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What is the age and medical requirement for a PPL?

17 and Class 1 or 3

What is the age and medical requirement for an SPP?

14 and Class 1, 3 or 4

What is the age and medical requirement for an RPP?

16 and Class 1, 3 or 4

What privileges does a PPL holder have?

<p>Day flying in VFR, can fly in most countries, can add ratings and types</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the privileges of an RPP holder?

<p>Day flying only, Canada only, 1 passenger only, can only add seaplane</p> Signup and view all the answers

How long is a Cat 1 Medical valid for under 40 years of age?

<p>1 year (1st day of the 13th month)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How long is a Cat 1 Medical valid for over 40 years of age?

<p>6 months (1st day of the 7th month)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How long is a Cat 3/4 medical valid for under 40 years of age?

<p>5 years (first day 61st month)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How long is a Cat 3/4 medical valid for over 40 years of age?

<p>2 years (1st day of the 25th month)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How soon do you need to notify Transport Canada of a change in address?

<p>7 days</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the six-month recency requirement for pilots carrying passengers?

<p>Must complete 5 takeoffs and landings within 6 months</p> Signup and view all the answers

What counts as a high-performance aircraft?

<p>VNE of 250 kts or more, VNO of 80 kts or more</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is required for Seaplane to Land Plane conversion?

<p>3 hrs training, 2 dual, 5 TO and landings</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is required for Land Plane to Seaplane conversion?

<p>7 hrs training, 5 dual, 5 TO and landings</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does AROWILL stand for?

<p>Certificate of Airworthiness, registration, POH, Weight and Balance, insurance, logbook, licenses</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who has the right of way in aircraft rules?

<p>The less maneuverable they are, the higher their priority</p> Signup and view all the answers

In a head-on right of way situation, what should a pilot do?

<p>Alter heading right</p> Signup and view all the answers

When aircraft are overtaking, which direction should they do so?

<p>Right</p> Signup and view all the answers

When landing, which aircraft has priority?

<p>The aircraft at lower altitude</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the minimum height over a built-up area?

<p>1000 feet above the highest obstacle within 2000 feet</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the minimum height over a non-built-up area?

<p>500 feet up within a 500 feet radius</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the minimum area height over non-populous areas or open water?

<p>500 feet from obstacles</p> Signup and view all the answers

Can you take off and land in a built-up area other than an airport?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Can you drop objects out of a plane?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the minimum distance from forest fires for aircraft?

<p>5 NM from it and no less than 3000 feet above it</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the minimums for aerobatic maneuvers?

<p>Not over a built-up area, 3 miles or greater visibility, not below 2000 feet, not in controlled airspace</p> Signup and view all the answers

When can you formation fly?

<p>Only when arranged previously by PICs and if in control zone must be approved by ATC</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the aircraft speed limits in Canada below 10,000 ASL?

<p>No more than 250 KIAS</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the aircraft speed limits below 3000 AGL in a controlled zone?

<p>No more than 200 KIAS</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the minimum time for alcohol and flying?

<p>12 hours from bottle to throttle</p> Signup and view all the answers

Can you take OTC medications before flying?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Can you fly with any ice or frost on the wing?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How much does frost affect the plane's performance?

<p>Reduces lift by 30% and increases drag by 40%</p> Signup and view all the answers

Can you leave the engine running while the aircraft is unattended?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the requirements for flying over water?

<p>Life preserver for everyone on board beyond gliding distance, life raft for 100 nm from shore</p> Signup and view all the answers

What must a life raft have?

<p>Easily accessible, survival kit, capable of providing shelter, purifying water, signal for distress</p> Signup and view all the answers

What equipment must be onboard an aircraft?

<p>Checklist, charts, fire extinguisher, timepiece for each crew member, prohibition against smoking, flashlight, first aid kit</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the fuel requirements for a VFR day flight?

<p>Landing point plus 30 minutes</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the fuel requirements for a VFR night flight?

<p>Landing point plus 45 minutes</p> Signup and view all the answers

When can you test an ELT?

<p>First 5 minutes of the hour for no more than 5 seconds</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should you do if you accidentally activate your ELT?

<p>Notify nearest ATC or FSS</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the oxygen requirements at 13,000 feet?

<p>Full flight oxygen required</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the oxygen requirements between 10,000 and 13,000 feet?

<p>Crew needs oxygen if over 30 minutes and 10% of passengers need at least 1</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does minimum day equipment for an aircraft include?

<p>Airspeed Indicator, Magnetic Compass, Altimeter, Engine instruments, Fuel gauges, Radio</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does minimum night equipment for an aircraft include?

<p>All day plus Sensitive Altimeter, Turn and slip indicator, adequate power source, spare fuses, heading indicator, means of lighting instruments</p> Signup and view all the answers

Runways in Southern domestic airspace are given in degrees?

<p>Magnetic</p> Signup and view all the answers

Runways in Northern domestic airspace are given in degrees?

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is considered high-level airspace?

<p>All airspace 18,000 ASL and above</p> Signup and view all the answers

Class A airspace refers to what height?

<p>18,000 ASL and above</p> Signup and view all the answers

What requirements are there for Class A airspace?

<p>IFR only and Mode C transponder required</p> Signup and view all the answers

Class B airspace refers to what height?

<p>12,500 ASL up to 17,999 ASL</p> Signup and view all the answers

What requirements are there for Class B airspace?

<p>IFR and CVFR only; aircraft requires mode C airspace</p> Signup and view all the answers

Class C airspace requires what?

<p>VFR flights require a clearance to enter, aircraft require a two-way radio and mode C transponder</p> Signup and view all the answers

Class D airspace requirements include what?

<p>Two-Way Radio, must be in contact with ATC, must acknowledge, requires mode C transponder</p> Signup and view all the answers

Class E airspace is what?

<p>Controlled airspace where operational control exists but does not meet requirements for other classes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Class F airspace?

<p>Airspace of defined dimensions where activities must be confined and limitations may be imposed</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Class G airspace?

<p>Uncontrolled airspace</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a Mode A transponder?

<p>Equipment transmits an identifying code only</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a Mode C transponder?

<p>Transmits code and altitude</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a Mode S transponder?

<p>C + tail number, possible weather, ATIS, clearance, TCAS</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the transponder emergency codes?

<p>7500 - Hijacking, 7600 - Radio Failure, 7700 - Emergency</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the ADIZ requirements?

<p>File DVFR flight plan or itinerary, must be within 5 minutes of reporting time</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the altimeter setting region practices?

<p>Set to airport closest along route, starting airport prior to departure, destination airport prior to landing</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is standard pressure region?

<p>Cruise altimeter set to 29.92&quot;HG</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are VFR cruising altitudes?

<p>Odd thousands plus 500 for Easterly, even thousands plus 500 for Westerly</p> Signup and view all the answers

When must you file a flight plan or itinerary?

<p>Any time you are flying more than 25 NM away from the departure aerodrome</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who can a flight plan be filed with?

<p>ATC, FSS, or CARS</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who can a flight itinerary be filed with?

<p>Anyone a flight plan can be filed with or a responsible person</p> Signup and view all the answers

What must be done if there are changes to the flight plan?

<p>PIC must report it to ATC, FSS, CARS, or responsible person</p> Signup and view all the answers

What counts as a change to a flight plan?

<p>Change in route, duration, or destination aerodrome</p> Signup and view all the answers

How soon must you close a flight plan or itinerary?

<p>Flight plan as soon as possible before SAR time, itinerary within 24 hours</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the VFR weather minimums in control zone or controlled airspace?

<p>3 SM visibility, 1 mile horizontally from cloud</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the VFR weather minimums in uncontrolled airspace?

<p>Above 1000 AGL, visibility 1 SM day, 3 SM night</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the requirements for VFR over the top?

<p>Must be 1000 feet vertically from clouds, visibility must be 5 SM</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the requirements for Special VFR?

<p>Only in controlled airspace, must be requested from ATC</p> Signup and view all the answers

Does Special VFR absolve a pilot of any responsibility?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an aerodrome?

<p>Area of land or water designed for the arrival, departure, and movement of aircraft</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an airport?

<p>An aerodrome with a certificate in force</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the maneuvering area?

<p>Part of an aerodrome, other than an apron, used for takeoff and landing</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the movement area?

<p>Part of an aerodrome for surface movement of aircraft including maneuvering area and aprons</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are runways numbered?

<p>Magnetic track rounded to the nearest ten degrees</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you tell when a runway or taxiway is closed?

<p>Marked with yellow or white X's, the NOTAMS</p> Signup and view all the answers

What wind speed indicates a fully extended wind sock?

<p>15 kts or greater</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean if a wind sock is at 30 degrees to the horizon?

<p>6 kts</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the minimum lighting for an aerodrome used at night?

<p>A lighted wind sock and 2 parallel lines of fixed white lights</p> Signup and view all the answers

What must taxiways used at night have?

<p>Blue fixed lights or reflective markers marking the sides</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should unserviceable portions of the movement area used at night be marked with?

<p>Red lights or red reflective markers</p> Signup and view all the answers

Unless noted in the CFS, all turns in a circuit at an aerodrome are what?

<p>Left turns</p> Signup and view all the answers

Unless noted in the CFS, what is the standard circuit height?

<p>1000 feet above aerodrome elevation</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the minimum altitude over an aerodrome unless taking off or landing?

<p>2000 feet AGL</p> Signup and view all the answers

If no ATF frequency MF or ATC frequency all pilots should use?

<p>123.2 MHz</p> Signup and view all the answers

How soon must you report entering a MF area?

<p>5 minutes before entering</p> Signup and view all the answers

If crossing over the aerodrome to join a circuit, do so at what altitude?

<p>500 feet above circuit height</p> Signup and view all the answers

If the radio fails in an aircraft, what should the pilot do?

<p>Set transponder to 7600, land if in control zone</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a steady red light indicate on the ground?

<p>STOP</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a steady green light indicate in the air?

<p>Cleared to land</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a flashing red light indicate on the ground?

<p>Taxi clear of runway</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a flashing green light indicate in the air?

<p>Return for landing</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the firing of a red pyrotechnic indicate?

<p>Do not land for the time being</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a flashing white light indicate?

<p>Return to your starting point on the airport</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do blinking runway lights indicate?

<p>Vehicles, planes, and pedestrians immediately clear the landing area in use</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is low-level airspace?

<p>All Canadian airspace below but not including 18,000 ASL</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the standard passenger weights in winter?

<p>Male - 212, Female - 178</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the standard passenger weights in summer?

<p>Male - 206, Female - 172</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Age and Medical Requirements

  • PPL: Minimum age is 17, requires Class 1 or Class 3 medical.
  • SPP: Minimum age is 14, requires Class 1, Class 3, or Class 4 medical.
  • RPP: Minimum age is 16, requires Class 1, Class 3, or Class 4 medical.

Pilot Privileges

  • PPL: Allows day flying under VFR, operates in most countries, and enables adding ratings/types.
  • RPP: Limited to day flying only within Canada, one passenger, can only add seaplane rating.

Medical Certificate Validity

  • Class 1 Medical: Valid for one year for those under 40; six months for those over 40.
  • Class 3/4 Medical: Valid for five years for those under 40; two years for those over 40.

Regulatory Notifications

  • Must notify Transport Canada of an address change within seven days.

Recency Requirements

  • Carrying passengers requires five takeoffs and landings within the past six months, including night flying specifics.

Aircraft Specifications

  • High-Performance Aircraft: Defined by a VNE of 250 knots or greater and a VNO of 80 knots or more.

Conversion Requirements

  • Seaplane to Land Plane: 3 hours total training, including 2 dual and 5 takeoff/landings.
  • Land Plane to Seaplane: 7 hours total training, including 5 dual and 5 takeoff/landings.

Equipment and Documentation

  • AROWILL: Must include Certificate of Airworthiness, registration, POH, weight and balance, insurance, logbook, and pilot licenses.

Right of Way Rules

  • Priority based on maneuverability: Balloons > Gliders > Airships > Power-driven heavier-than-air > Towing objects > Power-driven aircraft.
  • Head-on situations require alteration to the right; overtaking must occur to the right.

Altitude and Safety

  • Lower altitude aircraft have landing priority.
  • Minimum altitude over built-up areas: 1000 feet above highest obstacle within 2000 feet.
  • Minimum altitude over non-built-up areas: 500 feet within a 500-foot radius.

Airspace Regulations

  • Cannot land/take off in built-up areas without an emergency.
  • Object dropping from aircraft is prohibited.
  • Maintain a distance of 5 nautical miles and no less than 3000 feet above forest fires.

Aerobatic and Formation Flight

  • Aerobatic maneuvers restricted from built-up areas, must have 3 miles visibility, and not below 2000 feet.
  • Formation flying allowed with pre-arrangement and ATC approval in control zones.

Speed and Alcohol Regulations

  • Speed limit: 250 KIAS below 10,000 feet and 200 KIAS below 3000 feet AGL in controlled zones.
  • Alcohol rule: 12 hours from bottle to throttle.

Medication Guidelines

  • Pilots should not have any medications that impair faculties.

Aircraft Safety Pre-Flight Checks

  • Planes must not be left running unattended.
  • Fuel requirements for VFR: landing point plus 30 minutes for day, plus 45 minutes for night.

Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)

  • Test ELT in the first 5 minutes of the hour for no more than 5 seconds; contact ATC or FSS if activated accidentally.

Oxygen Requirements

  • Required use at 13,000 feet full time, with provisions for crew and passengers between 10,000-13,000 feet.

VFR Weather Minimums

  • Controlled Airspace: 3 SM visibility, 500 feet vertically and 1 mile horizontally from clouds.
  • Uncontrolled Airspace: Varies based on altitude; visibility requirements also differ for helicopters vs. fixed-wing aircraft.

Flight Planning

  • Must file a plan for flights over 25 NM, any ADIZ entry, and international flights.
  • Changes in a flight plan include alterations in route, duration, or destination.

Aerodrome and Airport Definitions

  • An Aerodrome is for aircraft movement; an Airport has a valid certificate.
  • Movement Area: Includes runways and taxiways; Maneuvering Area: Surface movement parts for takeoff and landing.

Runway and Taxiway Protocols

  • Runways numbered by magnetic/true track; closed runways marked with “X’s” and NOTAMs.
  • Nighttime operations require specific lighting for taxiways and unserviceable areas.

Circuit and Flight Operations

  • Standard circuit height is typically 1000 feet AGL; pilot reporting protocols for MF areas and circuit entry are defined.

Emergency Codes

  • Transponder codes: 7500 for hijacking, 7600 for radio failure, 7700 for general emergencies.
  • Required actions include setting transponder to indicate radio failure.

Communication and Lighting Signals

  • Use of various light signals; steady red, green, flashing red/green indicate different actions for pilots on the ground and in the air.

Airspace Classifications

  • Airspace classified as A-F, with specifications for VFR requirements and equipment based on class designation.
  • Class G: uncontrolled; Class E: controlled but unregulated without specific requirements.

Passenger Weight Standards

  • Winter: Male - 212 lbs, Female - 178 lbs; Summer: Male - 206 lbs, Female - 172 lbs.

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