Chapter 1 Introduction to Flight

Introduction to Flight

A pilot flying must have:

Valid Medical Certificate

Current Pilots License

Government Issued Photo ID

To carry passengers:

Must have three take-offs and landing at night(1 hour before or after sunrise/sunset) in the same category class and type of aircraft in the last 90 days

You have ____ to update address on pilots license

30 days

4 things in order to maintain basic medical:

Need driver license

Visit your doctor every 48 months

Take online course every 2 years

Obtained 3rd class medical within 10 years

Basic medical private pilots can only carry:

5 passengers (6 occupants)

Basic medical can only fly aircrafts _____ lbs and ____ aircrafts

takeoff weight of 6000lbs

Is not allowed to lf an aircraft that allows more than six occupants

Endorsements for Private pilot's license:

Retractable gear

Flaps

Adjustable-Pitch propeller

as well as logged hours

A private pilot's aircraft that is high performing must have ______ horsepower and a specific tailwheel.

more than 200 horsepower and conventional gear (two wheels in front and one on the tail)

Private pilots older than 40 must have a flight review every:

24 months 2 years

Private pilots under 40 must have a flight review every:

60months 5 years

A Third-Class medical certificate is issued to

a 36 year-old pilot August 10, this year. To

exercise the privileges of a Private Pilot

certificate, the medical will be valid until....

August 31, 5 years (60 months) later.

Aircraft Category

PLANT Utility and Restricted

Provisional

Limited

Aerobatic

Normal

Transport

Utility

Restricted

Aircraft class

BRAGS Landplane

Balloon

Rotorcraft

Airplane

Glider

Seaplane

Landplane

Pilot Categories

LARG

Lighter than air

Airplane

Rotorcraft

Glider

powered lift

powered parachute

weight and shift control

Pilot Class

Single/Multi - engine

Airship/Balloon

Gyroplane/helicopter

Powered parachute/weight shift control (for land and sea)

Aircraft category is:

What the plane can do

Pilot category is:

What sort of aircraft you can fly

Pilot class is:

characteristics of aircraft

Aircraft class is:

how the aircraft flys