China Civil UAV Theory Questions — Questions 71–73
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UAV-Q0071. For an aircraft conducting daytime professional missions, when operating in plains or hills, takeoff shall be no earlier than ________ before sunrise.
Explanation
Study note — operations times: plains/hills operations, earliest takeoff 30 minutes; mountain operations, earliest takeoff 20 minutes and latest landing 15 minutes; hills/mountain agricultural operations, 300 m and 5 km; plains agricultural operations, 150 m and 5 km. Source: General Aviation Flight Rules of China, §122: in daytime and dawn operations flights, the start and end times of each day's flying shall be determined according to the nature of the mission and the terrain of the operating area. Takeoff is permitted only when ground landmarks can be clearly seen and the operations flight altitude can be judged visually, but no earlier than 30 minutes before sunrise (20 minutes before sunrise in mountains); landing shall be no later than sunset (15 minutes before sunset in mountains).
UAV-Q0072. For an aircraft conducting daytime professional missions, when operating in mountains, takeoff shall be no earlier than ________ before sunrise.
Explanation
Study note — operations times: plains/hills operations, earliest takeoff 30 minutes; mountain operations, earliest takeoff 20 minutes and latest landing 15 minutes; hills/mountain agricultural operations, 300 m and 5 km; plains agricultural operations, 150 m and 5 km. Source: General Aviation Flight Rules of China, §122: in daytime and dawn operations flights, the start and end times of each day's flying shall be determined according to the nature of the mission and the terrain of the operating area. Takeoff is permitted only when ground landmarks can be clearly seen and the operations flight altitude can be judged visually, but no earlier than 30 minutes before sunrise (20 minutes before sunrise in mountains); landing shall be no later than sunset (15 minutes before sunset in mountains).
UAV-Q0073. For an aircraft conducting daytime professional missions, when operating in mountains, landing shall be no later than ________ before sunset.
Explanation
Study note — operations times: plains/hills operations, earliest takeoff 30 minutes; mountain operations, earliest takeoff 20 minutes and latest landing 15 minutes; hills/mountain agricultural operations, 300 m and 5 km; plains agricultural operations, 150 m and 5 km. Source: General Aviation Flight Rules of China, §122: in daytime and dawn operations flights, the start and end times of each day's flying shall be determined according to the nature of the mission and the terrain of the operating area. Takeoff is permitted only when ground landmarks can be clearly seen and the operations flight altitude can be judged visually, but no earlier than 30 minutes before sunrise (20 minutes before sunrise in mountains); landing shall be no later than sunset (15 minutes before sunset in mountains).