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I have a couple of questions about these. I've been trying to find answers, but the more I read, the more questions I have. If I'm flying an aircraft that has only one book in it, and that book is labeled POH, I can assume that the AFM (the only part that's technically required) is included in...

The Instrument Flying Handbook, page 5-9, says this about Calibrated Airspeed: "CAS is the speed at which the aircraft is moving through the air". This sounds like a mistake to me. Thoughts?

The commercial requirements—§61.129(c)(3)(ii)—includes "One 2-hour cross country flight in a helicopter in daytime conditions that consists of a total straight-line distance of more than 50 nautical miles from the original point of departure". My instrument cross-country was More than 2...

Here is the body of paper I wrote about checklist usage for my human factors class. I'm not a great writer, but here it is anyways. I'm curious how others were taught to use checklists. I can't recall receiving any instruction specific to it. Currently I do use challenge-response, even...

To be eligible for a commercial pilot certificate, you have to hold at least a private pilot certificate. (61.123(h)) Does that private pilot certificate have to be in the category and class of the commercial certificate that you're seeking?

At this point, I can write up a pretty elaborate nav log. Flying it is another story. Things never go as planned. Now that I've taken my checkride, and can hone my skills where I see fit, I'd like to start working on something that I feel is more important, being able to make those...

I've always had an easier time retaining conceptional information, such as aerodynamics or how an aircraft's systems work, than other people I know. I've always had a much more difficult time retaining pure information, such as a particular aircraft's V speeds, than other people I know and...

I'm about to drop a decent amount of money on prescription sunglasses. I'm down to two brands, Scheyden and Serengeti, and I could use some testimonials. In the Serengeti's, I'm looking at the non-polarized, driver's gradient. The color is supposed to help see through haze, and the gradient...

Here's the reg: (a) For an airplane single-engine rating. Except as provided in paragraph (k) of this section, a person who applies for a private pilot certificate with an airplane category and single-engine class rating must log at least 40 hours of flight time that includes at least 20...

Solo'd Saturday (Yay!!) From what I've read in the regs, I need to log some dual cross-country time, complete a dual night cross-country, and do a solo cross-country. My instructor mentioned doing a short dual XC, and then the same XC, solo... followed by a longer dual XC, and then that...

I'd like to find some study software for the written test. I've tried two products: Dauntless's private pilot study material (tried it a year or more ago), and ASA's Prepware on my Android device. These both seem to work ok for general questions, but in both cases I found it impossible to...

Seeing as how I plan to be a professional pilot in the future, what kind of things should I be tracking in my logbook in addition to the default columns so that when it comes time to add stuff up for advanced ratings and employment applications, I won't have to go through the whole thing over...

I know this topic has been brought up before in some fashion. From my understanding, the FAA's stance is that if you advertise yourself as an aerial photographer, and you're the one doing the flying, you must have a commercial certificate. My question is this: If you're logging the flight...

Hello friends! Haven't been around for a while. I hope everyone's doing well! I logged my first flight in almost a year today. Logged 1.0 in the Schweizer 269C. I quit flying last year because with the way work was going I could only schedule about two or three flights a month. I...

Select the UNICOM frequencies normally assigned to stations at landing areas used exclusively as heliports. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This question came up in my test...

Hi folks. I'm starting to prepare for my written test (private pilot—rotorcraft/helicopter). I'd like to find a list of all of the publications that the questions are derived from. I spend a lot of time with no internet access, so I'd like to download the PDFs (if available) for offline...

Hello folks. I have to take a medical checkride before I can get my medical and solo. I have a few questions about it. I'd think that once I have my medical, it will be good for any category of aircraft. For instance, if I take the medical checkride in an airplane and get my medical, I'd...

In an attempt to satisfy a simple curiosity about how GPS receiver's determine speed, I started doing a little research about the math behind it all. As usual, I ended up with more questions than answers. I was wondering if some of you intelligent folks could help with a few of them. First...

Hello friends. I'm finally, after years and years, going to have both the time and the money to get my license. When I start, I want to be as prepared as I possibly can be. I want the only thing standing between me and my FAA checkride to be flight time and those skills that can only be...

Headed to Afghanistan tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'll have internet access. Y'all fly safe in 2010!