Air Law Quiz for NPPL Microlight Pilots - Get Your Wings

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#1. 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.
Engine failures and damage to propellers
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

#2. 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 1000ft above QFE 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

#3. When must you file a flight plan?

If flying more than 10nm out to sea

If flying with a passenger

If crossing an international border

It is not a legal requirement to file a flight plan

#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

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

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 10nm 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. What is the maximum permitted angle of bank for a microlight, if not further restricted by the aircrafts permit to fly?

its not specified

Arms repeatedly moved upward and backward.

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

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

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

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

All hours are valid for only 24 months

All hours are valid for only 12 months

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

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

#8. A “Flight” is deemed to be?

When an aircraft starts its engine for the purpose of flight and ends when the aircraft comes to rest after landing

When an aircraft moves under its own power for the purpose of flight and ends when the aircraft comes to rest after landing

When an aircraft starts it's engine for the purpose of flight and ends when the aircraft stops it's engine after landing

When an aircraft moves under its own power for the purpose of flight and ends when the aircraft stops it's engine after landing

#9. What does this symbol mean?

Helicopter landing area

Runway closed

Gliding in progress

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.

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

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

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

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

VFR and ATZ

IFR and VMC

VFR and IFR

VMC and VFR

#12. What is the mandatory flight instrumentation for a microlight?

Compass and Air speed indicator

Air speed Indicator, Altimeter and Compass

Air speed indicator and Altimeter

Compass, Air speed indicator and Fuel gauge

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

Life

12 months

24 months

6 months

#14. 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.

#15. How often is the UKAIP Updated?

28 days

48 hours

12 months

2 months

#16. 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?

Have the license signed by an R rating examiner

Fly an additional hour with an instructor

Retake and pass a GST

Nothing the Licence is still fully valid

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

3,000 ft

3 km

5 km

5 nm

#18. How wide is an “Airway”

2.5nm

5nm

10nm

3nm

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

Select all that apply:

Registration of aircraft

Pilot status

Date of flight

Place of departure

#20. 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:

Receive back the new CoV before any further flights

Pass and inspection by a BMAA inspector

Have a check flight with an Instructor

Sussesfuly complete a check flight

#21. What commercial use may Microlight pilots undertake?

Instructing

Aerial photography and Instructing

towing banners and instructing

Crop spraying and instructing

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

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

A display pilot authorisation from CAA

The organisers written permission

A note from a CFI

Permission form the BMAA

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

Once you have vacated the runway to taxi

Once you have entered the runway

Once you have left your parking area

When your wheels leave the ground

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.

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

Yes but only if it is a VFR flight

Yes

Yes so long at the flight remains under 1000ft

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.

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