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In this section you will find the most common mistakes for each exercise on the PPL/CPL flight tests. Exercise 2D – Pre-Flight Inspection Rushing the passenger briefing or omitting an item. Rushing the walk around Not visually checking fuel Tips: Begin the process of the passenger briefing before even stepping out the door. Tell them
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DOCUMENTS 1. What documents are required on board the aircraft for it to be legal for flight? 2. How long is the C. of A. Valid? 3. What would invalidate the C. of A.? 4. What are the different categories for the C. of A.? 5. How long is the C. of R. valid? 6.
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This article may require some clean-up. If you have any suggestions please contact the website admin. This practical weather guide is limited in what it contains. To supplement this, Nav Canada has created a guide to help with practical weather reading. This includes all weather services such as decoding AIRMETs, SIGMETs and more. This guide
An easy to read dumbed down version of all of this is here. (PDF new window) The article below contains various topics concerning basic meteorology. Please use the menu available on the right side to quickly scroll through the many different topics available. The Atmosphere Extent It is impossible to give any definite value
Radio Communications, like emergencies, will be incorporated into every lesson. Essentially, radio communications are just conversations on the radio. Your skills will continue to increase over time as you get more exposed to different environments and as your instructor allows you to take more control on the radio further in your flight training. Reference Material
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The emergency exercise is something that every instructor should incorporate into every lesson. The way emergencies are handled always depend on what aircraft you are flying, single pilot or two crew operation, day/night, IFR/VFR…the list is endless. this article will primarly focus on dealing with simple emergencies single pilot, in a single engine aircraft during
In this exercise and lesson you will be taught to recognize a potentially hazardous flight attitude from instrument indications and recover before a hazardous attitude develops. Planned Activities • Exercises 24 Unusual Attitudes Reference Material • FTM • AIM AIR 3.0 • Ground School and PGI Notes Preparation • Study the Abnormal and Emergency sections in
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In this exercise and lesson you will continue developing your skills in flying the aircraft with reference to instruments only and learn how to fly the aircraft under partial panel conditions. Planned Activities • Exercises 24 Unusual Attitudes Reference Material • FTM • AIM AIR 3.0 • Ground School and PGI Notes Preparation • Study the
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In this exercise and lesson you will be introduced to flying the aircraft with reference to instruments only. Planned Activities • Exercises 24 Reference Material • FTM • AIM AIR 3.0 • Ground School and PGI Notes Preparation • Study the Abnormal and Emergency sections in the POH • Review the POH (chapter 7 aircraft
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