Pre-solo General Questions

1. What Personal Documents and endorsements are you required to have before you fly solo

Government issue id card, student pilot certificate/ 3rd Class medical with endorsement for the specific make and model of aircraft to be flown, then 3 endorsements by qualified instructor in pilot logbook for specific make and model of aircraft to by flown, and who gave the training within 90 days of the solo flight (aeronautical knowledge endorsement, flight skills solo endorsement, night solo endorsement)

2. What are the limitations for student pilots regarding carriage of passengers or cargo and flying for compensation or hire.

A student pilot cannot carry passenger, cannot carry cargo for compensation, cannot fly in furtherance of a business, or for compensation or hire.

3. Explain Student Pilot limitations concerning visibility and flight above clouds

1. Student Pilot cannot fly with a surface visibility less than 3 SM during the day, 5 SM at night. The student pilot cannot fly unless they can make reference to the ground, 3. the student pilot cannot fly in any manner contrary to any limitations placed in the pilots logbook by an authorized instructor.

4. Who has the final authority and responsibility for the operation of the aircraft when you are flying solo

You do, you are the pilot in command

5. Discuss what preflight actions concerning the airports and aircraft performance is specified in the regulations for local flight

Raw Fat Acronym- Runway lengths, alternate airports if things don't go as planned, weather knowlege, fuel requirements, ATC delays, POH Take off and landing distance data. All Available information for that specific flight!

6. During engine runup, is it considered a careless or reckless act to blast another aircraft or person

YES!

7. Rules for alcohol.

8 hours bottle to throttle, 0.4% by weight blood alcohol content

8. Rules for safty belts

Crew: On at all times for the crew,

Durring take off, taxi, and landing all personnel need to be seat belted and use shoulder harnesses if available

Minimum fuel reserve for day VFR flights and at what speed is this based

30 minutes at normal cursing speed.

Mode C transponder is required in all airspace in altitudes above what excluding that airspace at and below?

10,000 feet and at and below 2,500 AGL

What Aircraft certificates and documents must be on board when you are flying solo

ARROW

12. No person may operate an aircraft so close to another aircraft as to create what?

A collision hazard.

13. and 14 What are the aircraft right of way rules for Overtaking, head on, converging? and Landing situations?

pass on right-overtaken aircraft has right of way. Both give way to the right, aircraft to the right has the right of way converging. Aircraft at lower altitude had right of way on landings.

15. Except when necessary for take off and landing what are the min safe altitudes when flying over congested and other than congested areas?

Congested- 1000 above, 2000 feet horizontal

other than congested- 500 feet above surface except over open water and Sparcly populated areas- then it is 500 feet from people, vessels, structures, and vehicles

16. If altimeter is not available for an airport, what settings should you use before departing on a local flight

The field elevation of that Airport

17. What are the altitude rules for cruising flight above 3000 feet AGL

360-179 magnetic odd thousands plus 500 feet

180-359 Even thousands plus 500 feet

18. When practicing steep turns, stalls, and maneuvering during slow flight, the entry altitude must allow a recovery to be completed no lower than what

1500 feet AGL

19. When is a go around appropriate

When you cannot perform a normal landing in the first 1/3 of the runway.

20 What are the general steps for an engine failure

Know your checklist.

What is the unicom frequency for Foley

123.05

What is the elevation of Foley Airport

74 feet MSL

What is the Length of Foley Runway

3700 feet