BWS Solo Exam Flashcards
Weather
Take-Off
CURRENT OBSERVED weather, which is forecasted to remain
VIS 5 sm
Ceiling 1500 ft
Weather
Recovery/ Termination
If weather goes below
1500 ft Ceiling
5 sm VIS
If greater 1000’ and 3 sm -> Return to Shell
If below that: Weather PL
Weather
Wind
Surface wind below (including gusts) 15 kts and gust spread below 10
Prohibited maneuvers
EP training
Formation Flights
SVFR/ IFR flight
Dont take your smartphone out
General
Equipment
Minimum Essential Equipment has to be installed
General
Fuel
Min 1100 lbs in Main tank (Preflight)
General
Lights
Landing and Searchlight on and extended
General
Restart
Only with supervising IP
General
Preflight
Min. 1 IP per 5 Solo A/C
General
Landing
NO landing w/o permission or acknowledgement of Holmes or Chase
General
Passengers
…. No
General
RT selection
Marked as Solo and approved by IP
General
T/O after Precautionary Landing
No
General
Downtime
30 min before A/C downtime
General
Altitude
min. 600 MSL
General
RT Frequency
Monitor if w/in 3 km