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What are the requirements to obtain a Student Pilot Certificate? Correct
Answer - You must be at least 16 years of age, and be able to speak, read, and
write in English.
How long is a First Class Medical good for? Correct Answer - <40 YoA, it
is good for 12 months. >40 YoA, it is good for 6 months.
How long is a Second Class Medical good for? Correct Answer - <40 YoA,
it is good for 12 months. >40 YoA, it is good for 6 months.
How long is a Third Class Medical good for? Correct Answer - <40 YoA,
it is good for 5 years (60 months). >40 YoA, it is good for 2 years (24 months).
When can you fly without a Medical Certificate? Correct Answer - You
can continue flying as a pilot after your medical has expired under the
BasicMed rule, if you qualify, and if you've previously held a medical
certificate that wasn't suspended, revoked, or withdrawn.
How do you qualify for BasicMed? Correct Answer - You must possess a
US driver's license, completed an approved medical education course within
the past 24 months, received a comprehensive medical exam from a state
licensed physician within the past 48 months, certify that you are fit to fly or
are under the care of a physician and are fit to fly, and agree to a national
driver register check.
How do you earn you private pilot license? Correct Answer - You must
be at least 17 YoA, complete specific flight training and flight time
requirements, pass a knowledge test, and complete a practical test.
What is Category with respect to pilot certification? Correct Answer -
Category, with respect to pilot certification, are what type of vehicle you're
licensed to fly. E.g. airplane, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-air, powered lift.
,What is Class with respect to pilot certification? Correct Answer - Class,
with respect to pilot certification, are single-engine land, single-engine sea,
multi-engine land, multi-engine sea, etc.
What is Category with respect to aircraft certification? Correct Answer -
Category, with respect to aircraft certification, relates to its intended use or
operating limitations. E.g. normal, utility.
What is Class with respect to aircraft certification? Correct Answer -
Class, with respect to pilot certification, are single-engine land, single-engine
sea, multi-engine land, multi-engine sea, etc.
How do you maintain your PPL? Correct Answer - You must complete a
flight review once every 24 months consisting of 1 hour of ground instruction
and 1 hour of flight instruction.
How do you maintain your PPL and be a PIC? Correct Answer - To be a
PIC w/passengers, you must have performed 3 take offs and landings in the
same category and class of aircraft in the past 90 days. If it's a night flight, the
takeoffs and landings must be during that same time of day and to a full stop.
What is a high-performance airplane? Correct Answer - A high-
performance airplane is one with an engine that has >200 horsepower.
What is a complex airplane? Correct Answer - A complex airplane has a
retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller.
What is single-pilot resource management (SRM)? Correct Answer -
SRM is the managing of all available resources prior to and during flight to
ensure successful completion of the flight.
What are the 6 concepts of single-pilot resource management? Correct
Answer - Aeronautical decision making, risk management, task management,
situational awareness, controlled flight into terrain awareness, and
automation management.
What are the five steps of the Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) process?
Correct Answer - Recognize a change in your situation, define the nature of
, the problem, evaluate your possible actions and their outcomes and choose
one, implement your decision, evaluate the outcome.
What does the IM SAFE acronym stand for? Correct Answer - I = Illness
M = Medication
S = Stress
A = Alcohol
F = Fatigue
E = Eating
E = Emotion
What are the 5 hazardous attitudes? Correct Answer - Anti-authority:
Resentment towards those directing you (Antidote: follow the rules)
Impulsivity: The need to act immediately (Antidote: slow down and think
first)
Invulnerability: More likely to take chances and increase risk (Antidote: bad
things can happen to you)
Macho: More likely to take risks to prove you're better (Antidote: taking
chances is foolish)
Resignation: No matter what you do, it has little effect (Antidote: you're not
helpless)
What is the PAVE acronym for risk assessment? Correct Answer - Pilot:
evaluate your training, experience, and fitness.
Aircraft: determine the plane's airworthiness.
enVironment: assess the weather and terrain conditions.
External Pressures: evaluate the purpose of the flight.
What are the 5 P's for risk assessment? Correct Answer - Pilot: Evaluate
your training, experience, and fitness.
Passengers: Consider the passenger's training, experience, and fitness.
Plane: Determine the plane's airworthiness.
Programming: Check avionics.
Plan: Assess weather and terrain conditions.
What is situational awareness? Correct Answer - Situational awareness
is the accurate perception of the operational and environmental factors that
affect flight before, during, and after.