Andy Books

Question 1

What documents are needed on the plane?

Answer 1

A - airworthiness certificate 
R - regristration
R - radio license 
O - operators handbook
W - weight and balance data

Question 2

What personal documents do you need to have when you fly?

Answer 2

Medical
Pilot license
Government photo issued id
Birth place proof

Question 3

What inspections do you need done on the airplane?

Answer 3

A - annual(12 calendar months)
V - VOR(30 days)
1 - 100 hours
A - altimeter 
T - transponder 
E -ELT
S - Static system

Question 4

Read a metar

Answer 4

Do it!!!

Question 5

Read a TAF

Answer 5

Do it!!!

Question 6

Read a pirep

Answer 6

Do it!!!

Question 7

What 3 things do you need to get a thunderstorm?

Answer 7

• moisture
• lifting action
• unstable conditions

Question 8

What conditions are necessary for freezing to occur? What are the dangers of ice and frost?

Answer 8

• air temp cooler than 0C, AC surface temperature below freezing
• lift is decreased, weight is increased, thrust is decreased, and excessive drag will cause AC to lose airspeed and lift

Question 9

What do you need to stay current? (6HITS)

Answer 9

Within 6 calendar months:

Six instrument approaches.
Holding procedures and tasks.
Intercepting and tracking courses through the use of navigational electronic system.

During 6 month grace period you can fly with:

Safety pilot(view limiting device)
CFI/CFII(in actual IMC)
Complete full IPC(instrument proficiency check)

After 6 month grace period:
Must complete IPC(instrument proficiency check) with a CFII or DPE

Question 10

If you’re doing a circle-to-land approach and as you are circling you end up back in clouds, what do you do?

Answer 10

Fuck!

Question 11

What does a clearance to a visual approach mean? Is this an IFR clearance, or a VFR clearance?

Answer 11

It is an IFR clearance but not an Instrument approach procedure

Question 12

When do you need an alternate? (123)

Answer 12

for the period of time one hour before and one hour after your estimated time of arrival,
the weather is forecast to include a ceiling of 2,000 feet agl
and/or visibilities less than three statute miles (the 1-2-3 rule

Question 13

What are alternate minimums for precision and non-precision approaches?

Answer 13

Standard alternate minimums for a precision approach are a 600-foot ceiling and 2 SM visibility.
For a non-precision approach, the minimums are an 800-foot ceiling and 2 SM visibility