ATOMATOFLAMES BETA
One highlighted letter. Six plausible answers. One chance to choose.
Colors describe a typical air-cooled, fixed-gear Cessna 172 flying day VFR. Purple does not mean optional on every flight.
- A1
- T2
- O3
- MC4
- A5
- TC6
- O7
- F8
- LC9
- AC10
- M11
- E12
- S13
Build your equipment memory.
The letters arrive in random order. Match the highlighted position to its equipment name. Repeated letters have distinct meanings in this fixed mnemonic order; the other meanings can appear as distractors.
Each correct answer earns 10 points, up to 130. Picture hints are free. Your percentage is shown at the end.
Your illustrated equipment lesson · $2
Review all 13 items with pictures, your exact answers, clear corrections, what each item does, and how the requirement changes with the airplane or flight. Includes precise PHAK reading links.
What the colors mean
Colors use a typical normally aspirated, air-cooled, fixed-gear Cessna 172 on a day-VFR flight as the baseline. Black means applicable to this example, not universal to every airplane. Gray marks aircraft, certification, or operational conditions. Pilot certificate alone does not waive aircraft equipment rules.
This is a fixed version of a memory aid, not the regulation itself. ATOMATOFLAMES mainly covers day VFR. Night additions are commonly remembered with FLAPS; there is no purely night-only letter here. An attitude indicator is not a day-VFR item in this mnemonic.
The complete rules also include details the mnemonic omits, such as flotation/signaling equipment for certain for-hire overwater flights. Check the POH, aircraft certification and operating limitations, and applicable equipment/inoperative-equipment rules.
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