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Gleim Private Pilot SyllabusFifth Edition, 3rd Printing

UpdatesMarch 2016

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Introduction

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Page 9: A new section was added about FAA sectional charts.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT FAA CHARTS

The FAA has removed all questions pertaining to scalability from their Private Pilot Knowledge Test data bank. We have also removed these questions.

GROUND LESSON 1: AIRPLANES AND AERODYNAMICS

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Text ReferencesPilot Handbook, Study Unit 1, “Airplanes and Aerodynamics” (54 pages)Private Pilot FAA Knowledge Test, Study Unit 1, “Airplanes and Aerodynamics” (6 pages)

Pilot HandbookStudy Unit 1 Contents

No. of Pages

Private Pilot FAA Knowledge TestStudy Unit 1 Contents

No. of Questions

1.1 Definitions ....................................................... 5 1.1 Flaps ........................................................... 91.2 The Airplane .................................................... 5 1.2 Airplane Wings ............................................ 41.3 Axes of Rotation ............................................. 1 1.3 Stalls ........................................................... 61.4 Flight Controls and Control Surfaces .............. 5 1.4 Spins ........................................................... 31.5 Forces Acting on the Airplane in Flight ........... 6 1.5 Lift and Drag ............................................... 31.6 Dynamics of the Airplane in Flight .................. 4 1.6 Ground Effect .............................................. 51.7 Ground Effect .................................................. 2 1.7 Airplane Stability ......................................... 11.8 How Airplanes Turn ......................................... 1 1.8 Turns ........................................................... 71.9 Torque (Left-Turning Tendency ....................... 4 1.9 Load Factor ................................................. 31.10 Airplane Stability ............................................. 7 1.10 Transonic and Supersonic Flight ................ 61.11 Loads and Load Factors ................................. 6 1.11 Velocity Vs. G-Loads ................................... 31.12 Stalls and Spins .............................................. 7


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GROUND LESSON 3: AIRPORTS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, AND AIRSPACE

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Text References

Pilot Handbook, Study Unit 3, “Airports, Air Traffic Control, and Airspace” (72 pages)Private Pilot FAA Knowledge Test, Study Unit 3, “Airports, Air Traffic Control, and Airspace”

(12 pages)


No. of Pages


No. of Questions

3.1 Runway and Taxiway Markings ...................... 14 3.1 Runway Markings ........................................... 73.2 Airport Lighting ............................................... 5 3.2 Taxiway and Destination Signs ....................... 133.3 Visual Glideslope Indicators ........................... 3 3.3 Beacons and Taxiway Lights .......................... 63.4 Wind and Landing Direction Indicators and 3.4 Airport Traffic Patterns .................................... 9

Segmented Circles ....................................... 2 3.5 Visual Approach Slope Indicators (VASI) ........ 133.5 Airport Traffic Patterns .................................... 2 3.6 Wake Turbulence ............................................ 93.6 Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO) .. . . 1 3.7 Collision Avoidance ......................................... 113.7 Wake Turbulence ............................................ 7 3.8 ATIS and Ground Control ............................... 43.8 Collision Avoidance ......................................... 5 3.9 Class D Airspace and Airport Advisory Area ... 93.9 Radio Communications and Phraseology ...... 3 3.10 Class C Airspace ............................................ 53.10 Airports without an Operating Control Tower . . 3 3.11 Terminal Radar Programs ............................... 33.11 Automated Weather Reporting Systems ........ 2 3.12 Transponders and Transponder Codes 63.12 Airports with an Operating Control Tower ....... 1 3.13 Radio Phraseology ......................................... 33.13 Automatic Terminal Information Service 3.14 ATC Traffic Advisories ..................................... 5

(ATIS) ............................................................ 1 3.15 ATC Light Signals ........................................... 73.14 Ground Control ............................................... 1 3.16 ELTs and VHF/DF ........................................... 43.15 Tower Control ................................................. 1 3.17 Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO) .. . . 63.16 Approach Control and Departure Control

(for VFR Aircraft) ........................................... 13.17 Clearance Delivery ......................................... 13.18 Emergencies ................................................... 13.19 Radio Failure Procedures ............................... 13.20 Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) ............ 23.21 ATC Radar ...................................................... 13.22 Transponder Operation ................................... 23.23 Radar Services to VFR Aircraft ....................... 23.24 General Dimensions of Airspace .................... 13.25 Controlled and Uncontrolled Airspace ............ 23.26-3.31 Class A, B, C, D, E, and G Airspace ...... 43.32 Special-Use Airspace ..................................... 13.33 Other Airspace Areas ...................................... 23.34 Special Flight Rules Areas .............................. 2


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GROUND LESSON 4: FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS

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Text References

Pilot Handbook, Study Unit 4, “Federal Aviation Regulations” (79 pages)Private Pilot FAA Knowledge Test, Study Unit 4, “Federal Aviation Regulations” (except Subunit 4.6

4.7, “Recreational Pilot Related FARs”) (15 pages)


No. of Pages


No. of Questions

4.1 Federal Aviation Regulations ............................. 1 4.1 FAR Part 1 ............................................. 134.2 Part 1 -- Definitions and Abbreviations .............. 4 4.2 FAR Part 21 ........................................... 14.3 Part 21 -- Certification Procedures for 4.3 FAR Part 39 ........................................... 2

Products and Parts .......................................... 1 4.4 FAR Part 43 ........................................... 54.4 Part 39 -- Airworthiness Directives .................... 1 4.5 FAR Part 47 ........................................... 14.5 Part 43 – Maintenance, Preventive 4.5 6 FAR Part 61 ........................................... 31

Maintenance, Rebuilding, and Alternation ....... 1 4.6 7 Recreational Pilot Related FARs ........... NA4.6 Part 61 -- Certification: Pilots, Flight 4.7 8 FAR Part 71 ........................................... 2

Instructors, and Ground Instructors ................. 31 4.8 9 FAR Part 91: 91.3 – 91.151 ................... 504.7 Part 67 -- Medical Standards and Certification .. 4 4.9 10 FAR Part 91: 91.155 – 91.519 ............... 614.8 Part 91 -- General Operating and Flight Rules . . 27 4.10 11 NTSB Part 830 ...................................... 74.9 NTSB Part 830 -- Notification and Reporting of

Aircraft Accidents or Incidents and Overdue Aircraft, and Preservation of Aircraft Wreckage, Mail, Cargo, and Records .............. 2

4.10 Summary of Current FAR Part Numbers ........... 7

GROUND LESSON 8: AVIATION WEATHER SERVICES

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Text References

Pilot Handbook, Study Unit 8, “Aviation Weather Services” (43 pages)Private Pilot FAA Knowledge Test, Study Unit 8, “Aviation Weather Services” (10 pages)


No. of Pages


No. of Questions

8.1 Flight Service Station (FSS) ............................... 3 8.1 Weather Briefings ......................................... 108.2 Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR) ....... 7 8.2 Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR) . 68.3 Pilot Weather Report (PIREP) ............................ 1 8.3 Pilot Weather Report (PIREP) ...................... 58.4 Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) .................. 4 8.4 Aviation Area Forecast ................................. 88.5 Aviation Area Forecast (FA) ............................... 3 8.5 Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) ............ 88.6 In-Flight Aviation Weather Advisories ................. 4 8.6 Weather Depiction Charts ............................ 68.7 Winds and Temperatures Aloft Forecast (FB) .. . . 1 8.7 Radar Summary Charts and Radar 8.8 Surface Analysis Chart ....................................... 1 Weather Reports ........................................ 7 18.9 Weather Depiction Chart .................................... 2 8.8 En Route Flight Advisory Service (EFAS)8.10 Radar Summary Chart ....................................... 2 In-Flight Weather ........................................ 38.11 Short-Range Surface Prognostic (PROG) 8.9 Winds and Temperatures Aloft Forecasts

Chart ................................................................. 3 (FB) ............................................................ 78.12 Low-Level Significant Weather (SIGWX) Chart .. 2 8.10 Significant Weather Prognostic Charts ........ 58.13 DUATS ............................................................... 8 8.11 AIRMETs and SIGMETs ............................... 58.14 Aviation Weather Resources on the Internet ...... 4


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GROUND LESSON 10: NAVIGATION SYSTEMS

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Text References

Pilot Handbook, Study Unit 10, “Navigation Systems” (34 pages)Private Pilot FAA Knowledge Test, Study Unit 10, “Navigation Systems” (3 pages)


No. of Pages


No. of Questions

10.1 Basic Radio Principles .................................... 5 10.1 VOR Test Facility (VOT) ............................ 310.2 VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) ................ 12 10.2 Determining Position .................................. 1110.3 Distance-Measuring Equipment (DME) .......... 1 10.3 Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) .............. 1810.4 Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) ................... 7 10.4 3 Global Positioning System (GPS) .............. 610.5 Area Navigation (RNAV) ................................. 110.6 VORTAC-Based RNAV ................................... 110.7 Global Positioning System (GPS) ................... 6

FLIGHT TRAINING COURSE COMPLETION STANDARDS

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Lesson Topic

Number of Pages in Reading

Assignment

Stage One

1 Introduction to Flight 702 Four Fundamentals of Flight 633 Basic Instrument Maneuvers 214 Slow Flight and Stalls 275 Emergency Operations 346 Steep Turns and Ground Reference Maneuvers 337 Review *8 Go-Around and Forward Slip to a Landing 139 Presolo Review *

10 Presolo Review *11 First Solo 4512 Stage One Check *

306Stage Two

13 Second Solo *14 Short-Field and Soft-Field Takeoffs and Landings 2215 Solo Maneuvers Review *16 Navigation Systems 5517 Dual Cross-Country 19918 Night Flight -- Local 13419 Night Cross-Country 220 Solo Cross-Country *

20A Solo Cross-Country (Part 61) *20B Solo Cross-Country (Part 61) *

21 Maneuvers Review *22 Solo Practice *23 Maneuvers Review *24 Solo Practice *25 Stage Two Check/End of Course Checks *

412 *Reading assignment consists of review only, no new materials


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FLIGHT LESSON 9: PRESOLO REVIEW

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3. Review items Certificates and documents - FM 78-81 Maneuvering during slow flight - FM 206-210;

Airplane systems - FM 107-110; PH 79-140; PH 50-52 POH-7 Power-off stalls (entered from straight flight

Preflight inspection - FM 118-122 and turns - FM 264-268; PH 71-75

Engine starting - FM 126-129 Power-on stalls (entered from straight flight

Taxiing - FM 130-138 and turns) - FM 269-274; PH 71-75

Runway incursion avoidance - FM 139-143; Steep turns - FM 220-224 PH 178-179 Normal and crosswind approach and landing -

Before-takeoff check - FM 144-147 FM 169-186

Radio communications - FM 150-152; Go-around - FM 214-218 PH 181-184 Forward slip to a landing - FM 209-213

Traffic patterns - FM 153-156; PH 166-168 Recovery from bouncing and ballooning during

Airport and runway markings - PH 142-155 landing - FM 181-183

Normal and crosswind takeoff and climb - ATC light signals - FM 150 FM 160-168 Additional items at CFI’s discretion __________

Flight by reference to instruments (IR) - ______________________________________ FM 20-24, 280-287 ______________________________________

STAGE TWO


Lesson Topic13 Second Solo14 Short-Field and Soft-Field Takeoffs and Landings15 Solo Maneuvers Review16 Navigation Systems17 Dual Cross-Country18 Night Flight -- Local19 Night Cross-Country20 Solo Cross-Country

20A Solo Cross-Country (Part 61)20B Solo Cross-Country (Part 61)

21 Maneuvers Review22 Solo Practice23 Maneuvers Review24 Solo Practice25 Stage Two Check/End of Course Checks


FLIGHT LESSON 25: STAGE TWO CHECK/END OF COURSE CHECKS


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END OF COURSE KNOWLEDGE TEST

Page 69, Question 12: This edit replaces question 12 with another question. Use the figure provided on page 12 of this update.

12. (Refer to Figure 19 on page 76.) (Refer to area B.) What is the top for precipitation of the radar return?

A — 24,000 feet AGL.B — 2,400 feet MSL.C — 24,000 feet MSL.

12. (Refer to Figure 18.) According to the Weather depiction chart, the weather for a flight from southern Michigan to north Indiana is ceilings

A — 1,000 to 3,000 feet and/or visibility 3 to 5 miles.B — less than 1,000 feet and/or visibility less than 3 miles.C — greater than 3,000 feet and visibility greater than 5 miles.

FIGURES

The figures inside the front and back covers and on pages 73 through 84 were updated per the FAA. The figure numbers remain the same as before. Figure 19 was removed. Replacement pages begin on the next page of this Update PDF.


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Inside front cover

Figure 24. Sectional chart excerpt.


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Inside Back Cover

Figure 26. Sectional chart excerpt.


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