What personal documents and endorsements are you required to have on your possession when you fly
solo?
What are your student pilot privileges as listed in FAR part 61
regarding the carriage of passengers or cargo and flying for
compensation or
hire?
What is the minimum visibility required for a student pilot?
May a student pilot fly above clouds without visual reference to the surface? May a private pilot do
this?
Do you have to do a preflight inspection according to 91.103?
What preflight requirements do you have according to part 91?
When must the occupants of the aircraft (pilot and passengers) wear seat belts?
What is the required VFR day fuel reserve, and on what power setting is this
based?
What are the aircraft certificate requirements?
Who has the right of way under the following scenarios?
a. Two aircraft are on final approach to land at the same time.
b. You are overtaking another aircraft. c. Another aircraft is converging from the right.
What is the appropriate course of action if you are flying a head-on collision course with another
aircraft?
Except when necessary for takeoffs and landings, what are the minimum
altitudes when flying over a populated area and unpopulated
areas?
For flights at altitudes more than 3,000 AGL, what are the appropriate
cruising altitudes as they apply to VFR aircraft (called hemispherical
rule)?
List the minimum equipment necessary for day VFR in your aircraft as specified in FAR 91 subpart C.
Define the following V-speeds and list the associated speeds for your aircraft (HINT: FAR part 1):
Vso Vs1 Vx Vy Vfe Va Vno Vne Cruise Climb
How would you detect carburetor ice and when can it form?
How does the carburetor heat system remove carburetor ice?
What is the best glide speed?
There are several different kinds of fuel which can be used in aviation. List all of them and indicate which one(s) can be used in your airplane.
Can you use automotive fuel in your airplane? If so, what is the name
of the documentation that must be aboard the airplane at all times to
allow us to do this and what is the minimum octane rating which you can
use?
Based on the current weather conditions, figure the takeoff distance
for your airplane. Why is this figure probably not all that
accurate?
What is wake turbulence and why is it important to know about it?
While in the traffic pattern on the downwind leg, you notice a large
aircraft just lifting off the runway. Your action in this situation
should be:
Touchdown
before the aircraft's liftoff point. Lower the flaps to the maximum
setting and touchdown on the upwind side of the runway.
Touchdown after the aircraft's liftoff point. Touchdown with a reduced
flap setting to allow a faster ground speed upon touchdown
How much does fuel weigh?
What effect does a reduction of weight have on maneuvering speed?
What instruments form the pitot-static system?
What instruments contain gyros that are driven by engine suction
?
How does the engine create the suction necessary to operate the vacuum-gyro
instruments?
What instrument contains an electrically-driven gyro?
What are the errors associated with the use of the magnetic compass?
About how often should the directional gyro be reset while in flight?
What is the danger of stalling an airplane in uncoordinated flight?
What is meant by controlled airspace?
As a student pilot, are there any special requirements to fly to the primary airport in a class B
airspace?
As a student pilot, may you simply fly into Class B airspace for training purposes while flying
solo?
At what altitude does Class A airspace start, and what do you need to enter it?
On a sectional chart, what color rings identify the lateral limits of a Class C
airspace?
What is the airspace depicted by a dashed blue line on a sectional chart?
What are three good reasons of going to a cruise climb attitude after reaching at least 500
AGL?
How do you enter the traffic pattern at an uncontrolled airport?
Are any radio calls required in the traffic pattern at an uncontrolled airport?
If you intend to fly over the traffic pattern at any airport, you should be at
least:
500 feet above pattern altitude. 1000 feet above pattern altitude. 600 feet above pattern altitude.
250 feet above pattern altitude
What is the standard direction of flow of traffic in a traffic pattern?
If you wanted to know information about an airport, such as the frequency for activating the pilot-controlled lighting, in
what publications would you look?
How can you determine from the air if a runway is closed?
If you receive instructions from ATC that would compromise safety or cause you to violate a FAR, what would you
do?
What valuable service can a radar facility (approach control) provide for you?
List the ATC light gun signals.
Here are the answers starting at the the top of the page.
This page last updated 04/19/2000.