Pre-Solo Requirements

1. Proper flight preparation procedures, including preflight planning and preparation, powerplant operation, and aircraft systems;

2. Taxiing or surface operations, including runups;

3. Takeoffs and landings, including normal and crosswind;

4. Straight and level flight, and turns in both directions;

5. Climbs and climbing turns;

6. Airport traffic patterns, including entry and departure procedures;

7. Collision avoidance, windshear avoidance, and wake turbulence avoidance;

8. Descents, with and without turns, using high and low drag configurations;

9. Flight at various airspeeds from cruise to slow flight;

10. Stall entries from various flight attitudes and power combinations with recovery initiated at the first indication of stall, and recovery from a full stall;

11. Emergency procedures and equipment malfunctions;

12. Ground reference maneuvers;

13. Approaches to landing area with simulated engine malfunctions;

14. Slips to landing; and

15. Go-arounds.