PPL/Student
The is the youngest age allowed to fly a powered airplane solo
What is 16 years old?
This is the total number of flight hours required to receive a commercial ASEL
What is 250 hours?
This is the minimum age that qualifies for an unrestricted ATP
What is 23?
This is the minimum age for a CFI
What is 18?
This class of medical is required for an ATP
What is a first-class medical?
This is the primary purpose of a rudder during flight (there is a proper term you must use)
What is a controlling yaw?
You must have this license before you start training for a commercial pilot license
What is a PPL (private pilot license)?
This is the course that precedes the ATP written test
What is the ATP-CTP?
This rating must be held to qualify for a CFII
What is an instrument rating?
This class of medical is required for commercial operations
What is a second-class medical?
These are two skills you must master before flying solo
What are stall recoveries and go‑arounds?
This extra qualification indicates that a pilot can fly safely in low visibility
What is an instrument rating?
This is an advanced ATP knowledge area
What is airline operations?
This test's purpose is to ensure that CFIs can do their job well
What is the FOI (Fundamentals Of Instructing) test?
This class of medical is required for a private or student license
What is a third-class medical?
This is the minimum total flight time needed for a PPL
What is 40 hours?
Pilots must train for ten hours in one of these three aircraft types in order to receive a commercial license
What are complex, technically advanced, and turbine aircraft?
These two paths allow someone to earn their R‑ATP (you only need to say one)
What are approved colleges or a military path?
This endorsement allows a student to fly solo to another airport
What is a solo cross-country endorsement?
Flying these types of aircraft does not have a medical class requirement (you only need to say one)
What is glider or balloon flying?
This is the total number of hours of training needed within 2 months of taking a checkride
What is 3 hours?
This is the maximum distance that a commercial pilot may fly passengers at night if he is without an instrument rating
What is 50NM?
This is how many hours an ATP applicant must spend training in a flight simulator to be eligible
What is 10 hours?
This type of training teaches students how to recover while in a spinning aircraft
What is spin training?
These situations are when a CFI may teach without a medical certificate (you only need to say one)
What is not acting as PIC or as a required crew member?