Foreign Students

• Canadian Aviation Regulations - Since October 1996, new regulations have affected all aspects of aviation in Canada. Browse the latest changes on the Transport Canada site. For most pilots and student pilots, of particular interest will be Part IV (Personnel Licensing and Training) and Part VI (General Operating and Flight Rules).
  
  
• Publications - Flight test standards and required knowledge for the written exam are constantly changing and being updated. You can keep yourself up to date with these documents:
  
  
  • Flight Test Standards - everything you need to demonstrate to the examiner on the flight test.
    
    
  • Study and Reference Guides - topics you will be responsible for on the written exam (see note below).
    
    
  • Practice Written Exam - for the Recreational and Private Pilot (a little on the easy side). Requires a copy of the Toronto VFR Navigation Chart to complete the Navigation section. Also in Acrobat format.
    
    
  • Computer-based Written Exam - The Transport Canada examination centers have gone to a computer-based examination scheme. Private Pilot exams and Recreational permit exams can now be done at Flight Discovery. It is a good idea to get some practice in before you actually come in to write your exam, so use this link to an .exe file that will run a sample exam on your computer for you. Some versions of Netscape try to add .att to the download file name. Just save with the .att in the file name.
    
    
  • PSTAR exam. Pre-solo written exam required for pre-solo students as well as for licensed pilots who have not acted as pilot -in -command for 5 years or more. This is the study guide. A 50-question, closed-book exam, drawn from these questions, is administered by Flight Discovery. Also available in an Adobe Acrobat version.
    
    
  • Self-Paced Exam for two-year currency requirement. We are finding a number of renter pilots who do not meet the 2-year currency requirement. The requirement can be met in a number of ways, including upgrading your license, attending a safety seminar or by completing the self-paced exam. (Just going flying doesn't count.) You can download the exam from Transport Canada.
    
    
  • Radio license Study Guide for use prior to taking the 25 question exam for issuance of the aeronautical radio operators certificate.
    
    
  • Category 4 Aviation Medical Forms required for the Recreational Pilot Permit are available from the Transport Canada site. New Flight Discovery students: please have these countersigned by your personal physician and return them to us. They are required to be on file prior to your first solo flight.
    
    
  • NOTE: The Study and Reference Guides, as well as the Practice Exam, are maintained on the Transport Canada site as MS Word (.DOC) and Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) files.  A freeware MS Word Viewer is available from Microsoft here.  This version only works with Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2003 server. 

 

• Civil Aviation Medical Examiners and Medical Standards - names of those in Canada and abroad who are authorized by Transport Canada to conduct examinations for medical certificates. Also provides information on medical limitations for pilots.
  
  
• Cessna 172M Checklist used at Flight Discovery
  
  
• Space Station visibility schedule for viewing from around the world. This should be good!
  
  
• Current VNC list . Are your navigation charts up to date? Check the date of the latest edition here.
  
  
• Garmin 150XL Manual for GNNU's GPS.

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