Licenses and Certifications
Categories and Classes of Aircraft
Roles and Missions
Identifying Characteristics
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What primary certificates can you get when you're 17 years old?
Sport, recreational, private
100
What are the 5 most common aircraft categories?
Normal, utility, acrobatic, transport, and restricted.
100
Describe commercial aviation.
scheduled and non-scheduled passenger flights for hire, carrying cargo for hire
100
How would you describe the engines and their configuration on this aircraft?
twin piston
200
How old do you need to be to solo when training for your sport, recreational, and private pilot certificate?
16
200
What are common aircraft classes?
airplane, rotorcraft, glider, and balloon
200
Describe military aviation
fighters keeping enemy aircraft out of the sky, reconnaissance aircraft finding out where the enemy is and what they are doing, transport and tanker aircraft moving supplies and troops
200
How would you describe this engine?
turbine
300
How old do you need to be to solo a glider or balloon?
14
300
What class of aircraft is being described: an engine-driven, fixed-wing aircraft
airplane
300
Describe general aviation
law enforcement, flight training, corporate travel, crop dusting, aerial photography
300
How would you describe the wings of this plane?
high wing
400
Of the three primary certificates, which is the fastest pathway to becoming a pilot?
Sport
400
What category is being described? airplanes that have a seating configuration of 9 or less with a maximum takeoff weight of 12,500 or less
normal
400
What type of designs can engineers use to make a stealth fighter more difficult to detect?
sharp angles in fuselage, keep bombs inside the aircraft, and mix cold are with exhaust
400
How would you describe the landing gear configuration of these planes?
tailwheel
500
Private pilots may fly at night, but where can they not fly?
Into the clouds or bad weather
500
What category is being described?
heavy or light-weight aircraft used for specific purposes, such as agricultural spraying
restricted
500
What types of missions can the Twin Otter accomplish?
taking off and landing from the ground, water, and snow
500
How would you describe the landing gear configuration of this plane?
Tandem
600
In order to earn any of the primary pilot certificates, you must pass three parts of a test. What are the three parts?
Knowledge test, oral test, and practical test
600
What category is being described? jets with 10 or more seats or propeller-driven airplanes with 19 or more seats that weigh more than 12,500 pounds
transport
600
How do the U-2 Dragon Lady and the F-16 work together?
Dragon Lady can observe from high altitude and the F-16 can maneuver in quickly to attack.
600
Describe the engine, landing gear, and wing configuration of this plane.
piston engine, tricycle, and high wing
700
What else do you need to qualify to take a pilot checkride?
speak English and hold a government issued ID
700
What is the difference between normal and utility categories?
mostly the same except utility allows for some approved acrobatic maneuvers
700
What are some mission benefits for flying unmanned aircraft?
Space and support for support systems that are required for a human are no longer needed. Not limited by human factors such as sleeping, eating, and using the restroom.
800
What does your instrument rating allow you to do?
fly in inclement weather, at higher altitudes, and in the clouds
800
What class of aircraft is being described?
a heavier-than-air aircraft whose free flight does not depend on an engine
glider
800
What are 4 possible modifications of the Boeing 747?
passenger, cargo, firefighting, and VIP
900
What rating do you need to get paid to fly?
Commercial
900
Why is sorting aircraft into categories and classes necessary and helpful?
To help group aircraft of similar characteristics more appropriately, which simplifies aircraft certification and design requirements of similar aircraft. Aircraft with very different characteristics, such as an airplane and a helicopter, must be evaluated using rules and standards appropriate to that aircraft.
1000
What certificate do you need to hold in order to operate a drone for copensation?
Part 107