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Private Pilot Question of the Day
Which inputs must a pilot use when interpreting helicopter takeoff, hover, and climb performance information?
Use the exact RFM or POH chart and prescribed method with pressure altitude, temperature, weight, wind, configuration, surface or hover condition, and all chart-specific variables. Distinguish in-ground-effect from out-of-ground-effect hover, remain within chart limits, and do not extrapolate beyond published data.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
Why must the pilot clear the area below as well as around the airplane before stall practice?
Entry and recovery may involve descent and changes in direction, exposing the airplane to traffic below its initial altitude.
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
During the sunset-to-sunrise period, when may an aircraft be anchored without lighted anchor lights?
When it is in an area where anchor lights are not required on vessels.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
How should a reference point be selected for turns around a point?
Choose a distinct point that can be kept in sight, provides suitable spacing for the wind, lies in an area with adequate terrain, obstacle, airspace, and population clearance, and has a viable emergency landing option nearby.
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
Before relying on an installed angle-of-attack (AOA) indicator after changing the flap setting, what should the pilot verify?
Verify that the system's calibration or configuration sensing accounts for the selected flap setting and that the indication is being used within its operating limitations.
Flight Instructor Instrument Question of the Day
Before endorsing an applicant for a certificate or rating practical test, what must the recommending instructor determine?
The instructor must determine that the applicant meets the applicable eligibility and training requirements and is prepared for the practical test across the applicable areas of operation.
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
What minimum standoff distance from a person does Part 107 prescribe for an sUAS operation?
Part 107 prescribes no single numeric standoff distance; the remote pilot selects and continually reevaluates a safe distance based on the aircraft, environment, people, possible failures, and the applicable operations-over-people category.
Advice of the Day
Maintain a consistent flight training schedule. Long breaks in any kind of training, but especially aviation, will cause a dramatic loss of progress.
System of the Day
Cabin Heating and Cooling Systems: Cabin Heating and cooling systems provide conditioned air for comfortable operations during various weather conditions
Maneuver of the Day
Intercepting And Tracking: Radial intercepting and tracking establish the airplane on a predetermine radial and to track it to a location, thereby aiding in navigation.
Emergency of the Day
Engine Failure: The total loss of power requires immediate actions which depend upon speed (life) and altitude (life insurance)
Mishap of the Day
ERA14LA450: The NTSB determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a takeoff with the airplane's center of gravity aft of its limit and led the airplane to exceed its critical angle of attack and experience an aerodynamic stall during the initial climb.
