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Requirements January 2001 until January 2007

1. Do the following:

1. Define “aircraft”. Describe some kinds and uses of aircraft today. Explain the operation of piston, turboprop, and jet engines.
2. Point out on a model airplane the forces that act on an airplane in flight.
3. Explain how an airfoil generates lift, how the primary control surfaces (ailerons, elevators, and rudder) affect the airplane’s altitude, and how a propeller produces thrust.
4. Demonstrate how the control surfaces of an airplane are used for takeoff, straight climb, left turn, climbing turn, descending turn, straight descent, and landing.
5. Explain the following: the recreational pilot and the private pilot certificates; the instrument rating.
6. Find out what job opportunities there are in aviation. Describe the qualifications and working conditions of one job in which you are interested. Tell what it offers for reaching your goal in life.

2. Do TWO of the following:

1. Take a flight in an aircraft. Record the date, place, type of aircraft, and duration of flight, and report on your impressions of the flight.
2. Visit an airport. After the visit, report on how the facilities are used, how runways are numbered, and how runeays are determined to be “active.”.
3. Visit Federal Aviation Administration facility – a control tower,  terminal radar control facility, air traffic control center, flight service station, or Flight Standards District Office. (Phone directory listings are under U.S. Government Offices, Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration. Call in advance) Report on the operation and your impressions of the facility.
4. Visit an aviation museum or attend an air show. Report on you impressions of the museum or show.
5. Explain the purposes and functions of the various instruments found in a typical single engine aircraft: altitude indicator, heading indicator, altimeter, airspeed indicator, turn and bank indicator, vertical speed indicator, compass, navigation (GPS and VOR) and communication radios, tachometer, oil pressure gauge, and oral temperature gauge.
6. Visit an aircraft maintenance shop.Interview a technician and report on his/her ideas about aircraft maintenance.
7. Create an original poster of an aircraft instrument panel. Include and identify the instruments and radios discussed in requirement 2fe

3. Do two of the following:

1. Interview a professional or military pilot. Report on what you learned.
2. Interview a flight attendant. Report on what you learned
3. Interview a certified flight instructor. Report on what you learned.
4. Under supervision, perform a preflight inspection of a light airplane
5. Obtain and learn how to read an aeronautical chart. Measure t true course on the chart. Correct it for magnetic variation, compass deviation, and wind drift. Arrive at a compass heading.
6. Using one of many flight simulator software packages available for computers, “fly” the course and heading you established in requirement 3e or another course you have plotted.
7. Explain the purposes and functions of the various instruments found in a typical single engine aircraft: altitude indicator, heading indicator, altimeter, airspeed indicator, turn and bank indicator, vertical speed indicator, compass, navigation (GPS and VOR) and communication radios, tachometer, oil pressure gauge, and oral temperature gauge.
8. Build and fly a fuel driven or battery-powered electric model airplane. Describe safety rules for building and flying model airplanes. Tell safety rules for use of glue, paint, dope, plastics, fuel, and battery pack.
9. Assemble a poster (or album) of original photograhps taken while accomplishing the requirements

Requirements January 2007 until January 2014

1. Do the following:

(a) Define “aircraft”. Describe some kinds and uses of aircraft today. Explain the operation of piston, turboprop, and jet engines.
(b) Point out on a model airplane the forces that act on an airplane in flight.
(c) Explain how an airfoil generates lift, how the primary control surfaces (ailerons, elevators, and rudder) affect the airplane’s altitude, and how a propeller produces thrust.
(d) Demonstrate how the control surfaces of an airplane are used for takeoff, straight climb, left turn, climbing turn, descending turn, straight descent, and landing.
(e) Explain the following: the recreational pilot and the private pilot certificates; the instrument rating.

2. Do TWO of the following:

(a) Take a flight in an aircraft, with your parent’s permission. Record the date, place, type of aircraft, and duration of flight, and report on your impressions of the flight.
(b) Under supervision, perform a preflight inspection of a light airplane.
(c) Obtain and learn how to read and an aeronautical chart. Measure a true course on the chart. Deviation, and wind drift. Arrive at a compass heading.
(d) Using one of many flight simulators software packages available for computers,” fly” the course and heading you established in requirement 2c or another course you have plotted.
(e) On a map, mark a route for an imaginary airline trip to at least three different locations. Start from the commercial airport nearest your home. From timetables (obtain from agents or online from a computer, with your parent’s permission), decide when you will get to and leave from all connecting points. Create an aviation flight plan and itinerary for each destination.
(f) Explain the purposes and functions of the various instruments found in a typical single engine aircraft: altitude indicator, heading indicator, altimeter, airspeed indicator, turn and bank indicator, vertical speed indicator, compass, navigation (GPS and VOR) and communication radios, tachometer, oil pressure gauge, and oral temperature gauge.
(g) Create an original poster of an aircraft instrument panel. Include and identify the instruments and radios discussed in requirement 2f.

3. Do ONE of the following:

(a) Build and fly a fuel driven or battery-powered electric model airplane. Describe safety rules for building and flying model airplanes. Tell safety rules for use of glue, paint, dope, plastics, fuel, and battery pack.
(b) Build a model FPG – 9. Get others in your troop or patrol to make your own model, then organize a competition to test the precision of flight and landing of the models.

4. Do ONE of the following:

(a) Visit an airport. After the visit, report on how the facilities are used, how runways are numbered, and how runways are determined to be “active.”
(b) Visit a Federal Aviation Administration facility – a control tower, terminal radar control facility, air route traffic control center, flight service station, or Flight Standards District Office. (Phone directory listings are under U. S. Government Offices, Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration. Call in advance.) Report on the operation and your impressions of the facility.
(c) Visit an aviation museum or attend an air show. Report on your impressions of the museum or show.

5. Find out about three career opportunities in aviation pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required for this profession. Discuss this with your counselor, and explain why this profession might interest you.