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What to expect on a flight review

Flight Training Central

While it’s not a test or a checkride, it’s an opportunity to sharpen your skills and stay up to date with regulations. Weather : How to interpret weather reports and forecasts, including TAFs (Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts), METARs, and PIREPs. You’ll also review the effects of weather on flight and decision-making.

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Preparing for Helicopter Practical Test Scenarios

Learn to Fly

You also must pass both the written FAA Knowledge Test and a FAA practical exam , which includes both an oral exam and practical flight test, often called a checkride. The weather forecast is clear with light winds, ideal for VFR conditions. 73 [ Special Federal Aviation Regulation No.

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The Real Regulators

Plane and Pilot

Most likely, the average pilot thinks of the Federal Aviation Administration when discussing the subject of regulating flight activity, airmen certification and proficiency requirements. The Federal Aviation Regulations, after all, are what we studied in ground school and recited to pass the checkride.

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What is the FAR/AIM? And Why is It Important?

Northstar VFR

For those who aren’t well versed in using the heavy, nausea inducing and all encompassing federal guideline booklet, let’s take a look and break it down so that the FAR/AIM goes from being a phonebook catastrophe to your biggest asset. The first part, the ‘FAR’, stands for Federal Aviation Regulations. As simple as that.