Medical Certificate
A traditional FAA-issued document for pilots to prove their medical fitness to fly
What is a medical certificate?
Type of flight time is logged when a pilot is the sole manipulator of the controls, but with an instructor on board for training
What is dual instruction time?
This document, along with a valid medical and photo ID, must be in your possession to act as PIC of an IFR flight
What is a pilot certificate with an instrument rating?
This minimum score is required to pass an FAA knowledge test
What is 70%?
This Language Proficiency is required to be Eligible for a CFI Certificate
What is read, speak, and write English?
Certificate required for certain aviation roles, such as a private pilot; valid for 12 calendar months for commercial pilot privileges, regardless of age
What is the Second-Class medical certificate?
For a pilot's logbook, this is the minimum flight time required to meet certain currency and certification requirements, and flights must be logged to prove it
What is aeronautical experience?
A pilot must have logged six instrument approaches, holding procedures, and intercepting/tracking courses using navigation systems
What is the minimum flight experience requirements for an instrument-rated pilot?
A common question on the exam, this set of four flight fundamentals involves straight-and-level flight, turns, climbs, and descents
What are the fundamental flight maneuvers?
The Required Medical Class to Start CFII Training
What is a Third-Class Medical?
The highest level of medical certification required for pilots; the certificate is valid for 12 months for pilots under 40 and 6 months for pilots 40 and over
What is the First-Class medical certificate?
This is the flight time logged when a pilot is the primary person responsible for the aircraft's operation
What is Pilot In Command (PIC) time?
An IFR flight plan and an appropriate clearance
What two things are required before operating an aircraft in controlled airspace under IFR?
This authorized individual often administers the FAA practical tests
Who is a Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE)?
Its the minimum age to be a certified flight instructor
What is 18?
For private, recreational, and student pilots; good for 60 months for pilots under age 40 and 24 months for pilots age 40 or older
What is the Third-Class medical certificate?
A pilot must be able to present their logbook for inspection upon a reasonable request from this government agency or an authorized representative
What is FAA?
If your currency has lapsed by over 12 months, this is required to become current again
What is an Instrument Proficiency Check (IPC)?
The informal term for the practical test, which involves both an oral exam and a flight portion
What is a "checkride"?
The Final step of CFII Training
What is Practical Test (Checkride)?
The maximum takeoff weight, in pounds, of an aircraft a pilot can operate under the FAA's BasicMed rule
What is 6,000 pounds?
This specific Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) part outlines the required entries for a pilot's logbook
What is 14 CFR 61.51?
The required fuel for an IFR flight to your destination, then to your alternate, plus this amount of time at normal cruising speed
What is 45 minutes?
The official publication that outlines all the subject areas covered on a specific airman knowledge test
What is the Airman Certification Standards (ACS) or the Practical Test Standards (PTS)?
These are the abbreviations for the two FAA Knowledge Tests Required to be Passed before Earning an Individual CFI Certificate
What are FOI and FIA?