Light Sport Aircraft
This is the maximum gross weight for a land-based LSA (not including seaplanes).
What is 1320 pounds.
This is the primary document a sport pilot may use to establish medical eligibility instead of an FAA medical certificate.
What is a U.S. Driver's License?
This acronym refers to the rapid loss of blood from the brain to the lower body, causing greyout or blackout.
What is G-LOC
The most basic aerobatic maneuver, requiring a 360-degree change in pitch, usually starting and ending in level flight.
What is a loop?
Known for incredible maneuverability, this 1970s jet was the first capable of holding 9Gs, popular with teams like the Thunderbirds.
What is the F-16 Fighting Falcon?
an LSA aircraft must have a maximum airspeed (VH) of and no more no more than this many knots.
What is 120 Knots.
If a pilot knows they have a medical condition that would disqualify them for a regular medical certificate, they cannot use this to legally fly.
What is the Sport Pilot rule?
During a 9G turn, a 200-pound pilot effectively feels as though they weigh this many pounds.
What is 1,800 pounds?
This aerobatic maneuver involves a 180-degree turn, with a roll on the way out, designed to change direction quickly.
What is a Half-Cuban Eight?
This legendary test pilot was the first to break the sound barrier and was known for advanced aerial maneuvering.
Who is Chuck Yeager?
This type of pilot certificate is the minimum requirement to fly most LSAs.
What is a Sport Pilot certificate.
This specific restriction from a previous, failed FAA medical application prevents a pilot from using a driver's license.
What is a denied, revoked, or suspended medical?
This term describes G-forces that act from head to toe, the most common type encountered in a steep diving pull-up.
What is Positive G-Force?
A combination maneuver that involves pulling the nose straight up, stopping at the top, and rotating 180 degrees before diving down.
What is a Hammerhead (or Stall Turn)?
This Russian-designed, lightweight aerobatic airplane is often used for training and demonstrating high-G agility.
What is the Su-29 (or Su-26)?
LSA maximum number of seats, including the pilot.
What is Two Seats.
This is the action required if a sport pilot becomes aware of a medical condition that makes them unsafe to operate an aircraft, even if they have a valid driver's license.
What is self-grounding?
To combat high G-forces, pilots perform this technique, involving tensing muscles and controlled breathing.
What is the AGSM?
This maneuver requires holding an aircraft at a 90-degree bank angle, utilizing rudder to maintain altitude rather than lift.
What is a Knife-edge pass?
This U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron flies the F/A-18 Super Hornet, famously demonstrating high-G maneuvers.
Who are the Blue Angels?
While helicopters are not permitted, this type of rotorcraft is allowed under the LSA rule.
What is a gyroplane.
This is the time limit (in days) for an operator to file a report after an aircraft accident.
What is 10 days.
This specific, often involuntary, physiological reaction to negative Gs involves blood rushing to the head.
What is Redout?
This type of involuntary spin occurs when an aircraft is stalled at high speed, often resulting from excessive elevator input.
What is a Snap Roll?
Considered the premier aerobatic competition plane of the 1980s, this German-built, tandem-seat aircraft dominated the sport.
What is the Extra 300?