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Ok, I'm gearing up for my checkride, again.
I'm not saying when my checkride is, as I honestly don't have a confirmation right now and because I don't want to jinx this, the fourth, try.
So, I thought maybe I could get a little help in brushing up for the oral. I thought I'd put up a list of stuff that I think of off the top of my head for the oral.
Please, throw up other questions/stuff - the more the better!
Thanks in advance.
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Currency: All VFR currency requirements (BFR, 3 landings in previous 90 days) and must have made, within six months from the date of the IA issuance, 6 approaches, practiced navigation through the use of navigational aids and practiced holding procedures. If this is not completed within the first 6 months the pilot has an additional 6 months to get current via the use of an appropriately rated safety pilot under simulated IFR in VFR conditions. If the seond 6 month block lapses the pilot must perfrom an IPC with an instructor, the FAA or designated examiner of the FAA.
Checks: Pitot Static; 24 mo., Altimeter; 24mo., Transponder; 24mo., ELT; 12mo., VOR check; 30 days.
Required equipment: Generators, Radios, Altimeter, Ball, Clock, Rate of Turn, Airspeed, DG - Navigational equipment - appropriate to the ground facilities to be used (absoloute minimum in most of lower 48 is a VOR) Transponer is require in all airspace above 10k MSL (not including I think 1,500 FT AGL where applicable) DME is required above FL240.
O2 is required above for required crew if flight is over 30 minutes at 12,500 to BNI 14,000. All crew must use 02 from 14k to BNI 15k regardless of time. 15k and above crew must use and pax must be provided 02. (check this one, a little rusty on it)
Required paperwork: AROW - Airworthiness, Registration, POH, W&B
IFR flight plan: required when operating on an IFR flight plan, when conditions are under VMC (in controlled airspace - E and above) or when operating in class A airspace or under special VFR at night. IFR flight plan can be cancelled anytime (outside class A) the pilot is in VMC/VFR and can maintain VFR.
NOTAMS: Notices to Airmen, three classes L, D, FDC. Local are for things not considered overly important to operations not based locally. Distant would be important items like navigationa aid status etc. FDC are changes to IAPs, etc. These can be obtained on ATIS, HIWAS, FSS, and the NOTAP.
Required information for planning: Fuel req., weather, known ATC delays, runway lengths, alternates/ives, takeoff/landing distances.
IFR fuel: enough fuel to intended point of landing then thereafter at normal cruise for 45 minutes - if an alternate is filed the flight must be able to fly to the intended point of landing, then the alternat and then 45 minutes additional at normal cruise.
Alternate requirement: 1-2-3 - from 1hr before to 1hr after ETA at the airport of intended landing the weather is forecast to be below 2,00ft ceilings and 3 miles vis an alternat must be filed. The alternat must be forcast at 2 miles vis and 800 ft for non-precision IAPs, 2 mile vis and 600ft for precision IAPs and if the airport has not IAP the weather must allow for descent from the MEA to landing under VFR.
MEA: Minimum enroute altitidue, MCA: Minimum Crossing Altitude, MOROCA: Minimum off route obstacle clearace altitiude, MSA minimum safe altitude (used in IAPs). MVA: minimum vectoring altitude.
Filing an IFR plan: Altitude should be initial requested (I use highest), 30 minutes prior to departure. Include no DP/STARS if you don't want those.
Weather: 3 things to form thunderstorm: moisture, lifting force and unstable air. Three phases of thunderstorm: forming, mature, dissapating.
Four types of ICE: Clear, Rime, Mixed, Frost. Clear is most dangerous. Ice will form only when the moisture is near freezing and the tempurate of the sufrace the moisture is striking is at or below freezing. Freezing rain produces the most rapid accumulation of ice. In a non ice-protected aircraft climb ot a higher altitude or change course to get out of the icing.
If a thunderstorm is inadvertantly penetrated dro pto VA and maintain ATTITUDE and fly straight through the storm. Accept airspeed and altitude fluctuations.
Low pressure systems consist of anit-clockwise, inwards, rising air. High pressure systems consist of clockwise, outwards, descending air. High pressure systems are usually good weather, low pressure systems are usuall poor weather. Stable airmasses will form steady precip, and stratiform clouds, little turbulence and poor visibility. Unstable airmasses will form showery precip, cumilform clouds, turbulence and good visibility.
Fog: Advection, steam, radiation, precipitation and upslope. Advection is a warm airmass (usually from over water) moving onto land. radiation is caused by the cooling of the earths surface at night. Precipitation is the evaporation of precipitation when it strikes the earths surface (usually asphalt, concrete, rock etc.) steam is warm air over cool water. Upslope is an airmass forced up a slope and cooled below its depoint resulting in condensation (fog).
WX charts: Prog charts are prognostics or forecasts all other charts are observations of current conditions. Can obtain weather enroute from HIWAS, or FSS.
Lost comm procedures: (Fast version) squawk 7600, do the last thing you were told by ATC, barring that or after completing that revert to your filed flight plan. Leave fixes at any ATC assigned EFCs and or plan to arrive at fixes/destnation at filed time. If flight plan cannot be maintained maintain any applicalble MEA, MOROCA, or MSA. If VFR is encountered maintain VFR and land as soon as practicable.
I know more but I think this is a good start. Any comments? Obviously, please correct any mistakes as I;m sure there are a few. Typing this up at work is probably not the best way to get things right, but hey I'm multitasking! Heh.
(edited to make corrections)
I'm not saying when my checkride is, as I honestly don't have a confirmation right now and because I don't want to jinx this, the fourth, try.
So, I thought maybe I could get a little help in brushing up for the oral. I thought I'd put up a list of stuff that I think of off the top of my head for the oral.
Please, throw up other questions/stuff - the more the better!
Thanks in advance.
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Currency: All VFR currency requirements (BFR, 3 landings in previous 90 days) and must have made, within six months from the date of the IA issuance, 6 approaches, practiced navigation through the use of navigational aids and practiced holding procedures. If this is not completed within the first 6 months the pilot has an additional 6 months to get current via the use of an appropriately rated safety pilot under simulated IFR in VFR conditions. If the seond 6 month block lapses the pilot must perfrom an IPC with an instructor, the FAA or designated examiner of the FAA.
Checks: Pitot Static; 24 mo., Altimeter; 24mo., Transponder; 24mo., ELT; 12mo., VOR check; 30 days.
Required equipment: Generators, Radios, Altimeter, Ball, Clock, Rate of Turn, Airspeed, DG - Navigational equipment - appropriate to the ground facilities to be used (absoloute minimum in most of lower 48 is a VOR) Transponer is require in all airspace above 10k MSL (not including I think 1,500 FT AGL where applicable) DME is required above FL240.
O2 is required above for required crew if flight is over 30 minutes at 12,500 to BNI 14,000. All crew must use 02 from 14k to BNI 15k regardless of time. 15k and above crew must use and pax must be provided 02. (check this one, a little rusty on it)
Required paperwork: AROW - Airworthiness, Registration, POH, W&B
IFR flight plan: required when operating on an IFR flight plan, when conditions are under VMC (in controlled airspace - E and above) or when operating in class A airspace or under special VFR at night. IFR flight plan can be cancelled anytime (outside class A) the pilot is in VMC/VFR and can maintain VFR.
NOTAMS: Notices to Airmen, three classes L, D, FDC. Local are for things not considered overly important to operations not based locally. Distant would be important items like navigationa aid status etc. FDC are changes to IAPs, etc. These can be obtained on ATIS, HIWAS, FSS, and the NOTAP.
Required information for planning: Fuel req., weather, known ATC delays, runway lengths, alternates/ives, takeoff/landing distances.
IFR fuel: enough fuel to intended point of landing then thereafter at normal cruise for 45 minutes - if an alternate is filed the flight must be able to fly to the intended point of landing, then the alternat and then 45 minutes additional at normal cruise.
Alternate requirement: 1-2-3 - from 1hr before to 1hr after ETA at the airport of intended landing the weather is forecast to be below 2,00ft ceilings and 3 miles vis an alternat must be filed. The alternat must be forcast at 2 miles vis and 800 ft for non-precision IAPs, 2 mile vis and 600ft for precision IAPs and if the airport has not IAP the weather must allow for descent from the MEA to landing under VFR.
MEA: Minimum enroute altitidue, MCA: Minimum Crossing Altitude, MOROCA: Minimum off route obstacle clearace altitiude, MSA minimum safe altitude (used in IAPs). MVA: minimum vectoring altitude.
Filing an IFR plan: Altitude should be initial requested (I use highest), 30 minutes prior to departure. Include no DP/STARS if you don't want those.
Weather: 3 things to form thunderstorm: moisture, lifting force and unstable air. Three phases of thunderstorm: forming, mature, dissapating.
Four types of ICE: Clear, Rime, Mixed, Frost. Clear is most dangerous. Ice will form only when the moisture is near freezing and the tempurate of the sufrace the moisture is striking is at or below freezing. Freezing rain produces the most rapid accumulation of ice. In a non ice-protected aircraft climb ot a higher altitude or change course to get out of the icing.
If a thunderstorm is inadvertantly penetrated dro pto VA and maintain ATTITUDE and fly straight through the storm. Accept airspeed and altitude fluctuations.
Low pressure systems consist of anit-clockwise, inwards, rising air. High pressure systems consist of clockwise, outwards, descending air. High pressure systems are usually good weather, low pressure systems are usuall poor weather. Stable airmasses will form steady precip, and stratiform clouds, little turbulence and poor visibility. Unstable airmasses will form showery precip, cumilform clouds, turbulence and good visibility.
Fog: Advection, steam, radiation, precipitation and upslope. Advection is a warm airmass (usually from over water) moving onto land. radiation is caused by the cooling of the earths surface at night. Precipitation is the evaporation of precipitation when it strikes the earths surface (usually asphalt, concrete, rock etc.) steam is warm air over cool water. Upslope is an airmass forced up a slope and cooled below its depoint resulting in condensation (fog).
WX charts: Prog charts are prognostics or forecasts all other charts are observations of current conditions. Can obtain weather enroute from HIWAS, or FSS.
Lost comm procedures: (Fast version) squawk 7600, do the last thing you were told by ATC, barring that or after completing that revert to your filed flight plan. Leave fixes at any ATC assigned EFCs and or plan to arrive at fixes/destnation at filed time. If flight plan cannot be maintained maintain any applicalble MEA, MOROCA, or MSA. If VFR is encountered maintain VFR and land as soon as practicable.
I know more but I think this is a good start. Any comments? Obviously, please correct any mistakes as I;m sure there are a few. Typing this up at work is probably not the best way to get things right, but hey I'm multitasking! Heh.
(edited to make corrections)
