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SCAN Homework #16

AIM Chapter 8:

1. For what operations do you NOT need a medical certificate?


2. What does the AIM recommend as far as how many hours you should wait after consuming 
	alcohol?

3. What does IM SAFE stand for?








4. What is hypoxia?



5. How can you tell if you might be suffering from hypoxia?




6. What are the recommendations for using oxygen at night?  How about during the day?



7. If a passenger is suffering from ear block, what can you tell them to help alleviate 
	the pain?




8. How can you prevent your passengers from suffering from Sinus Block during your flight?


9. If your passenger has been scuba diving (controlled ascent not required), how long 
	should you wait before you take them flying?

10. What causes hyperventilation, and what can be done to reverse it?



11. What are the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning?



12. After takeoff on a dark night you feel like the aircraft is in a very high nose up 
	attitude.  You check your attitude indicator and you are at a normal climb 
	attitude.  What illusion have you fallen victim to?


13. A down slope runway will give you what illusion?


14. If you penetrate a fog bank while on final approach, what illusion will you get?


15. Do bright runway lights make it appear that you are higher or lower than you actually 
	are?


16. If you use red-cockpit lighting, how long will it take for you to achieve a moderate 
	degree of dark adaptation?


17. What can impair dark adaptation?



18. What do studies show about how much time a pilot should spend looking inside the 
	cockpit as opposed to outside?




19. Where are the high-risk areas of mid-air collisions?