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What is a departure procedure?
Standard instrument departure (SID) routes, also known as departure procedures (DP), are published flight procedures followed by aircraft on an IFR flight plan immediately after takeoff from an airport.
What are the normal minimums for a CAT I ILS approach with all components operative?
The garden variety Cat I ILS, with which most instrument-rated pilots are familiar, utilizes a DH of not less than 200 feet. Visibility minimums are usually one half mile or 2,400 feet runway visual range and may be reduced to 1,800 feet RVR if operative touchdown zone and centerline lights are available.
What is a non-Precision runway?
Non-precision instrument runway means a runway having an existing instrument approach procedure utilizing air navigation facilities with only horizontal guidance, or area type navigation equipment, for which a straight-in non-precision instrument approach procedure has been approved, or planned, and for which no …
How does the Boeing 737 MAX sense stall margin?
What the much ballyhooed system in the 737 MAX does is sense an increasing AOA when the pilot is hand flying the airplane. When the AOA reaches a point without enough stall margin, the system adds some nose-down pitch trim. That pitches the nose down and gives the pilot the stick force to know that he is pulling too close to the stall margin.
What is this 737 OPS manual for?
This section is a compilation of pilots and engineers notes on all series of 737 to help the reader both fly and understand the aircraft. As always, please regard these as background information only, your company Ops Manual should be the definitive source of procedures and operational data.
How does Boeing’s 737 MAX change pitch trim?
Because the new MAX version of the 737 has heavier engines and other changes, Boeing added a system that under certain conditions of airspeed, CG location and weight, automatically moves the pitch trim to modify stick force.
How does The Next-Generation 737 use Head-Up Display (HUD)?
• The Next-Generation 737 uses an advanced system called head-up display or HUD, which comprises a transparent glass display positioned between the pilot’s eye and flight deck window to show critical information such as airspeed, altitude and attitude, and flight path.