Pre-Solo Written STUDY GUIDE 2026
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
● What are your student pilot limitations regarding carriage of
passengers or cargo and flying for compensation or hire? Answer:
Student pilots are not allowed to have passengers or cargo nor fly for
hire or compensation.
● Explain student pilot limitations concerning visibility and flight above
clouds. Answer: Visibility 3 SM in the day and 5 SM at night. Need to
fly with visual reference to the surface (see the ground- 500' below,
1000' above, 2000' horizontaly).
● Discuss what preflight action concerning the airport and aircraft
performance is specified in the regulations for a local flight. Answer:
NWKRAFT
Notams, weather, known ATC delays, runway length, alternatives
available, fuel required, takeoff and landing distance.
● You may not fly as pilot of a civil aircraft within _____ hours after
consumption of any alcoholic beverages, or while you have _____ % by
weight or more alcohol in your blood. Answer: 8 hours, 0.04%
, ● What are the general requirements pertaining to the use of safety belts
and shoulder harnesses? Answer: Must be worn while taxing, take off,
and landing.
● What is the minimum fuel reserve for the day VFR flight, and on what
cruise speed is the fuel reserve based? Answer: Fly to the first point of
intended landing +30 more minutes of flight time, normal cruise speed.
● A transponder with Mode C is required at all times in all airspace at
and above _____ feet MSL, excluding that airspace at and below _____
feet AGL. Answer: 10,MSL, 2,5AGL.
● What aircraft certificates and documents must be on board when you
are flying solo? Answer: AROW- Airworthiness, regisration, operating
handbook, weight and balance
● No person may operate an aircraft so close to another aircraft as to
create a(n) _____. Answer: Collision hazard.
● Who has the right-of-way when two aircraft are on final approach to
land at the same time? Answer: The aircraft with the lowest altitude
● If another single-engine aircraft is converging from the right, who has
the right-of-way? Answer: -The aircraft that is on the right.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
● What are your student pilot limitations regarding carriage of
passengers or cargo and flying for compensation or hire? Answer:
Student pilots are not allowed to have passengers or cargo nor fly for
hire or compensation.
● Explain student pilot limitations concerning visibility and flight above
clouds. Answer: Visibility 3 SM in the day and 5 SM at night. Need to
fly with visual reference to the surface (see the ground- 500' below,
1000' above, 2000' horizontaly).
● Discuss what preflight action concerning the airport and aircraft
performance is specified in the regulations for a local flight. Answer:
NWKRAFT
Notams, weather, known ATC delays, runway length, alternatives
available, fuel required, takeoff and landing distance.
● You may not fly as pilot of a civil aircraft within _____ hours after
consumption of any alcoholic beverages, or while you have _____ % by
weight or more alcohol in your blood. Answer: 8 hours, 0.04%
, ● What are the general requirements pertaining to the use of safety belts
and shoulder harnesses? Answer: Must be worn while taxing, take off,
and landing.
● What is the minimum fuel reserve for the day VFR flight, and on what
cruise speed is the fuel reserve based? Answer: Fly to the first point of
intended landing +30 more minutes of flight time, normal cruise speed.
● A transponder with Mode C is required at all times in all airspace at
and above _____ feet MSL, excluding that airspace at and below _____
feet AGL. Answer: 10,MSL, 2,5AGL.
● What aircraft certificates and documents must be on board when you
are flying solo? Answer: AROW- Airworthiness, regisration, operating
handbook, weight and balance
● No person may operate an aircraft so close to another aircraft as to
create a(n) _____. Answer: Collision hazard.
● Who has the right-of-way when two aircraft are on final approach to
land at the same time? Answer: The aircraft with the lowest altitude
● If another single-engine aircraft is converging from the right, who has
the right-of-way? Answer: -The aircraft that is on the right.
