Part 61 121 -135 Commercial Pilots Flashcards
What is the Eligibility requirements?
1) 18 years of age
2) English
3) Endorsement with ground and flight training and knowledge test
4) Required knowledge test
5) Hold at least a private pilot certificate
What are the Aeronautical knowledge areas?
1) Regulations
2) Accident reporting requirements of the National Transportation Safety Board;
3) Basic aerodynamics and the principles of flight;
4) Meteorology to include recognition of critical weather situations, windshear recognition and avoidance, and the use of aeronautical weather reports and forecasts;
5) Safe and efficient operation of aircraft;
6) Weight and balance computations;
7) Use of performance charts;
8) Significance and effects of exceeding aircraft performance limitations;
9) Use of aeronautical charts and a magnetic compass for pilotage and dead reckoning;
10) Use of air navigation facilities;
11) Aeronautical decision making and judgment;
12) Principles and functions of aircraft systems;
13) Maneuvers, procedures, and emergency operations appropriate to the aircraft;
14) Night and high-altitude operations;
15) Procedures for operating within the National Airspace System; and
16) Procedures for flight and ground training for lighter-than-air ratings.
What is the Flight proficiency requirements?
1) Preflight preparation; 2) Preflight procedures; 3) Airport and seaplane base operations; 4) Takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds; 5) Performance maneuvers; 6) Ground reference maneuvers; 7) Navigation; 8) Slow flight and stalls; 9) Emergency operations; 10) High-altitude operations; and 11) Postflight procedures.
What does 250 hours of flight time as a pilot that consists of at least?
1) 100 hours in powered aircraft, of which 50 hours must be in airplanes.
2) 100 hours of pilot-in-command flight time, which includes at least—
50 hours in airplanes;
50 hours in cross-country flight of which at least 10 hours must be in airplanes.
What does 20 hours of training should include?
1) Ten hours of instrument training. 10 hours required on instrument training must be in a single engine airplane;
2) 10 hours of training in a complex airplane
3) One 2-hour cross country flight 100 nautical miles
4) One 2-hour cross country flight 100 nautical miles
5) Three hours trainings preceding 2 calendar months from the month of the test.
what does Ten hours of solo flight time should include?
1) One cross-country flight of not less than 300 nautical miles total distance, with landings at a minimum of three points, one of which is a straight-line distance of at least 250 nautical miles from the original departure point.
2) 5 hours in night VFR conditions with 10 takeoffs and 10 landings (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport with an operating control tower.
Commercial pilot privileges and limitations.
1) Carrying persons or property for compensation or hire, within the applicable parts of this chapter Limitations.
2) No instrument rating in the same category and class “The carriage of passengers for hire in (airplanes) (powered-lifts) on cross-country flights in excess of 50 nautical miles or at night is prohibited
Can you make stops during Commercial 250 NM?
Yes. You can make stops. Regulations indicate straight line. Not a leg.
Privileges and limitations apply to commercial pilots?
Carry passengers for compensation in accordance with Part 61.
No instrument rating, you cannot carry passengers during night and more than 50 NM.
As a commercial pilot, what can you do without an operation certificate?
Student instruction
Certain nonstop commerical air tours
Dusting, banner towing, pipeline control
