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Ace Your Private Pilot Oral Exam with This Guide

Northstar VFR

As different regulations, sections from the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) , Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (PHAK) , or Airplane Flying Handbook are referenced, take a moment to look them up and highlight or tab them. A good study foundation can begin during your ground school.

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Knowing When to Call the NTSB

Flying Magazine

Then the Federal Aviation Regulations Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM) was brought out, and the learners instructed to look up Part 830 , which provides guidance on when you need to notify the NTSB and, if need be, the FAA. There was a group eye roll. He was understandably upset.

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NASA Forms

AV Web

It was a fun hangar-flying session, right up until one of the local instructors got serious for a moment. Former editions of the Aeronautical Information Manual included the phrase hit the buzzer, which Medevac pilots could use to ask ATC to ask the jamming agency to stop, mostly to allow instrument approaches.

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Negotiating the Obstacle Course

Plane and Pilot

By comparison, a sport-flying airport’s office may be camouflaged as a lean-to shed on the side of a hangar, where an unmarked door with peeling paint opens onto a disheveled world of abandoned Styrofoam cups and well-thumbed magazines. V-speeds can be arcane because they have two meanings—a number to fly and a statement of purpose.