Private Pilot

• must be 16 years old
• able to read, speak & understand english
• hold a 3rd class medicl certificate

Done every 24 months to maintain pilot certificate

includes 1 hour of ground instruction + 1 hour of flight

Process applied to flight operations decisions

• can be organized into 5 elements
•       pilot in command
•       communication
•       work load management
•       resource use
•       situational awareness

• Fuselage - body of the plane
• Powerplant - engine + propeller
• Wings - made up of ailerons + flaps
•        aileron - midpoint to tip of wing
•        flap - from fuselage to midpoint
• Empennage - vertical + horizontal stabilizers, rudder, + elevator
•        rudder moves nose right & left
•        elevator moves nose up & down 

Left turn: wheel to the left, left aileron moves up & the right moves down.

Right turn: wheel turns right, right aileron moves up & the left moves down.

the elevator.

Pull back on yoke & nose & elevator go up.

Push forwrd on yoke nose & elevator go down.

move in opposite direction to creat aerodynamic forces that cause the plane to turn

extend from about midpoint of wing outward to the tip

when extended they move simultaneously to increase the lifting force of the wings for takeoffs & landings

lessens the resistance you feel  on flight controls due to air flow over the associated control surface.

Surfaces actlike the feathers on an arrow.  Steady the plane & maintain a straight pth through the air.

Pilots Operating Handbook

-most pertinent information about a particular make & model of airplane.

-format stanardized 1975

Faa approved manual which is specifically assigned to the individual airplane.

It can be accessed  by the pilot during flight operations.

converts chemical enery of fuel to mechanical energy.

air/fuel mixture is compressed by  piston then ignited. 

Combustion creates the energy to turn the crankshaft & propeller.

• 1. Intake valve opens.  Fuel.air mix is drawn in.
• 2. Compression intake valve closes. fuel/air mix is compressed.
• 3. Power spark plug fires & compressed mix is ignited. Controlled burn drives piston providing power to crankshaft.
• 4. Exhaust

controls speed by regulating the amount of aifuel mix

Controls the fuel/ air ratio

• Magnetic
• Pitot - Static
• Gyroscopic

magnetic compass

• airspeed indicator
• altimeter
• vertical speed indicator

• altitude indicator
• turn coordinator
• heading indicator

air pressure differences to measure speed and altitude

• airspeed indicator
• altimeter
• vertical speed indicator

Airspeed indicator

14.7 pounds/in² at sea level

Decreases it.

Decreases it.

• at sea level:
• standard atmospheric pressure =
•               29.92 in Hg at 15^oC (59^oF)
•                            or
•               1013.2 millibars             

for each 1000 feet of altitue = 1 inch of Hg.

2^oC (3.5^oF) of temperature per 1000 feet

RAM or impact pressure

is exposed to the relative wind.

both pitot and static air pressure

the speed through the air

comparing RAM (pitot) pressure vs. static pressure.

The greater the difference the greater the speed.