Private Pilot

Question 1

Private Pilot Privileges and Limitations

Answer 1

• You can not for hire.
• cannot pay less than pro-rata share of the operating expenses when flying passengers.
• can participate in search and locate missions and receive reimbursement,
• can act as pilot-in-command to tow gliders and unpowered ultralight vehicles.

Question 2

Characteristics of a High Pressure system…

Answer 2

air moves outward, downward, and clockwise

Question 3

Characteristics of a Low Pressure system…

Answer 3

air moves inward, upward, and counterclockwise.

Question 4

What weather should you expect with a low pressure system?

Answer 4

low pressure is associated with rising air which is conductive to cloudiness, precipitation and bad weather.

Question 5

What weather should you expect with a high pressure system?

Answer 5

high pressure system is an area of descending air which tends leads to dissipating cloudiness and good weather.

Question 6

Cold front…

Answer 6

occurs when a mass of cold, dense, stable, air takes over a warmer body of air

Question 7

Warm front…

Answer 7

when a warm air mass contacts and flows over a colder air mass.

Question 8

Occluded front…

Answer 8

occurs when a fast-moving cold front catches up with a slow-moving warm front

Question 9

Stationery front…

Answer 9

when the forces of the two air masses are relatively equal, with a mixture of warm and cold weather

Question 10

Marginal VFR

Answer 10

• Ceiling 1000-3000ft
• Visibility 3-5 SM
• Blue line on Prog Chart

Question 11

IFR

Answer 11

• ceiling less than 1000ft
• visibility less than 1 SM
• RED line on Prog Chart

Question 12

Orange Dashed Line on Significant Weather Chart

Answer 12

Moderate Turbulence

Question 13

What is a dry line?

Answer 13

an area/line that separates dry and moist air masses

Question 14

trough…

Answer 14

elongated area of low pressure

Question 15

ridge…

Answer 15

elongated area of high pressure

Question 16

Characteristics of Stable Air…

Answer 16

stratiform clouds, smooth air, steady precip., fair to poor visibility

Question 17

Characteristics of Unstable Air…

Answer 17

cumuliform clouds, rough air/turb., showery precip., and good visibility

Question 18

What conditions are necessary for structural icing to occur?

Answer 18

visible moisture and below freezing temperatures at the point moisture hits the aircraft.

Question 19

What factors must be present for a thunderstorm to form?

Answer 19

moist, unstable air, with a lifting force/motion

Question 20

What are the three stages of a thunderstorm?

Answer 20

• cumulus, updrafts
• mature, precip., lightning
• dissipating, downdrafts, rain starts to dissipate

Question 21

temperature inversion…

Answer 21

when temperature increases with height, a reverse from a usual decrease in temp. with gained altitude

Question 22

what is wind shear?

Answer 22

change of wind direction and speed, and occurs at any level in atmosphere

Question 23

what is a microburst?

Answer 23

A microburst is a localized column of sinking air (downdraft) within a thunderstorm and is usually less than or equal to 2.5 miles in diameter