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4/3/2015 New Plastic Pilot Certificate So, Where Do I Start? What we will cover today Your old paper certificate is no longer valid. What it takes to be PIC again Google Search: Replacement of Airmen Certificate What has

  1. 4/3/2015 New Plastic Pilot Certificate So, Where Do I Start? What we will cover today… • Your old paper certificate is no longer valid. • What it takes to be PIC again Google Search: “Replacement of Airmen Certificate” • What has changed since you last flew • The Rusty Pilot Program will cover – Airspace review – 14 CFR 91 refresher – Aviation Weather – VFR Traffic Patterns & Communication When you fly always carry: 1) Plastic Pilot Certificate 2) Government Issued Photo ID 3) Medical Certificate or Driver’ s License Renew Your Medical (Or Not!) Steps back to PIC: Flight Review The Steps Back to PIC Medical Req’d If No Medical Req’d If • No Need To: • Determine what type of • You want to carry • Flying Gliders – Take another check ride with the FAA FAA Medical Certificate more than one • Flying Under Light – Take another FAA ‘knowledge’ test. you need or if you need passenger Sport Rules one at all. • Flight At Night – You have a current, Just call or visit a local flight school and • Fly IFR valid drivers license. arrange a “Flight Review” • Fly High Performance or Complex Aircraft *Attending this program today helps you meet the ground portion of the flight review! CAUTION! If your medical has been revoked, denied, or withdrawn, you may not fly under Light Sport rules . 1

  2. 4/3/2015 AME’s In Your Area If You Decide to Renew Your Medical So What’s This Light Sport Thing? • Check AOPA’s Medical website & consider • Airplanes • A new “class” of pilot AOPA Pilot Protection Services license – Max Gross 1320 lb. • Just ‘Google” Airmen Medical Examiners in • – Max Speed 120 knots Encompasses Airplanes, – Two seats • MedXpress – https://medxpress.faa.gov/ Glider, your area. – Fixed Gear • Lighter-Than-Air, – Single Engine/Reciprocating • Visit the AME – Fixed pitch or ground adjustable prop • Weight Shift, • Generally, if you can walk, talk, see, – Unpressurized Cabin • • Link: https://www. faa .gov/pilots/ ame locator Powered Parachute • Does it fit your “mission?” and breath, you can pass a 3 rd class exam. • Cost of operation – LESS! • Validity differences for 3 rd class • Lot’s of ‘legacy’ airplanes Under 40: 60 mos. vs Over 40: 24 mos. qualify • Special Issuance. What’s that? How to handle? • Buy or rent Light Sport Aircraft Standard Category LSA CTLS LSA http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/ExistingModels.pdf RV 12 CESSNA 162 Harford Air Service – Churchville, MD Chesapeake Sport Pilot – Bay Bridge Sky Arrow AERONCA CHAMP Trident Aircraft – Stevensville, MD Fleming Aviation, Laytonsville, MD 2

  3. 4/3/2015 I am a private pilot now… I want to Standard Category LSA Light Sport become a sport pilot. Can’t Do Under LSA Rules Can Do Under LSA Rules • Pretty simple – complete your flight review to allow you • Fly ANYWHERE you • IFR flight to act as PIC and limit yourself to the requirements of want to…same as PPL • Night flight sport pilot. or higher • Fly over 10,000 ft. • If you have a current medical – let it lapse. • Fly into Class B, C, and • Fly above clouds out of • Important: Your medical cannot have been revoked, D airports sight of ground denied, or withdrawn. • No distance limits • Less than 3 miles visibility ERCOUPE Glass Panels and New Technology Electronic Flight Bags Technically Advanced Aircraft • FAA now permits use of i-Pads and tablets for use in the cockpit. • These can be used legally for navigation. • No need to carry paper charts anymore • IFR-approved GPS with Moving-Map Display • Pros • Multifunction display (MFD) with Traffic, Weather, or Terrain Information • Cons • Autopilot. 3

  4. 4/3/2015 Apps For EFBs FlyQ Your “Ground School” ForeFlight Airspace WingX Review Garmin Pilot Social Flight Log Book Airspace Airspace • Class A MOST COMPLEX • Prior to Sept 16, • Now • Class B 1993, we only had • Class A • Class C Control Zones, • Class B Terminal Control • Class D • Class C Areas, and Terminal • Class E • Class D Radar Service • Class G LEAST COMPLEX • Class E Areas (TRSAs). • Class G 4

  5. 4/3/2015 Airspace Airspace • Class A • Class A • Class B • Class B ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CONTROLLED AIRSPACE • Class C • Class C COMMUNICATION (ATC SERVICE AVAILABLE) • Class D • Class D • Class E • Class E COMMUNICATION NOT REQUIRED • Class G • Class G UNCONTROLLED AIRSPACE Class G Airspace • You won’t generally see this on a chart unless you fly in the mountains and sparsely populated areas 5

  6. 4/3/2015 Class E Airspace Transition Area Transitions Traffic To/From Terminal Or Enroute Environment Class D Airspace Class E, but… Towered Airports Class E Surface Area within the dashed line • About 4nm radius -- Can vary! Must have: • Ground to 2500’ AGL Weather Observer, • 200 KIAS ASOS OR AWOS • No Mode C if Outside the B Veil • Two-Way Communication: MUST hear your TAIL NUMBER BEFORE entering • Reverts to Class E or G if the tower operates intermittently 6

  7. 4/3/2015 Mode C Veil Class C Airspace Class B Airspace • Within 30nm of most Class B airports • Mode C Transponder required • • Except: Aircraft not originally Custom Dimensions • 5nm-10nm in Radius certified with engine driven • Two-way Communications • Generally to 4000’ AGL electrical system • Mode C Transponder • • Mode C Required even when Gliders, Balloons • Specific permission to enter flying over, but outside of, Class “Cleared into Bravo”. If C airspace you’re not sure, ask!!! • Two-Way Communication: MUST hear your Tail Number • 250 kias speed limit within BEFORE entering Class B • Speed Limit: 200 KIAS • 200 Knots under Class B Class A Airspace Visibility and Cloud Clearance Requirements Transponder Requirements - Review • • From 18,000 to 60,000 msl. EXCEPTION: Gliders may operate in CLASS A airspace with • Not shown on Sectionals or ATC’s blessing! WACs • • AIRSPACE TRIVIA: WHAT Altimeter setting at 29.92 AIRSPACE IS ABOVE CLASS A? • Need Transponder • CLASS E • Instrument Rating • On Instrument Flight Plan • DME above FL240 • RVSM Above FL290 7

  8. 4/3/2015 Visibility and Cloud Clearance Requirements Visibility and Cloud Clearance Requirements Visibility and Cloud Clearance Requirements SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE Class E or G ABOVE 10,000’ Cloud Clearance and Visibility Requirements are EASY: • 5 statute miles • 1000 feet above • Class C, • 1000 feet below • Class D, • 1 statute mile horizontally • Class E and • REMEMBER “5111” • Class G (at night) • AND, you need a (working!) transponder . • are ALL = 3-152s EXCEPTION: Sport Pilots, or pilots operating under EXCEPTION: Sport Pilots, or pilots operating under Sport Pilot Sport Pilot Rules, May Not Fly Over 10,000 ft or 2000 ft Rules, Cannot Fly at Night OR with Visibility < 3 miles and AGL if terrain is above 10,000 feet ALWAYS Within Sight of the Ground. http://sua.faa.gov/sua 8

  9. 4/3/2015 Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) Other TFRs Presidential TFRs • • Sporting events (3 mi/3000 ft) Can pop up anytime, and on very short notice. Virtually zero • Other places (Disneyworld, Super tolerance for incursions. Bowl, UN General Assembly) The official sources for TFR information are the FAA’s Graphic TFR web page and the FDC NOTAMs . 9

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  11. 4/3/2015 Aeronautical Chart Washington DC Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) Users Guide http://www.faasafety.gov/ DC Flight Restricted Zone • GA flight prohibited with very few exceptions • Requires background check & special procedures. https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/aero_guide/ 11

  12. 4/3/2015 We will Continue in 5 Minutes! What type of activities can take the place of a flight review? Regulation Review No (unless part of your flight review was Question: done at night and met 14 CFR 61.57). • Experience (14 CFR 61.57) • 14 CFR 61.56 explains that you do not You completed your flight review yesterday • Day: 3 TO/LDG same CAT and CLASS need to accomplish a flight review if… afternoon and now you want to take your • Tail wheel to a full stop – you have recently added a new pilot kids out for a night flight to see the city • Night: 3 TO/LDG (full stop) 1 hr. after sunset certificate level or rating lights. Are you current to carry passengers to 1 hr. before sunrise – you have completed a phase of the Wings for this flight? Pilot Proficiency program 12

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