Student Info
Getting Started
- Apply for your Student Pilot Certificate at https://iacra.faa.gov/ -- your Ground Instructor can also include this as part of your first ground school lesson
- You can fly on your Driver's License, so you do not need to get a medical at this time *IF* you have not been denied one in the past
- Bring Gov pic ID & proof of Citizenship to your lesson to finalize the application and begin training!
- see the Pilots Bill of Rights and Privacy Act docs
- non-US-Citizen students click here for additional info
- You will also eventually want an Atlanta sectional chart. Here's a link to the best price I've found: http://mypilotstore.com/mypilotstore/sep/9
Human Stuff
- Layers for the season, remembering that it gets colder as you go higher
- Sunscreen & sunglasses, since we have such great visibility
- Hat (whether knit for warmth or baseball for comfort) may be a good idea
- Shoes that let you feel the pedals (this is a matter for lots of discussion... :-)
Aircraft Stuff
Check out our Google Drive link (see https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pEZ0ZmcsE73-u4LoB5nPnwsxQ6xzUp8-) for the POH, QuickRef, Manual. The following information is included:
Check out our Google Drive link (see https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pEZ0ZmcsE73-u4LoB5nPnwsxQ6xzUp8-) for the POH, QuickRef, Manual. The following information is included:
- Jabiru pilot manual J250SP POH
- Jabiru GPS manual & quickref
- Jabiru Weight & Balance
- BushCat pilot manual POH
- BushCat pilot manual quickref
- BushCat n339bc ch170c supplement (with W&B)
Other Handy Stuff
The FAA has quite a few good handbooks, advisory circulars, and testing references. Have a look at our Google Drive here for some of our favorites. We have also included direct links for free downloads or reading electronically:
Here are a few more good books we recommend. You certainly might find them for less elsewhere, but check them out on Amazon:
The FAA has quite a few good handbooks, advisory circulars, and testing references. Have a look at our Google Drive here for some of our favorites. We have also included direct links for free downloads or reading electronically:
- https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/airplane_handbook/
- https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/phak/
- https://www.faa.gov/regulationspolicies/handbooksmanuals/aviation/faa-h-8083-28-aviation-weather-handbook
- https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/ # lots of great material
- https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/test_standards/ # more great material
- https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/media/FAA-H-8083-1.pdf # additional but worth it
- http://fsims.faa.gov/wdocs/orders/8900_2.htm ==> Section 6 / #55 # for your check ride
- https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs/faa-s-8081-29.pdf # for your check ride
Here are a few more good books we recommend. You certainly might find them for less elsewhere, but check them out on Amazon:
Other Handy Tools
# coming soon: radio scripts, to be hosted at http://flying.justpickone.org/flying/radio-script.KJZP-34.html and http://flying.justpickone.org/flying/radio-script.KJZP-16.html
- https://aviationweather.gov/gfa
- https://airnav.com/airports/
- https://windy.com/ (and the app)
- the Hyperlocal Weather app
- this METAR decoder can be a big help as you get started
- the NASA ASRS forms
- we like the Dauntless Flight Planner form when it's time to get formal
- GIFT freqs cheat sheet with AWOS phone numbers
# coming soon: radio scripts, to be hosted at http://flying.justpickone.org/flying/radio-script.KJZP-34.html and http://flying.justpickone.org/flying/radio-script.KJZP-16.html