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DARMSTADT FLYING CLUB
2003 FLIGHT REVIEW & CLUB CHECK OUT
Timm Preusser. File: dfc-co03.doc. Date: 07.03.2016
PILOT DETAILS and EXPERIENCE
Note: THIS sheet and the QUESTIONNAIRE are required EVERY 12 months to
avoid your flying priviledges being suspended.
Name:____________________________________________________________
Street:____________________________________________________________
ZIP & Town:________________________________________________________
Phone________________________
Handy __________________________
e-mail: _______________________
Fax____________________________
Pilot Certificate Number:_________________
PPL [ ]
CPL [ ]
ATP [ ]
IFR [ ]
SEL [ ]
MEL [ ]
Log Book Total Time:_________
SES [ ]
MES [ ]
CFI [ ]
CFII [ ]
Medical Certificate Grade:____________ Date issued_____________________
US FCC Radio Permit, Date issued: ____________________________________
Last Club Checkout 825: _________
49Z:_________
Last BFR: ___________
Have you been continuously current (FAR 61.57 90-day rule) during the last 12
months? Please state 12 corresponding landings from your logbook:
____ ____ _____ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ ___ ____ ______ ____
In case you were continuously current during the last 12 months AND your BFR is
still good for at least 10 months, you are not required to execute the flight portion of
the Club Checkout. If you need, or would like, to have a Checkout with a DFC CFI,
please fill in the following section for the DFC records.
CHECK OUT: Aircraft Type:______________ Registration:_________________
Hrs in Aircraft Type as PIC:_____________ Hrs in this Aircraft:_______________
Type of Check Out:
DFC-CCO [ ]
FAR 61.56 BFR [ ]
FAR 61.57 IPC [ ]
Pilot Signature, stating that all above information is true: ____________________
Club Checkout passed: Date:___________CFI Signature:___________________
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DARMSTADT FLYING CLUB
2003 FLIGHT REVIEW & CLUB CHECK OUT
Timm Preusser. File: dfc-co03.doc. Date: 07.03.2016
1. Pilot Details and Experience
2. Ground Briefings, Oral
See yearly DFC questionaire on the DFC web page, containing questions
related to:
a) FAR Part 61 Pilot Certification, FAR Part 91 General Operating and
Flight Rules
b) Review of German Airspace and Rules
c) DFC Operating Rules
d) Obtaining Weather Information
e) Airplane characteristics, Performance Sheet
3. Flight Maneuvers (from Private Pilot Practical Test Standards)
NEW: Required every 2 years only if continously current (90 day rule)
a) Preflight operations
b) Ground operations, including steering & braking
c) Airport and traffic pattern operations, including pos. exchange of controls
d) Radio communication.
e) Requesting tranponder check or traffic information
f) 3 Takeoffs and Landings, different types
g) Maneuvring during slow flight. Power off stall
h) Steep turns
i) Radio and GPS navigation
j) Basic instrument maneuvers (Hood). Recovery from unusual attitude
k) Emergency maneuvers
l) Student preference maneuvers
m) Other maneuvers from PTS at CFI’s discretion
4. Debriefing
5. Second Checkout
In case of 2 checkouts in 2 planes within the same calendar year (December 31 beeing
the ultimate), pilots showing the following experience shall have a reduced checkout
only. Requested experience: Since the checkout in the other plane, they were
continously (no break allowed) current according to FAR 61.57 (three takeoffs/landings
every 90 days).
In this case, it is requested to demonstrate at least:

1 takeoff and 1 landing in second plane within PTS standards

slow flight in second plane

Familiarity with aircraft operating systems, radios and avionics

Student preference maneuvers
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DARMSTADT FLYING CLUB
2003 FLIGHT REVIEW & CLUB CHECK OUT
Timm Preusser. File: dfc-co03.doc. Date: 07.03.2016
AIRPLANE & AIRSPACE QUIZ
CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT PLANNING
1. Plan a flight from Egelsbach (EDFE) to Langeoog (EDWL). Prepare a NavLog
and an ICAO Flightplan. Anything special to cross the sea? Anything special
concerning your departue time at Egelsbach? What route do you fly, and what
altitude? Do you need life jackets or no? (if Yes, where would you find them?)
Assume 2 people each 190 lbs and 40 lbs baggage for the C152, or 3 people
each 190 lbs and 90 lbs baggage for the C172. Then fill up fuel to the remaining
gross weight. Determine fuel consumption. Can you make the flight without a
refueling stop? (DFC fuel reserves are ...?). How much minimum fuel do you
need upon landing at Langeoog?
Determine takeoff and landing distances over a 50ft obstacle at each airport
used for this flight and check against runway lengths. Assume a standard
pressure (29.92 Hg, 1013 Hpa) summer day with 30°C and no surface wind.
Determine Density Altitude for Egelsbach and Langeoog.
Egelsbach data are: EDFE, Elevation 384 ft, Rwy 09/27, TORA 840/860 m.
Langeoog data are: EDWL, Elevation 7’, Rwy 06/24, 600 m.
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DOCUMENTS & REQUIREMENTS
2. What are the most important Aircraft Documents for an N-registered airplane?
3. What personal documents are required for flight (see FAR 61.3)?
4. What do you explain to a passenger for a flight in a DFC plane about insurance
and liability?
5. Who is required to have a (biennial) flight review? (61.56).
6. What counts as a BFR, apart from the classic flight check with a CFI? (61.56).
7. What is the minimum time required for a satisfactory BFR? (61.56).
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8. Do you have to take a BFR for each category and class aircraft in which you
are rated? (61.56).
9. What are the requirements to remain current as a private pilot? (61.56, 57).
10. Describe the new DFC rules for the yearly checkout (from 2003 on). How can
you keep yourself current for 2 DFC years? Where do you have to send the
filled out questionaire?
11. What is AC 61-98A? (Hint: http://www.faa.gov).
12. What is AD? (Hint: http://www.faa.gov).
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WEATHER
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13. What possibilities do you have to get the most recent aviation weather? Are you
required to have a weather report on board?
14. Refer to the Met Infos below. Which are TAFs (Terminal Area Forecast), which
are METARs (Aviation Routine Weather Report)? Which of the reporting
stations have VFR weather, and when?
January 2003: EDDF 071620Z 04010KT 9999 FEW024 M05/M09 Q1018
NOSIG=
January 2003: EHGG 071625Z VRB02KT 9999 BKN032 M04/M08 Q1021
TEMPO 1500 SN BKN006=
May 2002: EDDR 051200Z 051322 18012KT 9999 SCT020 BECMG 1315
14015G25KT=
April 2002: EDDK 121856Z 32005KT 1500 RA OVC007 17/16 Q1000
RMK RAB35=
July 2002: EDDF 051320Z 21004KT 9999 FEW024 SCT032 BKN250
34/20 Q1012 NOSIG=
October 2002: EDFH 241220Z 241322 24010KT 0800 FG VV002 TEMPO
1316 0400 FG VV000 BECMG 1619 1500 BR BKN008=
July 2002: EDDM 051213Z 051322 16014KT CAVOK BECMG 1618
13018G28KT SCT020 BKN100 BECMG 1820 11020G35KT BECMG 2022
7000 –RA SCT010 BKN015 PROB40 TEMPO 2022 11026G40KT=
January 2003: EDBB AIRMET 4 VALID 071500/071900 EDZB BERLIN
FIR MOD ICE FCST SE AND NW PARTS BLW 2000 FT MSL MOV S –
BERLIN FIR BKN CLD 500/XXX FT GND OBS IN SE PART OF SAXONY
MOV S=
January 2003: EDDM 071620Z 02007KT 4000 –SN BR FEW008 BKN015
BKN030 M06/M08 Q1013 TEMPO 2000=
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15. According to DFC rule 2.4.4, what is the maximum wind velocity in ANY
direction allowed for taxi and flight? What is the maximum demonstrated
Cross-Wind component in your airplane?
16. Above what weather minima can you legally fly out of Egelsbach? Does this
comply with the DFC operating limits weather minima?
17. What are your Personal limits for wind, visibility and ceiling:
a)
b)
c)
d)
VFR takeoff and land
VFR cross country
IFR takeoff and land
IFR ceiling on a XC
18. What is "Wind Shear" and why is it an operational concern to pilots?
19. Some pilots describe experiencing problems when turning from from a
headwind (departure leg, upwind) into a tailwind (downwind). What illusions do
they experience?
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AIRPLANE
20. What are the most important Aircraft Currency Requirements?
21. Who is responsible for maintaining the aircraft in an airworthy condition?
(91.403).
22. Who is responsible for determining that the aircraft is in condition for safe
flight?
23. What was/is the most recent AD for the plane you are using for the Club
Checkout (or BFR)? Where would you find that information? (Hint:
http://www.faa.gov).
24. How can you make sure that the DFC plane you want to fly is legal in the sense
of the 100hr. inspection, annual inspection, ELT battery? If you want to fly IFR,
what additional data do you have to check?
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25. DFC rule 3.3.10 and FAR 91.205 prohibit any flight with inoperative equipment.
Make a list of this equipment for day and for night flight.
26. Can you legally fly an aircraft that has an inoperative flap indicator? (91.213).
27. What responsibilities should a pilot be familiar with concerning inoperative
equipment? (91.213, 21.197, AC 61-23C).
28. If an aircraft has been on a schedule of inspection every 100 hours, under what
condition may it continue to operate beyond the 100 hrs, and what applies to
the next 100 hr inspection?
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PREFLIGHT - RUNUP
29. What is “front” side of the propeller, where you would primaily search for
crackss and uneven surface?
30. If you believe that something is wrong with the aircraft, or something unusual
happened (like an intermittent brake failure), or if you feel the aircraft to be
unsafe for flight, what is your required duty according to DFC rule 5.2.1, 5.2.3
and 5.3.1?
31. What is the maximum allowable taxi speed for DFC airplanes?
32. What should you do if, during runup, you notice rough running on one magneto,
or a RPM drop exceeding the POH figures?
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TAKEOFF – CRUISE - LANDING
33. Explain GERMAN VFR WEATHER MINIMUMS
Airspace
Altitude
Visibility
Distance from Clouds
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class C
Class D CTR
Class E
Class E blue
Class E magenta
Class F
Class F
Class G
34. VFR CRUISING ALTITUDES (91.159)
Aircraft flying at more than 3000 AGL in level cruise shall maintain
Magnetic Course
0 - 179 degrees:
180 - 359 degrees:
35. Explain the RIGHT-OF-WAY rules (91.113)
36. What should you do when a door pops open during takeoff?
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37. List the airplane sources of electrical power. How do you check that the
Ammeter is working? What will the Ammeter show in cruise flight?
38. For what 2 reasons is "load factor" important to pilots?
39. What situations may result in reaching or exceeding the maximum load
factors?
40. What would you do if you get into turbulence?
41. How to operate the GPS during an emergency?
42. What would you do if you accidentally fly into the clouds:
43. After landing on an airport other than Egelsbach or Worms, you detect that
something is „wrong“ with the airplane – be it a nose wheel strut with low
pressure, a dent in the wing, the beacon no longer flashing, or just something
that looks diferent to what it should or looked before. How do you make certain
that the plane is still airworthy?
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PERFORMANCE CHART
Registration N98825
C172 P
Type
6.2.02
Chart Date
Max. Weight 2400 lbs
Emty Weight 1542 lbs
Fuel Gal L/R 20/20
Fuel Lits L/R 75/75
Cruise Gal/h
8,6
Climb Gal/h
Serv.Ceiling
Voltage
12
13000’
24
Speeds in
KIAS
Vne
Vno
Va
Vs flaps up
Vso
158
127
82-99
Vfe
Vx
Vy
Best Glide
Vr short field
85(110)
60
76
65
50
Vcc
70-85
Vy
76
Downwind


PreLandingCheck
V
60
Vrot
55
T/O-Dist.
50 ft.1625’
Land.Dist.
50 ft.1280’
90
Vfe 85-110
Flaps° 10
Vx
Vso
46
MaxXW
15
Flaps°
30
51(44ind)
46(33ind)
Vfinal 70

Base
Final 
Vbase 80
Flaps°
20
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PERFORMANCE CHART
Registration N1349Z
C152
Type
6.2.02
Chart Date
Max. Weight 1670 lbs
Emty Weight 1159 lbs
Fuel Gal L/R 12/12
Fuel Lits L/R 46/46
Cruise Gal/h
6,1
Climb Gal/h
Serv.Ceiling
Voltage
9
14700’
Vcc
80
Vy
67
Downwind


PreLandingCheck
Vx
55
Vrot
50
T/O-Dist.
50 ft.1340’
24
Speeds in
KIAS
Vne
Vno
Va
Vs flaps up
149
111
93-104
Vso
Vfe
Vx
Vy
Best Glide
Vr short field
43(35ind)
48(40ind)
85
55
67
60
45
V
80
Land.Dist.
50 ft.1200’
Vfe
85
Vso
Flaps° 10

Base
43
MaxXW
12
Flaps°
30
Vfinal
60
Final 
Vbase
Flaps°
70
20