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. 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.

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

0 - 2000 above QFE

500 - 3000ft above QFE

1000 - 3000ft above QFE

1000 - 2000ft above QFE

#3. How wide is an “Airway”

3nm

2.5nm

10nm

5nm

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

Yes but towards navigation hours only

yes but not towards your solo or navigation hours

No it's a test

Yes but only if you pass

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

Hypertension (high blood pressure) that is controlled by medication

A physiological disorder that is controlled by medication

Hypotension (low blood pressure) 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)

#6. 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

#7. 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

#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

20mg 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

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

#9. What does this symbol mean?

Hard surfaces for take-offs

Hard surfaces for Taxiing

Hard surfaces for take-off and landings

Hard surfaces for landings

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

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

be at least 1000ft 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 1500ft above the tallest structure 600m clear horizontally and able to glide clear

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

Select all that apply:

Date of flight

Pilot status

Registration of aircraft

Place of departure

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

Permission form the BMAA

A note from a CFI

A display pilot authorisation from CAA

The organisers written permission

#13. 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

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

500

1,500

2,000

1,000

#15. What is the radius of an ATZ if the longest runway is 2000m?

5nm

2.5nm

3nm

2nm

Aerodrome Traffic Zones (ATZ)
ATZ’s are established to give protection to aircraft at the critical stages of flight when departing, arriving and flying in the vicinity of an aerodrome.

Where the longest runway is greater than 1850 metres in length
The zone will normally extend from the surface to 2000 feet above ground level (agl) with a radius of 2.5 NM around the midpoint of the longest runway.

Where the longest runway is less than 1850 metres in length
The zone will normally extend from the surface to 2000 feet agl with a radius of 2.0 NM around the midpoint of the longest runway for aerodromes.

#16. How often is the UKAIP Updated?

28 days

2 months

12 months

48 hours

#17. 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 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

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

#18. What height does a CTA cover?

From 1000ft up to a specified FL

From a QFE up to a specified FL

From a QNH or FL up to a specified FL

From a QNH or FL up to a 10000ft

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

36 months

Life

24 months

12 months

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

its not specified

#21. What does this symbol mean?

Medical flights only

Gliding in progress

Runway closed

Helicopter landing area

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

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

12 seconds, green if civil red in military

32 seconds, red if civil green in military

12 seconds, red if civil green in military

32 seconds, green if civil red in military

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

from 30 mins before sun up to sun down

from sun up to sun down

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

from sun up to 30 mins after sun down

#24. What commercial use may Microlight pilots undertake?

Crop spraying and instructing

Aerial photography and Instructing

towing banners and instructing

Instructing

#25. 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

Nothing the Licence is still fully valid

Fly an additional hour with an instructor

Retake and pass a GST

Finish

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