Private Pilot

1. Private Pilot

2. Private Pilot • The Process: • Medical Exam • Written FAA Aeronautical Knowledge Exam. 13 areas of knowledge required by 61.105 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. • Practical Exam

3. Private Pilot • FAR’s • NTSB • AIM • Charts • Radio Procedures • Weather • Flight Safety

4. Private Pilot • Performance • Weight and Balance • Principles of Aerodynamics • Stall and Spin Awareness • Aeronautical Decision Making • Preflight Actions

5. Private Pilot • For further reading and practice, (although not referenced in the course): Gleim Private Pilot Kit • Or Kip’s for free Private Pilot Practice

6. Class 1 - Introduction • Objective: To introduce the privileges and limitations of a Private Pilot and the process necessary to become a Private Pilot.

7. Private Pilot Training, Part 61 FAReCFR

8. Private Pilot Privileges and LimitationsFAR 61.113

9. Student Pilot Limitations61.89

10. Sport Pilot, Recreational Pilot • Sport Pilot:(No Medical, 20 Hrs) No More Than One Passenger No Night No B, C, D (W/O end) • FAR 61 Sub Part J • Recreational Pilot (Medical, 30 Hrs) No More Than One Passenger No More Than 50 NM (W/O end) No B, C, D (W/O end) >180 hp, Retract LG FAR 61 Sub Part D

11. Advanced Training, Instrument, Commercial

12. The FAA, Safety and Responsibility

13. Introduce the Texts and other FAA resources snapflight training page

14. Category and Class of Aircraft and Airmen • FAR 1.1 Category: • (1) As used with respect to the certification, ratings, privileges, and limitations of airmen, means a broad classification of aircraft. Examples include: airplane; rotorcraft; glider; and lighter-than-air; and • (2) As used with respect to the certification of aircraft, means a grouping of aircraft based upon intended use or operating limitations. Examples include: transport, normal, utility, acrobatic, limited, restricted, and provisional.

15. Category and Class of Aircraft and Airmen • Class: • (1) As used with respect to the certification, ratings, privileges, and limitations of airmen, means a classification of aircraft within a category having similar operating characteristics. Examples include: single engine; multiengine; land; water; gyroplane; helicopter; airship; and free balloon; and • (2) As used with respect to the certification of aircraft, means a broad grouping of aircraft having similar characteristics of propulsion, flight, or landing. Examples include: airplane; rotorcraft; glider; balloon; landplane; and seaplane.

16. Airplane Control Surfaces • What a drag.

21. Lift, thrust, drag and weight • What makes an airplane fly? • Bernoulli’s Principle • Lift = CL * (1/2Q(roe)V2) x S (translation) Excess Thrust, Angle of Attack

22. Flight Manuals and Other Documents

23. Assignment: Read HAK chapters 1-3, AFH chapters 2-4.

24. What exception, if any, permits a private pilot to act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers who pay for the flight? A) If the passengers pay all the operating expenses. B) If a donation is made to a charitable organization for the flight. C) There is no exception.

25. What exception, if any, permits a private pilot to act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers who pay for the flight? B) If a donation is made to a charitable organization for the flight.

26. One of the main functions of flaps during approach and landing is to A) permit a touchdown at a higher indicated airspeed. B) decrease the angle of descent without increasing the airspeed. C) increase the angle of descent without increasing the airspeed.

27. One of the main functions of flaps during approach and landing is to C) increase the angle of descent without increasing the airspeed.

28. What document(s) must be in your personal possession or readily accessible in the aircraft while operating as pilot in command of an aircraft? A) Certificates showing accomplishment of a checkout in the aircraft and a current biennial flight review. B) A pilot certificate with an endorsement showing accomplishment of an annual flight review and a pilot logbook showing recency of experience. C) An appropriate pilot certificate and an appropriate current medical certificate if required.

29. Each person who holds a pilot certificate or a medical certificate shall present it for inspection upon the request of the Administrator, the National Transportation Safety Board, or any A) authorized representative of the Department of Transportation. B) person in a position of authority. C) federal, state, or local law enforcement officer

30. . What document(s) must be in your personal possession or readily accessible in the aircraft while operating as pilot in command of an aircraft?C)An appropriate pilot certificate and an appropriate current medical certificate if required.

31. The New Medical:

32. The pilot in command is required to hold a type rating in which aircraft? A) Aircraft involved in ferry flights, training flights, or test flights. B) Aircraft operated under an authorization issued by the Administrator. C) Aircraft having a gross weight of more than 12,500 pounds.

33. What is the definition of a high-performance airplane? A) An airplane with 180 horsepower, or retractable landing gear, flaps, and a fixed-pitch propeller. B) An airplane with a normal cruise speed in excess of 200 knots. C) An airplane with an engine of more than 200 horsepower.

34. Before a person holding a private pilot certificate may act as pilot in command of a high-performance airplane, that person must have A) an endorsement in that person's logbook that he or she is competent to act as pilot in command. B) passed a flight test in that airplane from an FAA inspector. C) received ground and flight instruction from an authorized flight instructor who then endorses that person's logbook.

35. To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, a pilot must show by logbook endorsement the satisfactory completion of a flight review or completion of a pilot proficiency check within the preceding A) 24 calendar months. B) 6 calendar months. C) 12 calendar months.

36. If recency of experience requirements for night flight are not met and official sunset is 1830, the latest time passengers may be carried is A) 1859. B) 1829. C) 1929.

37. To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, the pilot must have made at least three takeoffs and three landings in an aircraft of the same category, class, and if a type rating is required, of the same type, within the preceding A) 90 days. B) 24 calendar months. C) 12 calendar months.

38. If a certificated pilot changes permanent mailing address and fails to notify the FAA Airmen Certification Branch of the new address, the pilot is entitled to exercise the privileges of the pilot certificate for a period of only A) 30 days after the date of the move. B) 90 days after the date of the move. C) 60 days after the date of the move.

39. If a recreational or private pilot had a flight review on August 8, this year, when is the next flight review required? A) August 31, next year. B) August 31, 2 years later. C) August 8, 2 years later.

40. Each recreational or private pilot is required to have A) a semiannual flight review. B) an annual flight review. C) a biennial flight review.

41. If a recreational or private pilot had a flight review on August 8, this year, when is the next flight review required? A) August 8, next year. B) August 31, 1 year later. C) August 31, 2 years later.