Recreational Pilot Permit – Aeroplane (RPPAE)

General Operating and Flight Rules

• Airspace dimensions, classification and use

Aircraft Engine & Airframes

• Use of carburettor heat and its effect on mixture

Theory of Flight

• Stalling angle, level flight, climbing/descending, turns, spins

Navigation - General

• Return to departure point (reciprocal track)

Radio Navigation

• Altitude encoding Transponder

Meteorology – Theory

• Pressure systems and their variations
• Clouds – Associated precipitations and turbulence
• Wind – Land and sea breezes
• Frontal weather – Cold front
• In-flight freezing rain – Effects, predicting, avoidance

Meteorology – Practical

• Aviation forecasts – Times issued and validity periods

Aircraft Operations

• Stalls, incipient spins, spinning

Human Factors

• Illusion caused by rain on the windscreen and sloping runways
• Toxic hazards – Carbon monoxide