FAA Private Pilot Requirements

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FAA Private Pilot Requirements

• AVIA 1310

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Ms. Susan Arthurs

• Assistant Professor
• Room 210E

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Office Hours

• Monday 1 5 p.m.
• Tuesday and Thursday
• 9 11 a.m.
• 3 5 p.m.

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• When once you have tasted flight, you will
  forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned
  skyward, for there you have been and there you
  will always long to return.
• Leonardo da Vinci

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• In flying I have learned that carelessness and
  overconfidence are usually far more dangerous
  than deliberately accepted risks.
• Wilbur Wright in a letter to his father,
  September 1900

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Inspired by the birds

• Icarus c. 1700 BC
• Beware, dear son of my heart, lest in thy
  new-found power thou seekest even the gates of
  Olympus . . . . These wings may bring thy freedom
  but may also come thy death.
• Daedalus to Icarus, after teaching his son
  to use his new wings of wax and feathers

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Manned flight

• 1783 first manned flight
• 1881 heavier-than-air craft
• Flight by machines heavier than air is
  unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly
  impossible.
• - Simon Newcomb, 1902
• 1903 first powered, controlled flights

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Manned flight

• 1909 first flight across English Channel
• 1910 airships make first airline flights
• 1914 first scheduled airline flights air
  sea
• 1916 WWI
• 1919 first Transatlantic flights

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Manned flight

• 1924 first circumnavigation of world by air
• 1927 Charles Lindbergh first solo, non-stop
  Transatlantic flight
• 1931 Amy Johnson, first woman to fly from
  Britain to Australia, solo
• 1932 Amelia Earhart, first woman solo, non-stop
  Transatlantic flight
• 1937 Hindenburg disaster, end of era
• 1939 first flight by jet aircraft

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Manned flight

• 1940-45 WWII
• 1947 Chuck Yeager flies faster than speed of
  sound
• 1951 Tourist class introduced in airlines
• 1952 first scheduled passenger flight by jet
• 1953 first scheduled flights by turboprop
  airliner
• 1958 Pan Am Transatlantic service B-707

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Manned flight

• 1961 Yuri Gagarin first man in space
• 1966 Helicopters important in Vietnam War
• 1969 Land on the moon
• 1976 first commercial Concorde flight
• 1981 first flight of US space shuttle
• 1986 Voyager completes the first
  nonstop-without-refueling flight around the world
• 1988 Stealth aircraft unveiled
• 1999 first balloon circumnavigation of world

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Getting Started

• FAA Federal Aviation Administration
• FARs Federal Aviation Regulations
• Part 91
• Part 91.106
• Part 141
• Part 61

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Where to get your training

• FAA approved flight schools Part 141 CMSU
• Must meet prescribed standards
• FBOs Fixed Base Operators
• FAA CFIs Certificated Flight Instructors

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Ground school

• General aeronautical knowledge
• CFI
• Self study
• Formal ground school classes such as this one!

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Syllabus

• Both ground and flight lessons
• Coordinated

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When can I fly?

• Take lessons anytime
• To solo
• At least 16 yrs. old
• Read, speak, write, understand English
• Hold at least a third class medical certificate

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Medical Certificate Student Pilot Certificate
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To become a Private Pilot

• At least 17 yrs. Old
• Specific training and flight time requirements
• Pass a knowledge test
• Successfully complete a practical test
• Oral quiz
• Perform pilot operations
• Execute maneuvers in aircraft

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Part 141 vs. Part 61

• Part 141
• Ground instruction (this class)
• Three Stage exams (80 score)
• Two final exams (80 score)
• (The second one can be the FAA knowledge test)
• FAA knowledge test (70 score)
• Flight requirements - minimum
• 35 hours total
• 20 hours dual instruction
• 5 hours solo

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Part 141 vs. Part 61

• Part 61
• Ground instruction
• CFI
• Self study
• Formal classes
• Flight requirements minimum
• 40 hours total
• 20 hours dual instruction
• 10 hours solo

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Cost Flight and Ground

• Based on aircraft rental and instructor fee
• Time needed will depend on
• Your comfort level
• Your progress
• Any previous flying experience
• Frequency of lessons
• Ground instruction
• Depends on which method you use
• Formal class
• Individual lessons
• Home study books
• Combination

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• What are flying lessons like?

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Course sequence

• Presolo
• First solo
• Cross-country
• Practical test preparation

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Private Pilot privileges

• PIC Pilot in Command

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What kind of aircraft can I fly?

• Pilot license
• Category
• Class
• Type make and model

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Category Airplane
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Category - Rotocraft
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Category - Glider
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Category Powered-lift
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Category Lighter-than-air
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Aircraft categories

• Based on intended use
• Limits operation
• Categories
• Normal
• Utility
• Transport
• Acrobatic
• Restricted
• Experimental

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Does Private Pilot Certificate Expire?

• NO
• BUT
• There are currency requirements for PIC
• Biennial flight review
• one hour ground instruction, one hour flight
  instruction
• 3 take offs and landing in same category/class in
  past 90 days
• Must have a current medical certificate for the
  type of flying you intend to do

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• When once you have tasted flight, you will
  forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned
  skyward, for there you have been and there you
  will always long to return.
• Leonardo da Vinci

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Review

• Inspiration
• History time line of manned flight
• FAA, FARs Parts 91, 141, 61
• Where to get flight and ground training
• Syllabus for this course - sequence
• Requirements to solo
• Medical Certificate
• Requirements to become a private pilot

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Review

• Part 141 vs. Part 61 training
• Cost
• What flying lessons are like
• PIC
• Pilot license
• Category
• Class
• Type

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Review

• Aircraft categories
• Pilot Certificates dont expire
• Currency requirements
• Medical requirements

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Aviation Opportunities

• You succeed in getting your Private Pilot
  Certificate
• Whats next?

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Attitude

• Stay current
• Get instruction for pilot operations you dont do
  often
• Unfamiliar airports
• Night
• Larger, busier airports
• Long time since you have practiced aviation
  skills
• Ask questions
• Hang out at the airport listen and absorb
• Dont assume you know everything

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Expand your horizons

• Mountain flying
• Aerobatic flight
• Airplane transitions
• High performance aircraft
• Complex aircraft
• Conventional gear aircraft
• Homebuilt aircraft

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Aviation Organizations

• Alpha Eta Rho
• Flying Mules Flight Team
• AOPA
• EAA
• The Ninety-Nines, Inc.
• Civil Air Patrol

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Magazines

• Flying
• AOPA Pilot
• Air Space
• Private Pilot
• Plane Pilot
• GA News
• Aviation Week Space Technology

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More Ratings

• Instrument rating
• Multi-engine rating
• Seaplane rating
• Other category and class ratings
• Rotorcraft Helicopter
• Glider
• Lighter-than-air Balloon

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Other Pilot Certificates

• Commercial Pilot
• Certified Flight Instructor (CFI)
• Airline Transport Pilot (ATP)
• Recreational Pilot

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Aviation Careers

• Air taxi charter
• Aircraft sales
• Land survey, photography
• Sightseeing
• Powerline and Pipeline patrol
• Air ambulance
• Supplies to disaster areas

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Aviation Careers

• Fire fighting
• Wildlife surveying
• Aircraft test flying
• Law enforcement
• News
• Banner towing, glider towing, skydivers
• FAA safety inspectors, test pilots, airspace
  inspection

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Aviation Careers

• Flight instructing
• Regional airlines (Commuters)
• Major airlines
• Corporate flying
• Aerial application
• Military, Coast Guard

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Introduction to Human Factors

• Chapter 1
• Section C

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Human Factors in Aviation

• What is it?
• Why do we study human factors?

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Why do we study human factors?

• Aircraft are reliable
• Technology
• Human error
• 75 of all aviation accidents are human factors
  related

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What are human factors?

• Aeronautical Decision Making
• Decision- making Process
• Crew Resource Management (CRM)
• PIC responsibility
• Self assessment
• Hazardous Attitudes
• Interpersonal Relationships

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What are human factors? (continued)

• Communication skills
• Effective listening
• Barriers to communication
• Verbal and nonverbal communication
• Resource use
• Recognition
• Internal
• External

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What are human factors? (continued)

• Workload management
• Planning/preparation
• Prioritizing
• Work overload
• Situational awareness
• Operational conditions
• Environmental conditions
• Obstacles to maintaining situational awareness

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What are human factors? (continued)

• Aviation physiology
• Pressure effects
• Ear and sinus block
• Toothache
• Gastrointestinal pain
• Scuba diving

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What are human factors? (continued)

• Motion sickness
• Stress
• Fatigue
• Noise

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Alcohol, drugs and performance

• Depressants
• Alcohol
• Hangover
• Pain killers
• Stimulants
• Other drugs

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Fitness for flight

• Are you?