Glossary · 264 terms
Private pilot glossary
Every key term from the free course, defined the way the FAA knowledge test uses it, and linked to the lesson that teaches it.
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A
- AC numbering system
- Accelerated stall
- ACS area
- ACS codes
- Acting PIC
- ADM
- ADS-B Out
- Adverse yaw
- Advisory Circular (AC)
- Aeronautical experience
- Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM)
- Aft limit
- After-landing checklist
- Aiming point
- Air mass
- Aircraft accident
- Airman Certification Standards (ACS)
- AIRMET vs SIGMET
- Airworthiness certificate
- Alternate
- Alternate static source
- Alternator
- Ammeter
- ANDS
- Angle of attack
- Annual inspection
- Annunciator
- Anti-collision lights
- Antidote
- Apply vs. explain
- Areas of operation
- ARROW
- ATOMATOFLAMES
- Autokinesis
- Aviation medical examiner (AME)
B
C
- Cabin altitude
- Carbon monoxide
- Carburetor heat
- Carburetor ice
- Careless or reckless
- Category and class
- Ceiling
- Center of gravity
- Change groups
- Chart currency
- Chart supplement
- Checkpoint
- Checkride
- Clear vs rime ice
- Clearance
- Cloud clearance
- Complex airplane
- Complex endorsement
- Cones
- Consolidation
- Constant-radius turn
- Constant-speed propeller
- Controlled airspace
- Convective SIGMET
- Converging
- Converging right of way
- Course deviation indicator
- Critical angle of attack
- Cross-check (scan)
- CTAF
- Currency vs. proficiency
- Cyanosis
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
L
M
N
O
P
- P-factor
- PAPI
- Parasite drag
- Passenger briefing
- PAVE
- Personal minimums
- Phonetic alphabet
- Pilot in command (PIC)
- Pilot-controlled lighting
- Pilot/Controller Glossary
- Pilotage
- PIREP
- Pitot tube
- Position lights
- Precession
- Preflight action
- Preignition
- Pressure altitude
- Primary flight display (PFD)
- Pro rata share
- Prognostic chart
- Prohibited area
Q
R
S
- Safety belt briefing
- Scenario-based
- Securing the airplane
- See and avoid
- Serious injury
- Situational awareness
- Slant range
- Sole manipulator
- Spatial disorientation
- Special VFR (SVFR)
- Sport pilot
- Squawk 1200
- Squawk 7600
- SRM
- Stability
- Standard briefing
- Standard-rate turn
- Static port
- Static stability
- Statute mile
- Steady green (in flight)
- Sterile cockpit
- Student pilot certificate
- Substantial damage
- Supercooled droplet