Maria Odell Pre-Solo Stage Check Review

Vocabulary flashcards covering key topics, regulations, inspections, weather phenomena, and airspace rules from the Pre-Solo Stage Check review notes.

SPARROW

An acronym used for required aircraft documentation and equipment checklists; the reviewer emphasized not forgetting to verify placards.

Altimeter and Pitot-Static System Inspection

An inspection required every $24$ months for aircraft operating under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).

ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter) Inspection Criteria

Must be inspected every $12$ months, or have its battery serviced/replaced after $1$ hour of cumulative use or when $50\%$ of its useful life has expired.

$100$-Hour Inspection

An aircraft inspection mandatory every $100$ flight hours for aircraft operated for hire.

VOR Check

An operational check of the VOR navigation equipment required every $30$ days for IFR flight.

Transponder Inspection

A regulatory inspection of the transponder that must be performed every $24$ calendar months.

Airworthiness Directives (ADs)

Legally enforceable FAA regulations used to correct unsafe aircraft conditions, noted in the check to consist of three distinct types.

KOEL (Kinds of Operations Equipment List)

An equipment list that identifies which systems or instruments are mandatory for specific operational categories, evaluated alongside 14 CFR 91.205 and the MEL.

DECIDE Model

A systematic aeronautical decision-making (ADM) model designed to assist pilots in evaluating problems and making sound judgments in flight.

Low-Level Wind Shear (LLWS)

Characterized in the notes as really crazy wind close to the ground, usually occurring around thunderstorms.

Microburst

An intense localized downdraft described as really high winds going up that can be visibly identified by virga.

High Density Altitude

A condition caused by hot summer weather that reduces air density and negatively impacts aircraft performance.

Progressive Taxi

Step-by-step ground taxi instructions provided by Air Traffic Control upon pilot request when assistance navigating airport surfaces is needed.

Airport Hot Spots

Designated locations on an airport movement area with a heightened risk of collisions or runway incursions that pilots must look up and brief before taxiing.

Squawk $7600$

The specific transponder emergency code selected to signal two-way radio communications failure to ATC.

Guard

The universal emergency radio frequency that pilots should monitor during flight.

Class Delta (D) Airspace

Controlled airspace surrounding towered airports that strictly requires establishing two-way radio communication; notes clarify that a transponder is not required.

Class Charlie (C) Airspace

Controlled airspace requiring two-way radio communication, an operating Mode C transponder, and ADS-B Out, both within and vertically above the airspace shelf.

Class Bravo (B) Airspace

Controlled airspace surrounding high-volume airports requiring an explicit ATC clearance to enter, alongside Mode C and ADS-B Out within the $30\,\text{nm}$ Mode C veil.

Prohibited Area

Special use airspace designated where aircraft flight is completely disallowed.

Restricted Area

Special use airspace with unusual or hazardous military activities where flight is permitted only sometimes with prior permission.

Warning Area

Special use airspace extending outward over domestic and international waters where hazardous activity occurs.

Military Operations Area (MOA)

Airspace separating non-hazardous military activities from IFR traffic, which VFR pilots are permitted to enter though doing so is not recommended.

Alert Area

Airspace depicted to inform nonparticipating pilots of areas containing a high volume of pilot training or unusual types of aerial activity.

Wilderness Area

Protected ground region over which aircraft are requested to maintain a minimum altitude of at least $2{,}000\,\text{feet}$ above ground level.