Chapter 1: Discovering Aviation Flashcards
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What are the requirements for obtaining a student pilot certificate?
16 year old
read/write/speak/understand english
Describe medical classes
Over 40:
1st class: 6
2nd Class: 12
3rd class: 24
Under 40:
1st class: 12
2nd class: 12
3rd class: 60
1st: ATP
2nd: Commercial
3rd: Student/Recreational/Private
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration: governs commercial/general/private/unmanned aviation.
FARs
Federal Aviation Regulations: FAA issued rules that apply to all areas of aviation.
ACS
Airmen Certification Standards: provides the standard for knowledge/practical/checkride tests. It focuses on knowledge, risk management, and skills element.
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization: UN agency that advances techniques/principles of international air navigation and leads to planning/development of civil air transport.
FBO
Fixed Base Operators: provide services like fuel, Mx, parking, supplies, rentals
CFI
FAA Certified Flight Instructors
Requirements to solo?
- 16 y/o
- Receive req. endorsements in logbook from an authorized flight instructor
- Student certification
- Medical
- Gov´t ID / Passport
- Aeronautical Knowledge Test (70% higher and valid 24 months)
IACRA
Integrated Airman Certification & Rating Application: website with certification/rating system
Req. to get your PPL
-FAR 61.103
1. 17 y/o
2. Read, write, speak, understand English
3. Student Pilot Cert
4. 3rd class medical or higher
5. Log ground/flight training and given proper endorsements by auth. Instructor
5. Pass req. knowledge/practical tests
6. Meet all req. from FAR 61.109
FAA Private Pilot Airman Knowledge Test
70% or higher
Need on checkride
Valid for 24 calender months
FAR Part 141 flight time requirements
Airplane Single Engine
- 35hrs total training
- 20hrs instructor
- 3hrs cross country
- 3hrs night (10 t/o & l/d) (1 c/c, 100NM total distance)
- 5hrs solo (3 t/o & l/d) (1 c/c, 100NM, 1 segment 50NM with a straight line distance)
Basic Med Requirements & Limitations
Req:
1. U.S. drivers license
2. Approved medical education course from AOPA within 24 months
3. Medical exam within 48 months
4. Certify you’re medically fit to fly and under care for any condition
5. Agree to National Driver Register Check
Limitations:
1. Carry 6 pax, 7 total occupant (pilot)
2. Max 12,500lbs takeoff weight
2. Below 18000ft MSL
3. Max airspeed of 250kts
4. Only within USA
5. Not for hire/compensation
PPL Certification & Proficiency
- Does not expire
- Act as PIC you need a flight review every 24 months - 1 hr of ground and 1 hr flight w/ instructor
- Act as PIC w/ Pax you need 3 t/o & l/d in a/c of same category and class (type if required) within 90 days
- Act as PIC w/ Pax @ Night you need 3 t/o & l/d at night to a full stop in a/c of same category (1hr after sunset to 1hr before sunrise)
- Wings program: if completed within 24 months, you don’t need a flight review
PPL Privileges and Limitations
61.113
1. CANNOT be PIC for compensation/hire
2. Only if it is INCIDENTAL to business and has no pax/prop
3. CANNOT pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight w/ pax (fuel,rental fees, oil, airport expenditures)
4. CAN act as PIC for charity/nonprofit/community
5. CAN be reimbursed for a/c expenses IF for search & location ops under control of local/state/federal/specific organization
6. CAN demonstrate a/c to buyer in flight if salesman w/ 200 hrs
7. CAN be PIC towing gliders if have 100hrs and 3 actual/simulated glider tows w/ instructor within 12 calendar months
8. CAN be PIC in test flight in a light sport a/c intended for cert if 100 hrs of PIC In category/class, powered parachute, weight-shift control, and familiar with production test flight and special flight permit
9. Basic Med
Docs needed when flying
61.3 & 91.3
1. Pilot Cert
2. GOVT ID
3. Medical
- will need logbook if solo as a student
Categories for Pilot Certification and the Class for each one, include type
Airplane
- single engine land/sea
- multi engine land/sea
Rotorcraft
- gyroplane
- helicopter
Powered Lift
Glider
Lighter-Than-Air
- Airship
- Ballon
Type: make and model
Categories for Aircraft Certification
- Normal
- Utility
- Experimental
- Transport
- Restricted
- Acrobatic
Which skills only require training and no req from FAR?
- Refresher
- Mountain flying
- Aerobatic flight
- Technically advanced airplanes (PFD,MFD,two axis autopilot)
- Home built aircraft
Which training requires a logbook endorsement?
- High Performance & Complex Airplanes (200 horsepower and above, retractable landing gear/flaps, controllable pitch propeller)
- Tailwheel Airplanes: conventional landing gear
Which Ratings require a knowledge and practical?
- Instrument
- Commercial
- CFI
- ATP
- Sport Pilot
Which Ratings require just a practical test?
- Multi-Engine
- Seaplane
- Rotorcraft
- Glider (only if have powered category rating)
- Lighter-Than-Air
SRM
Single Pilot Resource Management: utilizing all resources prior and during a flight to ensure succession of flight
