Glossary · 248 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
- Accelerated stall
- ACS area
- ACS codes
- Acting PIC
- ADM
- ADS-B Out
- Adverse yaw
- Aeronautical experience
- Aft limit
- Aiming point
- Air mass
- 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-speed propeller
- Controlled airspace
- Convective SIGMET
- Converging
- Converging right of way
- Course deviation indicator
- Critical angle of attack
- CTAF
- Currency vs. proficiency
- Cyanosis
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
- Safety belt briefing
- Scenario-based
- See and avoid
- Situational awareness
- Slant range
- Sole manipulator
- Spatial disorientation
- Special VFR (SVFR)
- Sport pilot
- Squawk 1200
- Squawk 7600
- SRM
- Stability
- Standard briefing
- Static port
- Static stability
- Statute mile
- Steady green (in flight)
- Sterile cockpit
- Student pilot certificate
- Supercooled droplet