Aviate - Navigate - Communicate
Chapter 1 Aviate – Skills Assessment
This course outlines the use of a Personal Skills Assessment for Private Pilot Airplane tasks. The same process can be applied other certificates
and ratings
In this chapter we will use the PTS to determine a pilot’s current state of demonstrated Aviate skills.
This is accomplished by identifying the PTS tasks that relate to the Aviate functions, for the ratings currently held. The Private Pilot PTS Areas of Operation that outline many Aviate skills are:
Link to FAA
Private Pilot PTS
FAA-S-8081-14A
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• Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
• Performance Maneuver
• Ground Reference Maneuvers
• Slow Flight and Stalls
• Basic Instrument Maneuvers
• Emergency Operations