Private Pilot Need To Knows Flashcards
Left Turning Tendencies
P-Factor
Spiraling Slipstream
Gyroscopic Precession
Torque
What is wind shear
Sudden drastic change in the direction of the wind
What are the different inspection requirements
AVIATE Annual(every year) VOR(30 days) 100 hr (if for hire) Altimeter/Pitot Static (24 months) Transponder (24 months) ELT (every year, 1/2 battery life, 1 hour of use)
What is PAVE
Pilot
Aircraft
Environment
External
What is IM SAFE
Illness Medication Stress Alcohol Fatigue Eating
What is a Notam
Notice to airman
What is a MetaR and how do we find it?
Aviation weather report updated once an hour, along with a special weather report (SPCI)
Sigmet
Non convective weather activity, can include, thunder storm, turbulence, icing, volcanic ash, sand storm, low vis under 3 miles.
Unscheduled valid for 4 hours
Hurricane is valid for 6 hours
Convective sigmet
Severe thunderstorms 50 kts Hail greater than 3/4 of inch at surface Tornadoes Imbedded thunderstorms Line of thunder storms Thunderstorms with heavy or greater precipitation effecting 40% percent or 3,000 sq ft of greater area
Airmet
Sierra-Mountain obscurantism
Tango-turbulence
Zulu-icing/freezing
PiREP
Pilot observation report- considering weather in flight
Meteorological phenomena
Awos
Automated weather observation system
Flight service station
Common frequency 122.2
Or other remote communication outlet frequencies
In flight weather
In flight EFAS
HiWAS
Hazardous in flight weather advisory system- hazardous weather broadcasted continuously over nav aids, this will give you sigmets , airmets, pireps, conductive sigmets,
TFR
Temporary flight restriction
Issued by notam, can be issued for security, vips, fire/hazard or disaster, consequences of entering- can have license revoked, prison time, fined
Indicated altitude
Altitude you read directly off your altimeter
Pressure altitude
Standard pressure altitude is the altitude indicated when your altimeter is at 29.92
Altitude of the aircraft above the standard datum plane
Density altitude
Pressure Altitude corrected for non standard temperature
True altitude
Vertical distance of the airplane above sea level (MSL)
Absolute altitude
Distance measurement of your airplane above the ground. (AGL)
Low pressure system
Low pressure system flows inwards and upwards where the air is then cooled and forms clouds
High pressure system
Dense air is forced downwards and outwards and spreads out over the surface of the earth
What is a Squall line
Narrow band of active thunderstorms
Often develops on or ahead of a cold front
