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VFR WEATHER MINIMUMS · FOUR PROGRESSIVE LEVELS

Build the airspace triangle BETA

Put the colored, labeled pieces together to build the airspace memory aid. Practice by rebuilding the same picture.

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Build the same picture again with a little less help underneath.

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Put the picture together

The pieces are parts of the picture itself. Drag them together over the faint guide.

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Drag the colored diagram pieces together. They snap into place when their edges line up.

Assemble the airspace memory aid Eight actual colored, labeled parts of the diagram can be dragged and snapped together. The faint picture underneath is a guide, not a set of answer buttons.

Keyboard: Tab to a piece, use arrow keys to move it, Shift + arrows for small adjustments, then Enter to snap. You can also select a piece and tap where its center should go.

Memory aid for common airplane cases. It does not replace 14 CFR § 91.155, the helicopter rows, exceptions, current weather, or operational judgment.

What does the picture mean?

Decode the numbers

Open the FAA weather-minimums table

The picture you are putting together

The colored pieces, their words, and their positions make one memory aid. Rebuilding it is the exercise.

Drag any colored piece to begin.

AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE

Check the memory aid against the FAA table

The triangle is intentionally compact. PHAK Chapter 15, Figure 15-8 contains the complete basic VFR weather-minimums table, including the Class G variations and cases the mnemonic leaves out.

FAA table of basic VFR visibility and cloud-clearance minimums by airspace class and altitude.
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