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Private Pilot Licence — Aeroplane

Transport Canada's PPAER written examination: 100 multiple-choice questions in 3 hours, 60 % overall and 60 % in each of the four subject areas.

Exam: 100 questions, 180 minutes, pass 60% overall and per area

  1. 1

    Air Law

    How Canadian aviation is regulated, and the rules every private pilot must know: licensing, aircraft documents and equipment, airspace, flight rules, VFR minima, flight planning, aerodromes, air traffic services and safety reporting.

    20 of 100 exam questions · 4 chapters · 13 units · 62 questions

    Overview
  2. 2

    Navigation

    Charts, time and longitude, magnetism and the compass, the wind triangle and the flight computer, pilot navigation, radio navigation and GNSS.

    20 of 100 exam questions · 0 chapters · 0 units · 0 questions

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  3. 3

    Meteorology

    The atmosphere, pressure and altimetry, temperature and stability, clouds and fog, wind, air masses and fronts, icing, thunderstorms, and Canadian weather products.

    30 of 100 exam questions · 0 chapters · 0 units · 0 questions

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    Aeronautics — General Knowledge

    Airframes, engines and systems; theory of flight; flight instruments; flight operations; human factors.

    30 of 100 exam questions · 0 chapters · 0 units · 0 questions

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