Pre Solo Stage Check
- Responsible to Pre-Flight, use checklist to start,
- Knowledgably about taxi, Proper break checks, crosswind taxi
- Understand airport diagram, where you are taxing from to runway
- Airport Signs and Marking
- Normal and Crosswind takeoffs Abort Takeoff
- Fly to the Practice Area
- Slow flight, Power off Stall, Power on Stall, steep Turns,
- under the hood - demonstrate the 4 Fundamentals of flight
- Unusual attitude recovery
- Simulate Engine out - 5 steps of recovery - pitch for best glide airspeed, find landing spot, try to restart, simulating calling for help (squawk 7700 mayday), land aircraft
- perform turn around a point, S Turns
- Find your way back to the airport
- Airport traffic pattern altitude
- Normal and crosswind landings
- Go around
- Engine simulate outage
- ATC Communications
- clearing turns, appropriate Altitude, Techniques, recovery for each maneuvers you ask to perform
- Start maneuver above 3,000' Complete maneuver no lower that 1,500'
- Ground maneuver, Enter tailwind Altitude 600' and 1'000'
Pre-solo Written Exam
Name: Date:
Airplane Make/Model:
Answer the following questions in the space provided, using the FARs, AIM,
AFD, and POH. If you reference one of these sources for an answer, be sure to
note it for your future reference.
What type of engine does the aircraft have? _____________________
What is the engine horsepower? ________________________________
How many gallons of useful fuel does the aircraft hold? _________
What type of oil should be used in this engine? _______________________
What type of coolant is in the aircraft?__________________________
Please define in your own words and list the speed for each of the following in
the aircraft:
Vr __________________________________________________________________
Vx __________________________________________________________________
Vy __________________________________________________________________
Best Glide ____________________________________________________________
Vne __________________________________________________________________
Vno __________________________________________________________________
Va __________________________________________________________________
Vfe __________________________________________________________________
Vs1 __________________________________________________________________
Vso __________________________________________________________________
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What is the maximum demonstrated crosswind component for the aircraft?
_______
What is the service ceiling of the aircraft? _________________________________
What is the distance to clear a 50 foot obstacle on a standard day?
__________________
What is the landing distance over when landing over a 50 foot obstacle on a
standard day? ________
What is the maximum RPM setting?_________ For how long?_________________
Please describe the loss of engine procedures for the aircraft.
What is the maximum gross weight of the aircraft? ___________________
What is the empty weight of the aircraft? __________________________
What is the useful load of the aircraft?_____________________________
With full fuel, how much weight can you carry in the aircraft?__________
What preflight actions are required before a flight not in the vicinity of an
airport? _______________________________________________________________
Before any flight? ______________________________________________________
List the minimum equipment and instruments that must be working properly in
your aircraft for flight. _____________________________________________________
How many hours are required between consuming alcohol and flying? _______
What is the maximum blood alcohol content to legally operate an aircraft? _____
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What are the weather minimums, as defined on your solo endorsement?
__________________________________________________________________________
What altitude should you fly when operating in level cruising flight at more
than 3,000 feet agl? _______________________________________________________
Why is it necessary to drain fuel from the fuel sumps? When should this be
done? _____________________________________________________________________
What type and grade of fuel is used in the aircraft? _______________________
How do you check the oil level in the aircraft? ____________________________
Will the engine run with the master switch turned off? Why?
__________________________________________________________________________
What is the maximum allowable flap setting for takeoff in the aircraft?
__________________________________________________________________________
What documents and endorsements are you required having in your possession
to legally operate the airplane as a student pilot?
___________________________________________________________________________
Do you need your logbook in your possession when you fly solo? Why/Why
not? ______________________________________________________________________
During a magneto check, what is the maximum RPM drop? _________________
Draw a runway and a traffic pattern and label each leg.
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Which turn direction is standard for a traffic pattern? _____________________
How do you enter and exit the traffic pattern at an uncontrolled airport?
__________________________________________________________________________
Describe “Wake turbulence”. _____________________________________________
In which type of aircraft and in which configuration is this most prominent?
__________________________________________________________________________
What is proper procedure to avoid wake turbulence?
__________________________________________________________________________
When are you required to wear a safety belt? Shoulder harness?
__________________________________________________________________________
What must a pilot do before entering Class D airspace?
___________________________________________________________________________
What is the minimum altitude you can fly anywhere? ______________________
Over congested areas? ____________________________________________________
Over other than congested areas? __________________________________________
Over sparsely populated areas or open water? _____________________________
List the documents that must be aboard the aircraft at all times.
__________________________________________________________________________
Who has the final authority and responsibility for the operation of the aircraft
when you are flying solo? _________________________________________________
Can you operate in Class B airspace as a student pilot? _____________________
What is the minimum fuel requirement for VFR day conditions?
____________________________________________________________________________
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If the altimeter setting is not available at an airport, what setting should you
use before departing on a local flight? ____________________________________
What are the additional limitations on your solo endorsement?
___________________________________________________________________________
What are the limitations of a student pilot, as stated in Part 61.89 of the Federal
Aviation Regulations? _______________________________________________________
What must you do before practicing maneuvers?
_____________________________________________________________________________
When practicing Steep Turns, Stalls, and Slow Flight, the entry altitude must
allow a recovery to be completed no lower than _____________________feet agl.
When two aircraft of the same category are converging head-on, which way do
you turn to avoid the other aircraft? ________________________________________
Give three situations that would necessitate a go-around.
____________________________________________________________________________
List the procedure for a go-around.
____________________________________________________________________________
Instructor_________________________________________________________________
Student Signature__________________________________________________________
Instructor Signature________________________________________________________
Date of Review/Logbook Endorsement______________________________________
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