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• Remote Pilot - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Study Guidep. 74
  Appendix 1: Study References

  Certification Standards SAFO 09013 Fighting Fires Caused By Lithium Type Batteries in Portable Electronic Devices SAFO 10015 Flying in the wire environment SAFO 10017 Risks in Transporting Lithium Batteries in Cargo by Aircraft SAFO 15010 Carriage of Spare Lithium Batteries…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 1-17
  Chapter 1: Introduction To Flying › Pilot Certifications › Commercial Pilot

  Private Pilot A private pilot is one who flies for pleasure or personal business without accepting compensation for flying except in some very limited, specific circumstances. The Private Pilot Certificate is the certificate held by the majority of active pilots ... allows command of any aircraft (subject to appropriate ratings) for any noncommercial purpose and gives almost unlimited authority to fly under VFR. Passengers may be carried and flight in furtherance of a business is permitted; however, a private pilot…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 1-1-31
  Chapter 1. Air Navigation › Section 1. Navigation Aids › 1-1-17. Global Positioning System (GPS)

  concept has not been adopted or recognized by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). (3) GPS approaches use fly-over and fly-by waypoints to join route segments on an approach. Fly-by waypoints connect the two segments by allowing ... compensated for in the airspace and terrain clearances. The missed approach waypoint (MAWP) will always be a fly-over waypoint. A holding waypoint will always be designed as a fly-over waypoint in the navigational database but may be charted…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 1-20
  Chapter 1: Introduction To Flying › Selecting a Flight School › Basic Requirements

  quality of instruction and the knowledge and skills acquired from their flight instructor affect a student pilot’s entire flying career. The Student Pilot The first step in becoming a pilot is to select a type of aircraft. FAA rules ... airplanes, gyroplanes, weight-shift, helicopters, powered parachutes, gliders, balloons, or airships. A pilot does not need a certificate to fly ultralight vehicles. Basic Requirements A student pilot is one who is being trained by an instructor pilot…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 1-16
  Chapter 1: Introduction To Flying › Pilot Certifications

  Pilot Certifications The type of intended flying influences what type of pilot’s certificate is required. Eligibility, training, experience, and testing requirements differ depending on the type of certificates sought. [Figure 1-20] Each type of pilot’s certificate ... back side (bottom) of an airman certificate issued by the FAA. Privileges—define where and when the pilot may fly, with whom they may fly, the purpose of the flight, and the type of aircraft they are allowed to fly…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 7-4-7
  Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 4. Wake Turbulence › 7-4-8. Pilot Responsibility

  Pilots of aircraft that produce strong wake vortices should make every attempt to fly on the established glidepath, not above it; or, if glidepath guidance is not available, to fly as closely as possible to a “3-1” glidepath ... above it. EXAMPLE-Fly 3,000 feet at 10 miles from touchdown, 1,500 feet at 5 miles, 1,200 feet at 4 miles, and so on to touchdown. 2. Pilots of aircraft that produce strong wake vortices should fly…