FOIs
The law of learning states that a student cannot learn if they aren’t responsive or ready to learn
What is the Law of Readiness?
A thin layer near the surface of an airfoil, where the air moves more slowly due to friction
What is the boundary layer?
This flap type changes the camber and the wing area
What is the flower flap?
The weather minimums for a Class C airspace
What are 1,000 above, 500 below, 2,000 horizontal, 3 SM visibility?
This is the first endorsement a CFI will write for their students
What is the Endorsement of U.S. citizenship recommended by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)?
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs lists and orders these 5 levels
What are the physiological, safety, belongingness, esteem, and self-actualization needs
You need this kind of static stability to have any type of dynamic stability
What is positive static stability?
This secondary flight control moves in the same direction as the trailing edge stabilator to relieve control pressures
What is the anti-servo tab (stabilator trim)?
These are the three stages of a thunderstorm
What is the cumulus, mature, dissipating stage?
The number of days it takes for a solo endorsement to expire
What is 90 days?
The characteristics of learning
What are purposeful, results of experience, multifaceted, and an active process?
These wind conditions cause wingtip vortices to get pushed onto the runway and, therefore, cause more risk to pilots
What is a light quartering tailwind?
a component that allows a small amount of fuel to bypass the main metering system to ensure a stable, smooth engine idle, especially when the throttle is closed
What is the idle bypass valve?
As this front passes, you may experience low-level stratus and nimbostratus clouds, drizzle or light rain, steadily warming temperatures, a leveling off of pressure, variable winds, and poor visibility that improves with the variable winds.
What is a warm front?
These aircraft need type ratings
What are aircraft over 12,500 lbs max takeoff weight, turbojet-powered aircraft, complex aircraft, and any other aircraft that the FAA specifies?
The defense mechanism that states when a person fakes a belief opposite to the true belief because the true belief causes anxiety
What is reaction formation?
This turning tendency can be described as when the descending propeller blade has a higher AOA and therefore more thrust than the ascending blade
What is P-factor?
In a turbocharger engine, this component draws in ambient air, compresses it, and forces it into the engine's combustion chamber
What is the compressor?
The force created by the rotation of the earth and deflects air to the right is called this.
What is the Coriolis force?
This is the number of flight hours within this many months required to take the private practical test
What is 3 hours within 2 months prior to the test?
“We are getting 11 new aircrafts”. The airplane pilot students pictured airplanes, while the helicopter pilot students pictured helicopters, is an example of this barrier of communication
What is the overuse of abstractions?
The tendency of a fluid to stick to a curved surface
What is the Coanda effect?
This component is missing from the electrical system diagram
What is the ground wire connected to the over voltage relay?
This type of fog is described as a layer of warm, moist air that moves over a cold surface
What is advection fog?
Student pilot certificates issued after this date were issued without an expiration date
What is April 1st, 2016?