VFA-122 Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization (NATOPS) Closed Book Practice Test

The condition tested is that the HUD landing display activates when two or more landing gears are down. This reflects how the HUD system gates its landing cues to the aircraft’s configuration: with at least two gears extended, the airplane is clearly in a landing-approach setup, so the runway and flight-path guidance on the HUD are relevant and should be presented. This helps prevent landing cues from appearing during other phases of flight when the gear might be down for other reasons or systems aren’t in a true landing configuration. The display isn’t simply a manual toggle on the HUD control panel, nor is it determined by which DDI you select, and gear-down plus NAV master mode isn’t the gating condition—it's specifically having two or more landing gears down.