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10 Commercial Pilot Oral Exam Questions and How to Answer Them

Northstar VFR

OCTOBER 27, 2024

What are the V speeds on your aircraft, and which ones change with weight? You were probably asked to recite from memory the V speeds of your aircraft on your private pilot checkride. You encounter icing, and your pitot tube completely ices over, but your static port remains open.

Longitudinal Axis

Longitudinal Axis Pitot Tube Checkride Pilot

Challenger 300 Fatal Upset Wasn’t Turbulence

Fear of Landing

MAY 9, 2025

However, at the same time, he noticed that the airspeed indicator wasn’t showing the V-speed bugs: as Pilot Monitoring, he needed to monitor the V-speeds to give guidance to the Pilot Flying. As it happened, he still remembered the speeds from that aborted take off. “No, get the checklist.”

Turbulence

Turbulence V Speed Rudder Air Traffic Control

10 Commercial Pilot Oral Exam Questions and How to Answer Them

Challenger 300 Fatal Upset Wasn’t Turbulence

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