SOLO FLIGHT REQUIREMENTS; FAR #61.87

A written exam to include regulations, flight characteristics, and operational limitations for the make and model of the aircraft.

PRE-SOLO LOGGED INSTRUCTION:

1. Flight Prep procedures, to include preflight inspections, powerplant operations, and aircraft systems;

2. Taxiing and runup operations;

3. Takeoffs and landings, including normal and crosswind;

4. Straight and level flight, shallow, medium, and steep banked turns in both directions;

5. Climbs and climbing turns;

6. Airport traffic patterns including entry and departure procedures, and collision and wake turbulence avoidance;

7. Descents with and without turns using high and by drag configurations;

8. Flight at various airspeeds from cruising to minimum controllable airspeed;

9. Emergency procedures and equipment malfunctions;

10. Ground reference maneuvers;

11. Approaches to the landing area with engine power at idle and with partial power;

12. Slips to a landing;

13. Go-arounds from final approach and from the landing flare in various flight configurations including turns;

14. Forced landing procedures initiated on takeoff, during initial climb, cruise, descent, and in the landing pattern;

15. Stall entries from various flight attitudes and power combinations with recovery initiated at the first indication of a stall, and recovery from a full stall.

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