General Planning (GP)

INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES WORKBOOK

CHAPTER TWO

207. GENERAL PLANNING (GP)

The ability to quickly locate the correct publications, chapter, and section to answer

aeronautical/IFR-related questions is the emphasis of this section. The body of information in

the DOD FLIP Program is too large for memorization. The student aviator must be selective in

studying, and familiar enough with all the publications to find answers to Instrument Flight

Rules questions.

This homework is designed to "walk you through" the General Planning and Area Planning

publications. The following questions are designed to familiarize you with the general format of

the publications and to show you where information critical to IFR flight planning can be found.

The questions are listed in the order of the information found in the publications.

Chapter One contains an index for _______________.

2. Information on IFR CLEARANCES can be found in _______________, Chapter

_______________.

Information regarding TWO-WAY RADIO FAILURE is located in the_______________.

Chapter Two provides an _______________.

An understanding of the terminology used in instrument aviation is critical to learning the flight

planning process. Although we are not requiring you to write out information about these terms,

it is imperative that you take the time to read over the following terms. Your goal is not to

memorize them; rather, it is to be familiar with the terms and to know where to go to find out

more.

AIRCRAFT APPROACH CATEGORY

AIRCRAFT CLASSES

AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION ZONE/ADIZ

AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION MANUAL/AIM

AIRMET/WA/AIRMAN'S METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION

AIRPORT ADVISORY AREA

AIRPORT ADVISORY SERVICE/AAS

AIRPORT ELEVATION/FIELD ELEVATION

AIRPORT LIGHTING

AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE RADAR/ASR

AIRPORT TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICE

AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER/ARTCC

AIR TRAFFIC CLEARANCE/ATC CLEARANCE

AIRWAY/FEDERAL AIRWAY

ALTERNATE AIRPORT

APPROACH CLEARANCE

APPROACH CONTROL SERVICE

APPROACH SPEED

IFR SUPPLEMENT, FLIGHT INFORMATION HANDBOOK, ENROUTE LOW

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