Private Pilot Certificate

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Private Pilot Certificate
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What You Can Do

• Fly in VFR weather conditions
• Fly at any time, day or night
• Fly without an instructor approving your
  flightplan
• Fly into/out of any civil U.S. Airport
• Carry passengers
• Passengers can pay up to their equal share of the
  flight costs

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Why Fly?
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Requirements on the Ground

• Third Class Medical Certificate
• Required for your first solo
• Get this early in your training or before you
  begin
• Valid for 3 years
• 70 or better on written exam
• Take the exam as early as you can
• Exam cannot be taken without an instructors
  write-off.

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Requirements in the Air

• At least 40 hours of flight time (50-70 average)
• 20 hours with instructor
• 3 hours cross country
• One flight over 100nm start to finish
• 3 hours night
• 3 hours instrument
• 10 hours solo
• 5 hours cross country
• One flight over 150nm with three landings

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A Typical Lesson

• 2 hour block
• 1 hour of maneuvers/skills practice near airport
• Steep turns
• Slow flight/stalls
• Instrument flying
• Emergency procedures
• ½ hour of pattern work
• Different types of takeoffs/landings
• ½ hour to park plane, debrief lesson
• Other lessons may be ground school or longer
  flights (ex cross country)

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What Youll Fly

• 2 Seater Piper Tomahawk, Cessna 150
• 4 Seater Piper Warrior, Cessna 172

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The Checkride

• Two parts
• Oral Exam cover flight planning, what if
  scenarios, aircraft systems
• Flight Exam is just what it sounds like
• Start a cross-country flight
• Basic Flight Maneuvers
• Pattern work
• Must pass every part

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Checkride Tips

• Plan ahead
• Do all of the flight planning (except for the
  weather) the day before the exam
• Be professional from beginning to end
• If youre unsure of an instruction, ask
• Take your time
• Be calm
• Your instructor signed you off youre prepared

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Cost

• 2-Seat Airplane 90/hr (60hr 5400)
• Instructor 50/hr (35hr 1750)
• Examiner 350
• Written Exam 80
• Supplies 400
• Total 7980

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Cost

• My cost
• 51 flight hours _at_ 85/hr (4335)
• 30.5 hours instruction _at_ 60/hr (1830)
• Checkride (350)
• Supplies (400)
• Written Exam (80)
• Total 6995

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What You Should Buy

• Headset
• Review book/practice test
• Charts, AFD
• Log Book
• Flight computer
• Fuel tester
• Gleim kit has most of the above

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Training in Boston

• Three main airports
• Bedford
• Can get very busy with jet and small aircraft
  traffic
• Great practice talking with a tower
• Lawrence
• Beverly
• Public Transportation
• T runs to Bedford from Alewife (Red Line to 76)

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Pros of Training in Boston

• Busy airspace
• Lots of communications practice
• Lots of practice sharing airspace
• Lots of airports for cross countries
• Can train during the school year

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Cons of Training in Boston

• Busy airspace
• Some flights may be delayed on the ground or in
  the traffic pattern
• Expensive
• Other locales will have less expensive aircraft

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Suggestions

• Keep a computer backup of your logbook
• Ask lots of questions
• Find a pilot friend to ask if you dont want to
  ask your instructor
• Prepare as much as possible before the lesson
  slot begins
• Weather briefing
• Flight Planning
• Preflight (if plane is available)

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More Suggestions

• Armchair fly before and after each flight
• Remember what you did well, and think about how
  to improve
• If youre tired or not feeling well, take a break
• Dont be afraid to cancel a lesson
• Listen to liveatc.net
• Get more familiar with ATC and airport procedures
• Hear and critique yourself on the radio
• Fly often
• The more you fly, the less time it takes to get
  your license (calendar time and logged flight
  time)

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Questions?