private Flashcards
Pilot Required Documents?
Student pilot cert.
Medical cert
proof of ID
Logbook
PAVE
Pilot
Aircraft
enVironment (heat climb gradient)
External Pressures
Aircraft Required Documents
Airworthiness Certificate Registration (Radio station license) Pilots Operating Handbook Weight and Balance (specific to aircraft)
Required inspections
AVIATE
Airworthiness Directive. Altimeter 24m VOR 30 days 100 hr Annual Transponder 24m ELT 24m 1 hr cumulative use or half battery life
Required Equipment day
Manifold pressure gauges Magnetic compass Tachometer Temperature gauge Oil Temperature gauge Oil Pressure gauge Flotation Devices Fuel Gauges
Seatbelts
ELT
Anti Collision lights
Landing lights
night Required Equipment
Fuses Landing Lights Anti Collision Lights Position Light Source of Energy
I’m Safe Checklist
Illness Medication Stress Alcohol Fatigue Emotional Stress
Pilot Proficiency day/night to carry passengers
Day VFR 90 days 3 takeoffs and landings
Night VFR 90 Days 3 takeoffs and landings to a Full stop
Taildragger also to a FULL STOP
VFR Currency
within 24 months of issuance
- Endorsement
- Check Airmen Proficiency check
- Etc
Three types of Airmets
Sierra. IFR and Mountain Obscuration
Tango. Turbulence
Zulu. Icing
METAR
Aviation Routine Weather Report.
disseminated every hour
good for 1hour
Area Forecasts
Leading Section Precautionary statement Synopsis VFR clouds and weather Issued 3 times daily Valid for 18 hours (12 hour forecast, plus 6 hour categorical outlook) Cover an area the size of several states Used for Enroute Weather
hemispherical rule
odd is east
even is west
NOTAMS
D Notams:
information disseminated to all public airports etc.
FDC notams:
notams regulatory in nature such as amendments. or natural disasters big public events or any other thing that could congest airspace
Can obtain notams from FAA website or by calling FSS
Lost Procedures
climb confess comply circle conserve