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Best Practices    
Known 'Best Practices' for AIRFIELD SAFETY

Advisory Circulars
AC 90-42   - Traffic advisory practices at airports without operating control towers.
AC 90-66    - Recommended standard traffic patterns and practices for aeronautical operations at airports without operating control towers.
AC 120-74    - Parts 91, 121, 125, and 135 Flightcrew Procedures during Taxi Operations.
AC 91-73    - Part 91 and Part 135 Single-Pilot Procedures during Taxi Operations.
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Pilot's Quick Reference Guide
Provides quick overview of ATCT light gun signals, and airport signs and markings. Is hole punched to use with on a flipchart or insert into a binder.

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Surface Movement  Guidance & Control System (SMGCS)
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TIPH Guidance for Pilots

Because of a rise in TIPH events the FAA reexamined existing TIPH procedures. A Safety Risk Management (SRM) panel was convened consisting of representatives from the Air Traffic Service and the Flight Standards Service, and certain specialists, including experts in aviation human factors. The SRM panel conducted a study comprising analysis of risk and development of mitigations.

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Air Safety Foundation Learning Tool
Air Safety Foundation learning tool The FAA Office of Runway Safety and Operational Services, in partnership with the AOPA Air Safety Foundation and ALPA, announces a powerful learning tool to help pilots and maintenance technicians taxiing aircraft avoid runway incursions. Click to become enlightened!! If involved in a runway incursion, the FAA will normally be more lenient to those who have passed the Runway Safety course and who meets other criteria.

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Page Last Updated: March 6, 2008