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 height does a CTA cover?

From 1000ft up to a specified FL

From a QNH or FL up to a specified FL

From a QNH or FL up to a 10000ft

From a QFE up to a specified FL

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

0 - 2000 above QFE

1000 - 2000ft above QFE

1000 - 3000ft above QFE

500 - 3000ft above QFE

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

5 nm

5 km

3 km

3,000 ft

#4. A “Flight” is deemed to be?

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 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 stops it's engine 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

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

VMC and VFR

IFR and VMC

VFR and ATZ

VFR and IFR

#6. 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

#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?

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

#8. 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

#9. What commercial use may Microlight pilots undertake?

Crop spraying and instructing

towing banners and instructing

Aerial photography and Instructing

Instructing

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

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

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

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

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

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

5000ft

10000ft

You are not limited

6000ft

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

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

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

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

Select all that apply:

Place of departure

Registration of aircraft

Date of flight

Pilot status

#14. What does this signal square image mean?

Direction of take-off is towards the circle

Beware, kite flying taking place

Direction of landing is towards the circle

Direction of take-off and landing may not coincide

#15. How often is the UKAIP Updated?

28 days

2 months

12 months

48 hours

#16. 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 entered the runway

When your wheels leave the ground

Once you have vacated the runway to taxi

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.

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

Compass, Air speed indicator and Fuel gauge

Compass and Air speed indicator

Air speed Indicator, Altimeter and Compass

Air speed indicator and Altimeter

#18. 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

#19. 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

Yes it is a requirement of the ANO

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

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.

#20. What does this symbol mean?

Hard surfaces for landings

Hard surfaces for take-off and landings

Hard surfaces for take-offs

Hard surfaces for Taxiing

#21. Order of priority in the air is?

Aeroplanes give way to gliders and balloons.

Aeroplanes give way to airships gliders and balloons.

Aeroplanes give way to airships and gliders.

Motorised aeroplanes have the right of way.

#22. When must you file a flight plan?

If flying with a passenger

It is not a legal requirement to file a flight plan

If crossing an international border

If flying more than 10nm out to sea

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

Yes but towards navigation hours only

No it's a test

Yes but only if you pass

yes but not towards your solo or navigation hours

#24. What does this symbol mean?

Runway closed

Gliding in progress

Medical flights only

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.

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

Hypothyroidism that is controlled by medication

Hypotension (low blood pressure) that is controlled by medication

A physiological disorder that is controlled by medication

Hypertension (high 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)

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