Sep
11
Private Pilot License - Flight Test Preparation Costs
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Airfreddy asked:
The flight test preparation of your training is the finish up part of your training where you will get prepared for the flight test. Now the one thing that you want to keep in mind is, if you have been going at a steady pace through your Private Pilot Training this phase will be just getting everything up to the practical test standards. If you have been starting and stopping, make sure you get some time in your schedule to get proficient.
If you have gotten all your cross countries done and waited two months, guess what, it is going to take more flights to get you up to speed. So you can see how having all of this planned out from the beginning can really benefit you.
You want to be proficient for the flight test, if you can continuously fly from the beginning, this is going to be much easier. This is why I am training students 4 times per week now. I remember one of my students last year came within $300 or so of my cost estimate. He was done in about 8 weeks since the thanksgiving holiday week was at the end of his training. This is pretty good and the student was VERY happy.If there had not been a holiday at the end of his training he would have been done in 6 1/2 weeks.
Here I add all of the left over solo time since most people end up getting it at the end for practice before the flight test. You are going to want to get out there by yourself before your flight test.
The requirement by the FAA is 3 Hours within 60 days of the flight test. I find that I am still doing about 4-6 hours with the students and 7-10 hours of ground instruction on average. If you are on track and have been studying hard, you can get done close to the hours I list below.
I use rates of $120 Per Hour for the airplane and $45 Per hour For the Instructor. I also use an examiner fee of $400.00.
Private Pilot License Flight Test Preparation Cost
3 Hours Dual Instruction @ $165 Per Hour
5 Hours Ground Instruction @ $45 Per hour ( Flight Instructor )
Flight Test Examiner Fee
Flight test (airplane)
3 Hours Dual Instruction $825.00
5 Hours Ground Instruction $225.00
7.5 Hours of Solo Flight Time $900.00
Flight Test Examiner Fee $400.00
Flight Test (airplane) $180.00
Total # 4 $2,530.00
Now this is realistic if you have been training consistently. If you have started and stopped for some reason, make sure you can do the solo cross country phase and then jump right into the Private Pilot License Flight Test Preparation.
At the end of your training is where you will want to be 100% confident in your flying. If you don’t fee confident in one or more of the areas of opperation in the practical test standards, don’t go up for the flight test.
Hope to See You in the Sky
Airfreddy
WILLIAMS
The flight test preparation of your training is the finish up part of your training where you will get prepared for the flight test. Now the one thing that you want to keep in mind is, if you have been going at a steady pace through your Private Pilot Training this phase will be just getting everything up to the practical test standards. If you have been starting and stopping, make sure you get some time in your schedule to get proficient.
If you have gotten all your cross countries done and waited two months, guess what, it is going to take more flights to get you up to speed. So you can see how having all of this planned out from the beginning can really benefit you.
You want to be proficient for the flight test, if you can continuously fly from the beginning, this is going to be much easier. This is why I am training students 4 times per week now. I remember one of my students last year came within $300 or so of my cost estimate. He was done in about 8 weeks since the thanksgiving holiday week was at the end of his training. This is pretty good and the student was VERY happy.If there had not been a holiday at the end of his training he would have been done in 6 1/2 weeks.
Here I add all of the left over solo time since most people end up getting it at the end for practice before the flight test. You are going to want to get out there by yourself before your flight test.
The requirement by the FAA is 3 Hours within 60 days of the flight test. I find that I am still doing about 4-6 hours with the students and 7-10 hours of ground instruction on average. If you are on track and have been studying hard, you can get done close to the hours I list below.
I use rates of $120 Per Hour for the airplane and $45 Per hour For the Instructor. I also use an examiner fee of $400.00.
Private Pilot License Flight Test Preparation Cost
3 Hours Dual Instruction @ $165 Per Hour
5 Hours Ground Instruction @ $45 Per hour ( Flight Instructor )
____________________________________________________________________
Flight Test Examiner Fee
Flight test (airplane)
3 Hours Dual Instruction $825.00
5 Hours Ground Instruction $225.00
7.5 Hours of Solo Flight Time $900.00
Flight Test Examiner Fee $400.00
Flight Test (airplane) $180.00
Total # 4 $2,530.00
Now this is realistic if you have been training consistently. If you have started and stopped for some reason, make sure you can do the solo cross country phase and then jump right into the Private Pilot License Flight Test Preparation.
At the end of your training is where you will want to be 100% confident in your flying. If you don’t fee confident in one or more of the areas of opperation in the practical test standards, don’t go up for the flight test.
Hope to See You in the Sky
Airfreddy
WILLIAMS
Aug
27
Private Pilot License
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Peter Bankss asked:
Air Pressure
Air pressure is a very important part of flying. In general, a pilot will want to fly in ‘stable’ air conditions which often occur in cooler temperatures of high pressure such as cumulus clouds and avoid low pressure areas of higher temperatures and instability. Of course, these temperatures are relative. For example, if an area of 90° F is surrounded by a cooler belt of 85° F, you will want to fly in the cooler belt of 85° F.
Fronts and Air Masses
There are two kinds of air masses, tropical and polar air masses, depending upon their location. When the air mass moves over water, it is deemed maritime and when it moves over land, it is called continental. The last part of naming air
masses is cold or warm depending on the air current temperature. For example, you may encounter a “polar maritime cold air mass” or a “tropical continental warm air mass.”
The route that an air mass travels is very important because it will affect the air mass. An air mass that travels over water picks up more moisture than one going over land.
When an air mass is traveling, it encounters other air in its line of travel. The boundary line between both is called a front. A cold front is the boundary line between the cooler air mass and the warmer air that it is overtaking. Fastmoving, a cold front is generally smooth, clean, heavy, and stable, creating good visibility and clear flight conditions. As they move quickly, they can cause violent weather. Squall lines are long lines of thunderstorms created along the frontal zone.
A warm front is the boundary line between the warmer air mass and the cool air that it is overtaking. Slow-moving, warm fronts are more spread out and harder to see. They generally result in slow worsening of good weather conditions, including poor visibility and precipitation.
The Weather Decision
Now that you know all the various factors that will affect your weather, you will be better prepared to handle your flight weather. Weather hazards are primarily winds and turbulence, reduced ceilings and poor visibility, and airframe icing.
Avoid these conditions and you will fly safely. Every pilot must accurately learn how to gauge these conditions.
Some things about weather still cannot be predicted. They are:
Time that freezing rain occurs
Location and occurrence of severe turbulence
Location and occurrence of icing
Ceiling of 100 feet or less before that they occur
Thunderstorms before they
start to form
Fog
Hurricane movement more
than 24 hours in advance
Realizing that even the best weather forecaster cannot accurately predict these above conditions, it is good to be cautious when flying. Here are some general rules of thumb to follow:
• A forecast of good flying weather is generally applicable for 24 hours (this means a ceiling of 3,000 feet or more and visibility of 5 miles or more)
• A forecast of poor flying weather is generally applicable for 3-4 hours (this means a ceiling of 1,500 feet or less and visibility of 3 miles or less)
• Ceiling and visibility forecasts are suspect after the first 2-3 hour forecast, especially if changes are indicated during the forecast.
BRIAN
Air Pressure
Air pressure is a very important part of flying. In general, a pilot will want to fly in ‘stable’ air conditions which often occur in cooler temperatures of high pressure such as cumulus clouds and avoid low pressure areas of higher temperatures and instability. Of course, these temperatures are relative. For example, if an area of 90° F is surrounded by a cooler belt of 85° F, you will want to fly in the cooler belt of 85° F.
Fronts and Air Masses
There are two kinds of air masses, tropical and polar air masses, depending upon their location. When the air mass moves over water, it is deemed maritime and when it moves over land, it is called continental. The last part of naming air
masses is cold or warm depending on the air current temperature. For example, you may encounter a “polar maritime cold air mass” or a “tropical continental warm air mass.”
The route that an air mass travels is very important because it will affect the air mass. An air mass that travels over water picks up more moisture than one going over land.
When an air mass is traveling, it encounters other air in its line of travel. The boundary line between both is called a front. A cold front is the boundary line between the cooler air mass and the warmer air that it is overtaking. Fastmoving, a cold front is generally smooth, clean, heavy, and stable, creating good visibility and clear flight conditions. As they move quickly, they can cause violent weather. Squall lines are long lines of thunderstorms created along the frontal zone.
A warm front is the boundary line between the warmer air mass and the cool air that it is overtaking. Slow-moving, warm fronts are more spread out and harder to see. They generally result in slow worsening of good weather conditions, including poor visibility and precipitation.
____________________________________________________________________
The Weather Decision
Now that you know all the various factors that will affect your weather, you will be better prepared to handle your flight weather. Weather hazards are primarily winds and turbulence, reduced ceilings and poor visibility, and airframe icing.
Avoid these conditions and you will fly safely. Every pilot must accurately learn how to gauge these conditions.
Some things about weather still cannot be predicted. They are:
Time that freezing rain occurs
Location and occurrence of severe turbulence
Location and occurrence of icing
Ceiling of 100 feet or less before that they occur
Thunderstorms before they
start to form
Fog
Hurricane movement more
than 24 hours in advance
Realizing that even the best weather forecaster cannot accurately predict these above conditions, it is good to be cautious when flying. Here are some general rules of thumb to follow:
• A forecast of good flying weather is generally applicable for 24 hours (this means a ceiling of 3,000 feet or more and visibility of 5 miles or more)
• A forecast of poor flying weather is generally applicable for 3-4 hours (this means a ceiling of 1,500 feet or less and visibility of 3 miles or less)
• Ceiling and visibility forecasts are suspect after the first 2-3 hour forecast, especially if changes are indicated during the forecast.
BRIAN
Aug
7
How Long Does it Take to Get Your Private Pilot License Now >>
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Peter Bankss asked:
Learning how to fly a plane involves one-on-one lessons with a flight instructor. There are numerous flight schools available. Where you choose to learn to fly can be dependent on many factors, a primary one being location. If you live in a rural or country setting, you may find that taking lessons is possible only at the local country airport. In a larger urban area, you may fly in the company of larger planes and more traffic, akin to driving a car in a busy, urban area or city.
Gaining the experience of dealing with busy traffic and a tower that is dealing with oncoming traffic, can be a good experience for you in developing your skills to deal with multiple, and varied environments. If you are able to fly in a larger setting, flying in a rural area is easier and enjoyable for you as new terrain versus if you begin flying in a small, rural area and then have to land at a busy airport, and you feel overwhelmed by the rapid nature of events.
On the other hand, at a small airport, you generally only have one runaway which does not offer much or any protection from crosswinds,which can be very powerful and sway the plane.At larger airports, there are multiple runaways that are designed to maximize coordination and alignment between planes and winds.In general, however, it is much easier, and your learning experience is more fruitful, if you do your flight lessons in the country. You can focus then on your learning and mastering your flying skills. You can still learn how to use radios and communicate with air traffic. Also, as part of the FAA regulations, you will still have to be able to land and take off at an air strip with a traffic control tower.
There are numerous flight schools available for instruction, of which some are listed in the Resource section. In general, flight instruction can be at a large ‘approved’ school or a not approved school. The large approved schools were generally begun to support the large influx of pilots necessary for military operations and for airlines. The not approved schools mainly catered to the private pilots who wanted to fly for recreational and small business purposes. All the schools have to go through the same certifications and the same rules. The smaller not approved schools generally have smaller budgets and teach at small airports with fewer students and have flight instructors that really earn quite minimally ($20 an hour after the flight school fees are assessed.
DYLAN
Learning how to fly a plane involves one-on-one lessons with a flight instructor. There are numerous flight schools available. Where you choose to learn to fly can be dependent on many factors, a primary one being location. If you live in a rural or country setting, you may find that taking lessons is possible only at the local country airport. In a larger urban area, you may fly in the company of larger planes and more traffic, akin to driving a car in a busy, urban area or city.
Gaining the experience of dealing with busy traffic and a tower that is dealing with oncoming traffic, can be a good experience for you in developing your skills to deal with multiple, and varied environments. If you are able to fly in a larger setting, flying in a rural area is easier and enjoyable for you as new terrain versus if you begin flying in a small, rural area and then have to land at a busy airport, and you feel overwhelmed by the rapid nature of events.
____________________________________________________________________
On the other hand, at a small airport, you generally only have one runaway which does not offer much or any protection from crosswinds,which can be very powerful and sway the plane.At larger airports, there are multiple runaways that are designed to maximize coordination and alignment between planes and winds.In general, however, it is much easier, and your learning experience is more fruitful, if you do your flight lessons in the country. You can focus then on your learning and mastering your flying skills. You can still learn how to use radios and communicate with air traffic. Also, as part of the FAA regulations, you will still have to be able to land and take off at an air strip with a traffic control tower.
There are numerous flight schools available for instruction, of which some are listed in the Resource section. In general, flight instruction can be at a large ‘approved’ school or a not approved school. The large approved schools were generally begun to support the large influx of pilots necessary for military operations and for airlines. The not approved schools mainly catered to the private pilots who wanted to fly for recreational and small business purposes. All the schools have to go through the same certifications and the same rules. The smaller not approved schools generally have smaller budgets and teach at small airports with fewer students and have flight instructors that really earn quite minimally ($20 an hour after the flight school fees are assessed.
DYLAN
May
8
Private Pilot License
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Peter Bankss asked:
Private Pilot License
. The private pilot license enables you to fly a plane in both a small airport and a larger airport controlled by an air tower. With a private pilot license, you can fly during the day and at night time.You can take passengers with you and travel on both business and leisure trips.
Your passengers can help out with operating costs but they cannot pay you for travel. To be paid for travel, you have to acquire a commercial license. Private pilot licenses are the most popular licenses available for the general public. You can fly small two-seater planes popular in the 1970s and 1980s as well as the faster, lighter four-seater planes such as the Cessna 152.
Glider Pilot License
Gliders, sailplanes, they are wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird. — Neil Armstrong
A glider is a plane that does not require an engine to sustain its flight. Some gliders, called motor gliders, have engines that help them take off. However, once the glider is in the air, the motor neatly tucks away into the plane and does not interfere with the air currents or flight pattern.
The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? —it is the same the angels breathe.
Mark Twain, Roughing It, Chapter XXII, 1886
Getting a pilot’s license opens up doors of opportunities you may never have envisioned before. In the United States, you can get a private pilot’s license which will allow you to fly single-engine aircraft and carry passengers. You can upgrade this license to further advanced certificates and licenses.
The basic steps for getting your private pilot license are:
1. Be at least sixteen years of age and be able to read, speak, and write English fluently.
2. Enroll in a licensed flight school. Costs range from $3,000 to $4,000 for both ground school and flight training.
3. Obtain a medical certificate from a qualified doctor of aviation medicine before starting the course.
4. Complete the three-to-five week ground school course.
5. Take the written Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) test at the end of the course work. The test consists of one hundred multiple-choice
6. Complete thirty to forty hours of actual flight time with the instructor.The school provides the plane.
7. Complete your “solo” flight without an instructor on board.
8. Complete your final exam or “check ride” accompanied by an FAAcertified examiner who will ask you questions and assess your abilities.
9. Receive your private pilot’s license with a visual flight rating. This allows you to pilot a single-engine aircraft in good visibility during the day or at night.
Getting your private pilot’s license is not only a straightforward, clear process, but also a lot of fun. Flying is an acquired skill and truly, for a pilot, the sky is the limit. Flight training consists of a minimum of forty hours of flight time which can be broken down into the following parts:
20 hours flight training from the certified Instructor which includes:
3 hours of cross country flight
3 hours of night flight including:
ZACHARY
Private Pilot License
. The private pilot license enables you to fly a plane in both a small airport and a larger airport controlled by an air tower. With a private pilot license, you can fly during the day and at night time.You can take passengers with you and travel on both business and leisure trips.
Your passengers can help out with operating costs but they cannot pay you for travel. To be paid for travel, you have to acquire a commercial license. Private pilot licenses are the most popular licenses available for the general public. You can fly small two-seater planes popular in the 1970s and 1980s as well as the faster, lighter four-seater planes such as the Cessna 152.
Glider Pilot License
Gliders, sailplanes, they are wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird. — Neil Armstrong
A glider is a plane that does not require an engine to sustain its flight. Some gliders, called motor gliders, have engines that help them take off. However, once the glider is in the air, the motor neatly tucks away into the plane and does not interfere with the air currents or flight pattern.
The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? —it is the same the angels breathe.
Mark Twain, Roughing It, Chapter XXII, 1886
Getting a pilot’s license opens up doors of opportunities you may never have envisioned before. In the United States, you can get a private pilot’s license which will allow you to fly single-engine aircraft and carry passengers. You can upgrade this license to further advanced certificates and licenses.
The basic steps for getting your private pilot license are:
1. Be at least sixteen years of age and be able to read, speak, and write English fluently.
2. Enroll in a licensed flight school. Costs range from $3,000 to $4,000 for both ground school and flight training.
3. Obtain a medical certificate from a qualified doctor of aviation medicine before starting the course.
4. Complete the three-to-five week ground school course.
5. Take the written Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) test at the end of the course work. The test consists of one hundred multiple-choice
6. Complete thirty to forty hours of actual flight time with the instructor.The school provides the plane.
7. Complete your “solo” flight without an instructor on board.
8. Complete your final exam or “check ride” accompanied by an FAAcertified examiner who will ask you questions and assess your abilities.
9. Receive your private pilot’s license with a visual flight rating. This allows you to pilot a single-engine aircraft in good visibility during the day or at night.
Getting your private pilot’s license is not only a straightforward, clear process, but also a lot of fun. Flying is an acquired skill and truly, for a pilot, the sky is the limit. Flight training consists of a minimum of forty hours of flight time which can be broken down into the following parts:
20 hours flight training from the certified Instructor which includes:
3 hours of cross country flight
3 hours of night flight including:
ZACHARY
Mar
8
Private Pilot License , Pre Solo Flight Training Requirements
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Airfreddy asked:
The pre solo maneuvers are the first required for your Private Pilot License. There are a number of Requirements needed before you can do your first solo. Now in many cases I will move on to the post solo requirements if someone is not quite ready to solo yet. I do this because I am not going to sit in the traffic pattern with someone for 5 extra flights to get their landings down. The lightbulb will come on and my goal is to have you licensed and a safe / proficient pilot by the time of your flight test. Also I want you to be in your budget.
Many instructors and schools will not move forward until you have solo’ed I think this is a complete waste of money. For this reason some people may say that the pre solo phase is the most expensive. When I see someone who has 40 hours, hasn’t soloed and on top of that has not done the cross countries, soft field / shortfield takeoffs and landings, night or simulated instrument time, the only thing I can think of is that poor student got ripped off.
The main reason people don’t solo is they don’t have their landings down. So why wouldn’t the instructor move ahead. You have to do Soft Field / Short Field Takeoffs and Landings, 10 Night takeoffs and Landings, Dual Cross Countries ( Yes More Landings). This is usually plenty of time for the Landing ( Lightbulb) To come on.
Here I have listed the Pre Solo Requirements for you. Remember there are two parts Aeronautical Knowledge and Aeronautical Experience.
(a) General. A student pilot may not operate an aircraft in solo flight unless that student has met the requirements of this section.
(b) Aeronautical knowledge. A student pilot must demonstrate satisfactory aeronautical knowledge on a knowledge test that meets the requirements of this paragraph:
(1) The test must address the student pilot’s knowledge of-
(i) Applicable sections of parts 61 and 91 of this chapter; (FAR”S )
(ii) Airspace rules and procedures for the airport where the solo flight will be performed; and
(iii) Flight characteristics and operational limitations for the make and model of aircraft to be flown.
(2) The student’s authorized instructor must-
(i) Administer the test; and
(ii) At the conclusion of the test, review all incorrect answers with the student before authorizing that student to conduct a solo flight.
(c) Pre-solo flight training. Prior to conducting a solo flight, a student pilot must have:
(1) Received and logged flight training for the maneuvers and procedures of this section that are appropriate to the make and model of aircraft to be flown; and
(2) Demonstrated satisfactory proficiency and safety, as judged by an authorized instructor, on the maneuvers and procedures required by this section in the make and model of aircraft or similar make and model of aircraft to be flown.
(d) Maneuvers and procedures for pre-solo flight training in a single-engine airplane. A student pilot who is receiving training for a single-engine airplane rating or privileges must receive and log flight training for the following maneuvers and procedures:
(1) Proper flight preparation procedures, including preflight planning and preparation, powerplant operation, and aircraft systems;
(2) Taxiing or surface operations, including runups;
(3) Takeoffs and landings, including normal and crosswind;
(4) Straight and level flight, and turns in both directions;
(5) Climbs and climbing turns;
(6) Airport traffic patterns, including entry and departure procedures;
(7) Collision avoidance, windshear avoidance, and wake turbulence avoidance;
(8) Descents, with and without turns, using high and low drag configurations;
(9) Flight at various airspeeds from cruise to slow flight;
(10) Stall entries from various flight attitudes and power combinations with recovery initiated at the first indication of a stall, and recovery from a full stall;
(11) Emergency procedures and equipment malfunctions;
(12) Ground reference maneuvers;
(13) Approaches to a landing area with simulated engine malfunctions;
(14) Slips to a landing; and
(15) Go-arounds.
All of the above areas need to be covered and Documented in Your Logbook. And it needs to be signed off by a Certified Flight Instructor. Yes I have seen people that have gone up with their friends, and their friends have signed their logbooks. These areas can only be given by a Certified Flight Instructor ( CFI)
Hope to See You In the Sky
Airfreddy
JOSUE
The pre solo maneuvers are the first required for your Private Pilot License. There are a number of Requirements needed before you can do your first solo. Now in many cases I will move on to the post solo requirements if someone is not quite ready to solo yet. I do this because I am not going to sit in the traffic pattern with someone for 5 extra flights to get their landings down. The lightbulb will come on and my goal is to have you licensed and a safe / proficient pilot by the time of your flight test. Also I want you to be in your budget.
Many instructors and schools will not move forward until you have solo’ed I think this is a complete waste of money. For this reason some people may say that the pre solo phase is the most expensive. When I see someone who has 40 hours, hasn’t soloed and on top of that has not done the cross countries, soft field / shortfield takeoffs and landings, night or simulated instrument time, the only thing I can think of is that poor student got ripped off.
The main reason people don’t solo is they don’t have their landings down. So why wouldn’t the instructor move ahead. You have to do Soft Field / Short Field Takeoffs and Landings, 10 Night takeoffs and Landings, Dual Cross Countries ( Yes More Landings). This is usually plenty of time for the Landing ( Lightbulb) To come on.
Here I have listed the Pre Solo Requirements for you. Remember there are two parts Aeronautical Knowledge and Aeronautical Experience.
(a) General. A student pilot may not operate an aircraft in solo flight unless that student has met the requirements of this section.
(b) Aeronautical knowledge. A student pilot must demonstrate satisfactory aeronautical knowledge on a knowledge test that meets the requirements of this paragraph:
(1) The test must address the student pilot’s knowledge of-
(i) Applicable sections of parts 61 and 91 of this chapter; (FAR”S )
(ii) Airspace rules and procedures for the airport where the solo flight will be performed; and
(iii) Flight characteristics and operational limitations for the make and model of aircraft to be flown.
(2) The student’s authorized instructor must-
(i) Administer the test; and
(ii) At the conclusion of the test, review all incorrect answers with the student before authorizing that student to conduct a solo flight.
(c) Pre-solo flight training. Prior to conducting a solo flight, a student pilot must have:
(1) Received and logged flight training for the maneuvers and procedures of this section that are appropriate to the make and model of aircraft to be flown; and
(2) Demonstrated satisfactory proficiency and safety, as judged by an authorized instructor, on the maneuvers and procedures required by this section in the make and model of aircraft or similar make and model of aircraft to be flown.
(d) Maneuvers and procedures for pre-solo flight training in a single-engine airplane. A student pilot who is receiving training for a single-engine airplane rating or privileges must receive and log flight training for the following maneuvers and procedures:
(1) Proper flight preparation procedures, including preflight planning and preparation, powerplant operation, and aircraft systems;
(2) Taxiing or surface operations, including runups;
(3) Takeoffs and landings, including normal and crosswind;
(4) Straight and level flight, and turns in both directions;
(5) Climbs and climbing turns;
(6) Airport traffic patterns, including entry and departure procedures;
(7) Collision avoidance, windshear avoidance, and wake turbulence avoidance;
(8) Descents, with and without turns, using high and low drag configurations;
(9) Flight at various airspeeds from cruise to slow flight;
(10) Stall entries from various flight attitudes and power combinations with recovery initiated at the first indication of a stall, and recovery from a full stall;
(11) Emergency procedures and equipment malfunctions;
(12) Ground reference maneuvers;
(13) Approaches to a landing area with simulated engine malfunctions;
(14) Slips to a landing; and
(15) Go-arounds.
All of the above areas need to be covered and Documented in Your Logbook. And it needs to be signed off by a Certified Flight Instructor. Yes I have seen people that have gone up with their friends, and their friends have signed their logbooks. These areas can only be given by a Certified Flight Instructor ( CFI)
Hope to See You In the Sky
Airfreddy
JOSUE
Mar
5
Private Pilot License, Flight Test Requirements
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Airfreddy asked:
This article will tie all of the Student Pilot /Pre-Solo and Post Solo Requirements together. In order to be eligible for the Private Pilot License Practical test, you have to have everything that I have listed so far DOCUMENTED in your logbook I go more in detail in my book but I will get you up to speed on this.
Now I will explain the requirements for you to be eligible for your Private Pilot Practical Test. All of the Previous requirements have to be completed for the student solo and the student solo cross countries.
Now this is where the requirements that usually show up on the internet come from. This is only the aeronautical experience regulation. This is the regulation that most flight schools make their cost estimates from and where most people who have nothing to do with aviation write their articles from.
(a) For an airplane single-engine rating. Except as provided in paragraph (k) of this section, a person who applies for a private pilot certificate with an airplane category and single-engine class rating must log at least 40 hours of flight time that includes at least 20 hours of flight training from an authorized instructor and 10 hours of solo flight training in the areas of operation listed in §61.107(b)(1) of this part, and the training must include at least-
(1) 3 hours of cross-country flight training in a single-engine airplane;
(2) Except as provided in §61.110 of this part, 3 hours of night flight training in a single-engine airplane that includes-
(i) One cross-country flight of over 100 nautical miles total distance; and
(ii) 10 takeoffs and 10 landings to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport.
(3) 3 hours of flight training in a single-engine airplane on the control and maneuvering of an airplane solely by reference to instruments, including straight and level flight, constant airspeed climbs and descents, turns to a heading, recovery from unusual flight attitudes, radio communications, and the use of navigation systems/facilities and radar services appropriate to instrument flight;
(4) 3 hours of flight training in preparation for the practical test in a single-engine airplane, which must have been performed within 60 days preceding the date of the test; and
(5) 10 hours of solo flight time in a single-engine airplane, consisting of at least-
(i) 5 hours of solo cross-country time;
(ii) One solo cross-country flight of at least 150 nautical miles total distance, with full-stop landings at a minimum of three points, and one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 50 nautical miles between the takeoff and landing locations; and
(iii) Three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport with an operating control tower.
Then there is the other eligibility regulation for the Private Pilot License Flight Test:
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, to be eligible for a practical test for a certificate or rating issued under this part, an applicant must:
(1) Pass the required knowledge test within the 24-calendar-month period preceding the month the applicant completes the practical test, if a knowledge test is required;
(2) Present the knowledge test report at the time of application for the practical test, if a knowledge test is required;
(3) Have satisfactorily accomplished the required training and obtained the aeronautical experience prescribed by this part for the certificate or rating sought;
(4) Hold at least a current third-class medical certificate, if a medical certificate is required;
(5) Meet the prescribed age requirement of this part for the issuance of the certificate or rating sought;
(6) Have an endorsement, if required by this part, in the applicant’s logbook or training record that has been signed by an authorized instructor who certifies that the applicant-
(i) Has received and logged training time within 60 days preceding the date of application in preparation for the practical test;
(ii) Is prepared for the required practical test; and
(iii) Has demonstrated satisfactory knowledge of the subject areas in which the applicant was deficient on the airman knowledge test; and
(7) Have a completed and signed application form.
There is also the ground instruction requirements. Lately the FAA has been getting very tough on this. There have been many cases where students have been signed off for flight tests and the instructor never did any ground instruction with them.. You want to remember that your instructor needs to have this documented for you to be eligible for the flight test.
Personally I make up one sheet with all the flight training and all the ground training and sign it at the bottom. This way I have a complete record and the examiner can plainly see every subject area.
Within these three regulations are all of the others listed in the student pilot requirements and the student pilot pre solo cross country requirements. Most people don’t have a clue about all of this. And once you have started on the wrong track on your Pilot Training, it can become a very expensive venture.
This was the main reason that I ended up Writing “Airfreddy’s Guide on Learning To Fly”. This happens all of the time all over the country. I can’t tell you how many emails I get from people who are frustrated at the entire process. If they had planned and researched ahead of time, they would have gotten done in a realistic budget and on a realistic schedule.
Getting your Private Pilot License and Learning to Fly can be a great experience, but if you don’t understand that every time to delay, switch instructors, schools or wait to get your written test done. You will get more and more frustrated and I see it ALL THE TIME.
Your goal is to become a safe and proficient pilot on a realistic budget. Planning this process out is the most important thing you can do. You don’t want to jump and and then find you are on the wrong track.
Hope To See You In The Sky
Airfreddy
AUBREY
This article will tie all of the Student Pilot /Pre-Solo and Post Solo Requirements together. In order to be eligible for the Private Pilot License Practical test, you have to have everything that I have listed so far DOCUMENTED in your logbook I go more in detail in my book but I will get you up to speed on this.
Now I will explain the requirements for you to be eligible for your Private Pilot Practical Test. All of the Previous requirements have to be completed for the student solo and the student solo cross countries.
Now this is where the requirements that usually show up on the internet come from. This is only the aeronautical experience regulation. This is the regulation that most flight schools make their cost estimates from and where most people who have nothing to do with aviation write their articles from.
(a) For an airplane single-engine rating. Except as provided in paragraph (k) of this section, a person who applies for a private pilot certificate with an airplane category and single-engine class rating must log at least 40 hours of flight time that includes at least 20 hours of flight training from an authorized instructor and 10 hours of solo flight training in the areas of operation listed in §61.107(b)(1) of this part, and the training must include at least-
(1) 3 hours of cross-country flight training in a single-engine airplane;
(2) Except as provided in §61.110 of this part, 3 hours of night flight training in a single-engine airplane that includes-
(i) One cross-country flight of over 100 nautical miles total distance; and
(ii) 10 takeoffs and 10 landings to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport.
(3) 3 hours of flight training in a single-engine airplane on the control and maneuvering of an airplane solely by reference to instruments, including straight and level flight, constant airspeed climbs and descents, turns to a heading, recovery from unusual flight attitudes, radio communications, and the use of navigation systems/facilities and radar services appropriate to instrument flight;
(4) 3 hours of flight training in preparation for the practical test in a single-engine airplane, which must have been performed within 60 days preceding the date of the test; and
(5) 10 hours of solo flight time in a single-engine airplane, consisting of at least-
(i) 5 hours of solo cross-country time;
(ii) One solo cross-country flight of at least 150 nautical miles total distance, with full-stop landings at a minimum of three points, and one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 50 nautical miles between the takeoff and landing locations; and
(iii) Three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport with an operating control tower.
Then there is the other eligibility regulation for the Private Pilot License Flight Test:
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, to be eligible for a practical test for a certificate or rating issued under this part, an applicant must:
(1) Pass the required knowledge test within the 24-calendar-month period preceding the month the applicant completes the practical test, if a knowledge test is required;
(2) Present the knowledge test report at the time of application for the practical test, if a knowledge test is required;
(3) Have satisfactorily accomplished the required training and obtained the aeronautical experience prescribed by this part for the certificate or rating sought;
(4) Hold at least a current third-class medical certificate, if a medical certificate is required;
(5) Meet the prescribed age requirement of this part for the issuance of the certificate or rating sought;
(6) Have an endorsement, if required by this part, in the applicant’s logbook or training record that has been signed by an authorized instructor who certifies that the applicant-
(i) Has received and logged training time within 60 days preceding the date of application in preparation for the practical test;
(ii) Is prepared for the required practical test; and
(iii) Has demonstrated satisfactory knowledge of the subject areas in which the applicant was deficient on the airman knowledge test; and
(7) Have a completed and signed application form.
There is also the ground instruction requirements. Lately the FAA has been getting very tough on this. There have been many cases where students have been signed off for flight tests and the instructor never did any ground instruction with them.. You want to remember that your instructor needs to have this documented for you to be eligible for the flight test.
Personally I make up one sheet with all the flight training and all the ground training and sign it at the bottom. This way I have a complete record and the examiner can plainly see every subject area.
Within these three regulations are all of the others listed in the student pilot requirements and the student pilot pre solo cross country requirements. Most people don’t have a clue about all of this. And once you have started on the wrong track on your Pilot Training, it can become a very expensive venture.
This was the main reason that I ended up Writing “Airfreddy’s Guide on Learning To Fly”. This happens all of the time all over the country. I can’t tell you how many emails I get from people who are frustrated at the entire process. If they had planned and researched ahead of time, they would have gotten done in a realistic budget and on a realistic schedule.
Getting your Private Pilot License and Learning to Fly can be a great experience, but if you don’t understand that every time to delay, switch instructors, schools or wait to get your written test done. You will get more and more frustrated and I see it ALL THE TIME.
Your goal is to become a safe and proficient pilot on a realistic budget. Planning this process out is the most important thing you can do. You don’t want to jump and and then find you are on the wrong track.
Hope To See You In The Sky
Airfreddy
AUBREY
Feb
18
Pilot License
Filed Under Sports And Fitness | Comments Off
Peter Bankss asked:
The airplane is the nearest thing to animate life that man has created. In the air a machine ceases indeed to be a mere piece of mechanism; it becomes animate and is capable not only of primary guidance and control, but actually of expressing a pilot’s temperament.
— Sir Ross Smith, K.B.E., ‘National Geographic Magazine,’ March 1921.
There are many kinds of pilot licenses that you can receive. This book primarily deals with private pilot licenses and certifications. Pilot licenses are issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA.) They are divided into two categories:
certificates and training. A certificate defines the various levels of flying privileges that the pilot has earned. A rating defines the various categories and classes of aircraft in which the pilot may exercise the privileges of their certificate.
Certificates are:
Student pilot
Sport pilot
Recreational pilot
Private pilot
Commercial pilot
Airline transport pilot
Flight instructor
Ratings primarily refer to commercial pilots, airline transport pilots, flight instructors, and private pilots. Some of the ratings that a pilot can receive are:
Airplane – single-engine land
Airplane – single-engine sea
Airplane – multi-engine land
Instrument
Glider
Rotorcraft or helicopter
Denney Kitfox (G-FOXC), built in 1991. Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in July 2005 at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, England,
Sport Pilot Licenses
The exhilaration of flying is too keen, the pleasure too great, for it to be neglected as a sport.
— Orville Wright
Sport pilots fly smaller and lighter planes. The idea is to enable a pilot to fly a light, small plane for pleasure. To fly as a sport pilot, you have to get a sport pilot license which consists of 20 hours of flight time, getting a medical examiner’s
certificate, and passing a knowledge test.
A sport pilot license allows you to fly for pleasure. It does not teach you how to fly into an air traffic control strip at a busy airport like Chicago O’Hara or New York’s La Guardia airport. Many private pilots flying around today though primarily fly planes as sport pilots do and hence do not need to have taken all the certifications and flight time which they do not use.
Sport pilots are not allowed to fly higher than 10,000 feet above sea level nor are they allowed to fly more than 2,000 feet above the ground level, whichever being higher. Sport pilots do not have to acquire the third-class medical examiner certificate.
Recreational Pilot License
The recreational pilot license was created in 1987. Unlike the sport license, the recreational pilot license has almost the same requirements as a private pilot license such as acquiring the third-class medical examiner certificate, yet with more limitations and not as many benefits. In fact, currently, there are a little over than a thousand recreational pilot licenses in use today.
A recreational pilot can not fly all the planes that a sport pilot can. A recreational pilot can fly only single-engine aircraft and helicopters, with a horsepower of 180 or less, and can only fly planes with four seaters or less. At the same time, a recreational pilot can only have one passenger.
CLARK
The airplane is the nearest thing to animate life that man has created. In the air a machine ceases indeed to be a mere piece of mechanism; it becomes animate and is capable not only of primary guidance and control, but actually of expressing a pilot’s temperament.
— Sir Ross Smith, K.B.E., ‘National Geographic Magazine,’ March 1921.
There are many kinds of pilot licenses that you can receive. This book primarily deals with private pilot licenses and certifications. Pilot licenses are issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA.) They are divided into two categories:
certificates and training. A certificate defines the various levels of flying privileges that the pilot has earned. A rating defines the various categories and classes of aircraft in which the pilot may exercise the privileges of their certificate.
Certificates are:
Student pilot
Sport pilot
Recreational pilot
Private pilot
Commercial pilot
Airline transport pilot
Flight instructor
Ratings primarily refer to commercial pilots, airline transport pilots, flight instructors, and private pilots. Some of the ratings that a pilot can receive are:
Airplane – single-engine land
Airplane – single-engine sea
Airplane – multi-engine land
Instrument
Glider
Rotorcraft or helicopter
Denney Kitfox (G-FOXC), built in 1991. Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in July 2005 at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, England,
Sport Pilot Licenses
The exhilaration of flying is too keen, the pleasure too great, for it to be neglected as a sport.
— Orville Wright
Sport pilots fly smaller and lighter planes. The idea is to enable a pilot to fly a light, small plane for pleasure. To fly as a sport pilot, you have to get a sport pilot license which consists of 20 hours of flight time, getting a medical examiner’s
certificate, and passing a knowledge test.
A sport pilot license allows you to fly for pleasure. It does not teach you how to fly into an air traffic control strip at a busy airport like Chicago O’Hara or New York’s La Guardia airport. Many private pilots flying around today though primarily fly planes as sport pilots do and hence do not need to have taken all the certifications and flight time which they do not use.
Sport pilots are not allowed to fly higher than 10,000 feet above sea level nor are they allowed to fly more than 2,000 feet above the ground level, whichever being higher. Sport pilots do not have to acquire the third-class medical examiner certificate.
Recreational Pilot License
The recreational pilot license was created in 1987. Unlike the sport license, the recreational pilot license has almost the same requirements as a private pilot license such as acquiring the third-class medical examiner certificate, yet with more limitations and not as many benefits. In fact, currently, there are a little over than a thousand recreational pilot licenses in use today.
A recreational pilot can not fly all the planes that a sport pilot can. A recreational pilot can fly only single-engine aircraft and helicopters, with a horsepower of 180 or less, and can only fly planes with four seaters or less. At the same time, a recreational pilot can only have one passenger.
CLARK
Jan
23
Pilot License
Filed Under Sports And Fitness | Comments Off
Peter Bankss asked:
The airplane is the nearest thing to animate life that man has created. In the air a machine ceases indeed to be a mere piece of mechanism; it becomes animate and is capable not only of primary guidance and control, but actually of expressing a pilot’s temperament.
— Sir Ross Smith, K.B.E., ‘National Geographic Magazine,’ March 1921.
There are many kinds of pilot licenses that you can receive. This book primarily deals with private pilot licenses and certifications. Pilot licenses are issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA.) They are divided into two categories:
certificates and training. A certificate defines the various levels of flying privileges that the pilot has earned. A rating defines the various categories and
classes of aircraft in which the pilot may exercise the privileges of their certificate.
Certificates are:
?? Student pilot
?? Sport pilot
?? Recreational pilot
?? Private pilot
?? Commercial pilot
?? Airline transport pilot
?? Flight instructor
Ratings primarily refer to commercial pilots, airline transport pilots, flight
instructors, and private pilots. Some of the ratings that a pilot can receive are:
?? Airplane – single-engine land
?? Airplane – single-engine sea
?? Airplane – multi-engine land
?? Instrument
?? Glider
?? Rotorcraft or helicopter
Denney Kitfox (G-FOXC), built in 1991. Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in July 2005 at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, England,
Sport Pilot Licenses
The exhilaration of flying is too keen, the pleasure too great, for it to be neglected as a sport.
— Orville Wright
Sport pilots fly smaller and lighter planes. The idea is to enable a pilot to fly alight, small plane for pleasure. To fly as a sport pilot, you have to get a sport pilot license which consists of 20 hours of flight time, getting a medical examiner’s certificate, and passing a knowledge test.
A sport pilot license allows you to fly for pleasure. It does not teach you how to fly into an air traffic control strip at a busy airport like Chicago O’Hara or New York’s La Guardia airport. Many private pilots flying around today though primarily fly planes as sport pilots do and hence do not need to have taken all the certifications and flight time which they do not use.
sport pilot license allows you to fly for pleasure. It does not teach you how to fly into an air traffic control strip at a busy airport like Chicago O’Hara or New York’s La Guardia airport. Many private pilots flying around today though primarily fly planes as sport pilots do and hence do not need to have taken all the certifications and flight time which they do not use.
Sport pilots are not allowed to fly higher than 10,000 feet above sea level nor are they allowed to fly more than 2,000 feet above the ground level, which ever being higher. Sport pilots do not have to acquire the third-class medical examiner ertificate.
Recreational Pilot License
The recreational pilot license was created in 1987. Unlike the sport license, the recreational pilot license has almost the same requirements as a private pilot license such as acquiring the third-class medical examiner certificate, yet with more limitations and not as many benefits. In fact, currently, there are a little over than a thousand recreational pilot licenses in use today.
A recreational pilot can not fly all the planes that a sport pilot can. A recreationalpilot can fly only single-engine aircraft and helicopters, with a horsepower of 180or less, and can only fly planes with four seaters or less. At the same time, arecreational pilot can only have one passenger.
l
ISIAH
The airplane is the nearest thing to animate life that man has created. In the air a machine ceases indeed to be a mere piece of mechanism; it becomes animate and is capable not only of primary guidance and control, but actually of expressing a pilot’s temperament.
— Sir Ross Smith, K.B.E., ‘National Geographic Magazine,’ March 1921.
There are many kinds of pilot licenses that you can receive. This book primarily deals with private pilot licenses and certifications. Pilot licenses are issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA.) They are divided into two categories:
certificates and training. A certificate defines the various levels of flying privileges that the pilot has earned. A rating defines the various categories and
classes of aircraft in which the pilot may exercise the privileges of their certificate.
Certificates are:
?? Student pilot
?? Sport pilot
?? Recreational pilot
?? Private pilot
?? Commercial pilot
?? Airline transport pilot
?? Flight instructor
Ratings primarily refer to commercial pilots, airline transport pilots, flight
instructors, and private pilots. Some of the ratings that a pilot can receive are:
?? Airplane – single-engine land
?? Airplane – single-engine sea
?? Airplane – multi-engine land
?? Instrument
?? Glider
?? Rotorcraft or helicopter
Denney Kitfox (G-FOXC), built in 1991. Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in July 2005 at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, England,
Sport Pilot Licenses
The exhilaration of flying is too keen, the pleasure too great, for it to be neglected as a sport.
— Orville Wright
Sport pilots fly smaller and lighter planes. The idea is to enable a pilot to fly alight, small plane for pleasure. To fly as a sport pilot, you have to get a sport pilot license which consists of 20 hours of flight time, getting a medical examiner’s certificate, and passing a knowledge test.
A sport pilot license allows you to fly for pleasure. It does not teach you how to fly into an air traffic control strip at a busy airport like Chicago O’Hara or New York’s La Guardia airport. Many private pilots flying around today though primarily fly planes as sport pilots do and hence do not need to have taken all the certifications and flight time which they do not use.
sport pilot license allows you to fly for pleasure. It does not teach you how to fly into an air traffic control strip at a busy airport like Chicago O’Hara or New York’s La Guardia airport. Many private pilots flying around today though primarily fly planes as sport pilots do and hence do not need to have taken all the certifications and flight time which they do not use.
Sport pilots are not allowed to fly higher than 10,000 feet above sea level nor are they allowed to fly more than 2,000 feet above the ground level, which ever being higher. Sport pilots do not have to acquire the third-class medical examiner ertificate.
Recreational Pilot License
The recreational pilot license was created in 1987. Unlike the sport license, the recreational pilot license has almost the same requirements as a private pilot license such as acquiring the third-class medical examiner certificate, yet with more limitations and not as many benefits. In fact, currently, there are a little over than a thousand recreational pilot licenses in use today.
A recreational pilot can not fly all the planes that a sport pilot can. A recreationalpilot can fly only single-engine aircraft and helicopters, with a horsepower of 180or less, and can only fly planes with four seaters or less. At the same time, arecreational pilot can only have one passenger.
l
ISIAH