Oral General Knowledge Flashcards
Private Pilot Eligibility
Must be at least 17 years old
Read, Speak, Understand English
Receive Logbook Acknowledgment
Pass Knowledge Test
Receive Flight Training and Logbook Endorsements for Areas of Operation and Practical Assessment
Hours Needed for Private Pilot
40 hours of flight time:
Night Flight
Day Flight
Solo
Cross Country
Medical Requirements/ Certificates: Under 40
1st Class: ATC
12 cal Months
2nd Class: Commercial
12 cal months
3rd Class: Flight Training, Flight Instructor
6o cal months (5 years)
What are the Privileges and Limitations for Private Pilots?
A pilot may not act as a PIC for Hire
Pay at Least the Pro-Rata Share for operating Expenses
May Be PIC For Business (if it is incidental and does not require the carrying of passengers or property for compensation or hire)
Can be Reimbursed for Search and Location (through the Gov’t)
May Be PIC for Charitable, non profit or Community Event
May Demonstrate an Aircraft in Flight for Sale (if salesperson with 200hrs of Flight Time)
May Tow Glider if requirements for 61.69 are met
What is Pro Rata Share?
Pro Rata means proportional. The pilot may not pay less than a proportional share of the operating expenses.
Endorsements: One-Time
These are Needed when flying aircraft with the following Equipment:
1) Complex Endorsement: retractable gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propellar
2) High Altitude Endorsement: pressurize cabin
3) High Performance Endorsement: engine that operates above 200 hp,
4) Tail Wheel Endorsement
5) Class Endorsement: Specific for that AirSpace Area
Medical Requirements Over 40
1st Class Medical: ATC
6 months
2nd Class Medical: Commercial
6 months
3rd Class Medical: Instructor and Private Pilot
12 months
Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations
Part 1: Definitions
• Part 23: Airworthiness Standards
• Part 43: Preventative Maintenance
• Part 61: Pilot Certification requirements, privileges/limitations
• Part 91: Flight Rules
Airport Facility Directories (AFD’s) and when are they updated?
A/FD revised every 56 days (8 weeks): it is a pilot’s manual that provides comprehensive information on airports and other aviation facilities and procedures.
o The table of contents for each issue is listed below:
• Abbreviations
• Legend, Airport/Facility Directory
• Airport/Facility Directory
• Heliports
• Seaplane Bases
• Notices
• FAA and National Weather Service Telephone Numbers
• Air Route Traffic Control Centers
• Flight Service Station Communication Frequencies
• FSDO Addresses/Telephone Numbers
• Preferred IFR Routes
• VOR Receiver Check
• Parachute Jumping Areas
• Aeronautical Chart Bulletin
• Tower Enroute Control (TEC)
• NWS Upper Air Observing Stations
• Enroute Flight Advisory Service (EFAS)
What is the AIM for?
o Provides pilots with a vast amount of basic flight information and ATC procedures
o Revisions are made and published every 196 days by the FAA;
FARs and AIM are included together in the FAR/AIM which is printed by ASA and revised annually
What are Advisory Circulars?
The FAA issues advisory circulars (ACs) to provide a systematic means for issuing non- regulatory material of interest to the aviation public
• They are used in order to:
• Provide a clearly understood method for complying with a regulation
• Resolve a general misunderstanding of a regulation.
• Help the industry and FAA effectively implement a regulation
• Expand on standards needed to promote aviation safety including the safe
operation of airports
What are NOTAMS?
(Notice to Airmen) – obtained during official briefing
• Types: runway, aerodrome, obstruction, nav, communication, airspace, taxiway, service
NTAP (Notice to Airmen Publication): Updated every 28 days
• Published NOTAMs [once published, will not show in briefing]
FDC NOTAMs (Flight Data Center)
• Instrument Approach Changes
• TFRs
• Chart changes
WEF (When in Effect) Ex: 1401301200 [2014, Jan, 30, 1200z]
Recent Flight Experience to Carry Passengers
Day: 3 to/lnd w/in 90 days
• Same category/class/type (3 landings in multi; not current in single)
• Tailwheel: full stop
Night: 3 to/lnd w/in 90 days
• 1 hr after sunset to 1 hr before sunrise
• Same category/class/type
• All airplanes full stop
If not night current, must land by 1hr after sunset; can’t takeoff till 1hr before sunrise
NIGHT: The period between evening civil twilight to morning civil twilight [Navy Air Almanac]
Annual Flight Review
FAR 61.56
Every 24 calendar months in order to remain current
any authorized instructor may conduct; receive logbook endorsement Minimum: 1 hr oral, 1 hr flight (applicable level to type of certificate) If you don’t pass, fly again (does not mean FAIL).
Required Entrees for Logbook
Must log:
• Flight Training time
• To show currency (flight review/to carry pax)
