 3hrs
Min solo Nav 2hrs

#16. 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 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

Air speed is limited to 70kt
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

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

5 nm

5 km

3,000 ft

3 km

#18. What is the maximum permitted angle of bank for a microlight, if not further restricted by the aircrafts permit to fly?

its not specified

#19. How long are logged hours valid for NPPL students taking their GST?

Solo and Navigation hours are valid only for 24 months from the date flown

All hours are valid for only 24 months

Solo and Navigation hours are valid only for 12 months from the date flown

All hours are valid for only 12 months

#20. 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

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

You are clear to continue

Look here for your next instruction

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

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

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

Yes

No unless you are transponder equipped

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

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

67 and then every 3 years

70 and then every 3 years

55 and then every 3 years

60 and then every 3 years

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

Hypertension (high blood pressure) that is controlled by medication

Hypotension (low blood pressure) that is controlled by medication

A physiological disorder that is controlled by medication

Hypothyroidism 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)

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

3km

1.5km

1km

3.5km

For fixed wing aircraft operating at 140kt or less:

1500 m flight visibility

Clear of cloud

In sight of the surface.

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