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equipment
equipment
Required Equipment for Private Cert Lab
Required Equipment for Private Cert Lab
Foggles
Foggles
Fixed Wing Only
You will use foggles during this lab to practice unusual attitudes. The foggles are used to block vision outside of the window and simulate being in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC).
Sectional Charts
Sectional Charts
In Private Certificate Lab it will be crucial that you have both a Salt Lake Sectional and a Las Vegas Sectional. These will be used for flight planning throughout the lab and checkride. Be sure that you have current charts available for any stage of checkride that you take.
Chart Supplement
Chart Supplement
The chart supplement, sometimes referred to as an "AFD," contains detail information on each airport in the depicted region. Make sure you have a CURRENT version.
Las Vegas Tac Chart
Las Vegas Tac Chart
Rotor Wing Only
This chart provides a more in depth description on the routes and procedures for busy airports. At SUU, we will primarily utilize the Las Vegas or Salt Lake City TAC charts for planning purposes.
Plotter
Plotter
A simple yet essential tool for cross county flight planning. Used to calculate direction and distance on your sectional chart.
E6B
E6B
The E6B flight calculator, along with its digital counterpart the CXB, is used for flight planning calculations including, but not limited to: obtaining density altitude, temperature conversion, airspeed information, and wind correction data.
Night Flight Equipment
Night Flight Equipment
It is recommended that students obtain a red headlight or flashlight to be used for preflighting aircraft at night.
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