Medical Classes
This class of medical certificate is required for student, recreational, and private pilot operations.
What is a Third-Class medical?
What does the "I" stand for.
What is Illness?
This general term describes the state of oxygen deficiency in the body's tissues.
What is hypoxia?
These photoreceptor cells in the retina are responsible for color vision and sharp detail in bright light.
What are cones?
Instead of a traditional medical certificate, BasicMed allows a pilot to fly using a valid U.S. one of these.
What is a driver's license?
This class of medical certificate is required for airline transport pilot (ATP) operations.
What is a First-Class medical?
What does the "A" stand for.
What is Alcohol?
This type of hypoxia is caused by an insufficient partial pressure of oxygen in the atmosphere, such as at high altitudes.
What is hypoxic hypoxia?
An approach to an uphill sloping runway creates the illusion of being too high, often resulting in this type of approach.
What is a low approach?
BasicMed limits a pilot to flying an aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of no more than this many pounds.
What is 6,000 pounds?
This class of medical certificate is required for commercial pilot operations other than airline transport, such as corporate or charter flying.
What is a Second-Class medical?
What does "F" and "E" stand for.
What is Fatigue and Emotion?
This type of hypoxia occurs when the blood is unable to carry oxygen, most commonly due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
What is hypemic hypoxia?
These photoreceptors are responsible for night vision and peripheral vision.
What are rods?
To qualify for BasicMed, you must complete an approved medical education course (like the one from AOPA) within the previous ____ calendar months.
What is 24 calendar months?
These are the regulations that describe the specific medical standards for each class of certificate.
What is FAR Part 67?
The FARs require a pilot to wait 8 hours after consuming alcohol and have a blood alcohol level less than this percentage.
What is 0.04% Blood Alcohol Level?
This type of hypoxia, often caused by alcohol or drugs, is the inability of the body's cells to use the oxygen delivered to them.
What is histotoxic hypoxia?
This illusion occurs when the natural horizon is obscured, causing a pilot to mistakenly align the aircraft with a sloping cloud deck or ground lights.
What is a false horizon?
BasicMed requires that you have received a comprehensive medical exam from a state-licensed physician within the previous ____ months.
What is 48 months?
This is the title of the FAA-authorized doctor who is designated to perform physical exams for pilot medical certificates.
What is a AME (Aviation Medical Examiner)?
What is physical, physiological, or psychological stress called.
What is a Stressor?
This is the maximum time a pilot has to make a rational, life-saving decision after a loss of oxygen at a given altitude.
What is Time of Useful Consciousness (TUC)?
This visual illusion is a false perception of movement that occurs when you stare at a single point of light against a dark background.
What is autokinesis?
Under BasicMed, you are limited to flying at a maximum airspeed of 250 knots and at altitudes below this specific level.
What is 18,000 feet MSL?