Norway PPL Theory study plan
Norway PPL Theory · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Air law and operational procedures (regelverk) & Aircraft general knowledge and airworthiness/maintenance (luftdyktighet og vedlikehold)
Map the Norwegian regelverk syllabus: list the BSL/Forskrift documents that govern PPL privileges, medical certification and aircraft documents, and state for each which document you must be able to cite from memory
Build a one-page reference sheet of the aircraft documents that must be on board for a VFR flight in Norway, and explain in writing why each is required
Walk through a full pre-flight airworthiness check on a training aircraft (or a labelled diagram) and record every document and inspection item you verify
Explain in writing the difference between an airworthiness certificate, a certificate of registration and a maintenance release, and who is responsible for each
Your checkpoint
A two-page 'documents and privileges' summary written from memory, then corrected against source texts, with every error highlighted
Air law and operational procedures (regelverk) & Aircraft general knowledge and airworthiness/maintenance (luftdyktighet og vedlikehold)
State the VFR weather minima and visibility/cloud-distance rules applicable in Norwegian controlled and uncontrolled airspace, and apply them to three sample route scenarios
Describe the classification of airspace you will meet on a typical Norwegian training cross-country and the clearance and radio requirements in each class
Explain the maintenance system for a typical PPL training aircraft: scheduled inspections, the role of the licensed engineer, and what a pilot may and may not do
List the aircraft technical log entries a pilot must make and the defect-reporting chain that follows a found defect
Your checkpoint
Ten self-written air-law and airworthiness scenario questions with model answers, scored; anything below 80% goes on a re-study list
Air law and operational procedures (regelverk) & Aircraft general knowledge and airworthiness/maintenance (luftdyktighet og vedlikehold)
Recite the rules of the air for right-of-way, cruising levels and semicircular rule application in Norway, and work five conflict scenarios
Describe mass and balance: define empty mass, maximum take-off mass and centre-of-gravity limits, and compute a loading for a sample aircraft
Explain the aircraft systems you must know for the PPL: fuel, oil, electrical, pitot-static and vacuum, and the failure indications for each
Identify the airworthiness limitations and life-limited components that a pilot must track in the technical log
Your checkpoint
A completed mass-and-balance calculation for a sample loading, plus a labelled systems diagram with failure symptoms annotated
Flight performance, planning and VFR navigation (VFR-guide) & Air law and operational procedures (regelverk)
Compute a full VFR navigation plan for a 120 NM cross-country: true course, wind correction, heading, ground speed, time and fuel with reserves
Read and interpret a Norwegian VFR chart and plan a route clear of controlled airspace and restricted areas
Apply the rules for flight-plan filing, position reporting and lost-communication procedures on a VFR cross-country
Explain how to use a navigation log in flight and how to update an estimated position from a single visual fix
Your checkpoint
A complete written nav log for a 120 NM route, checked against a second method (E6B or mental dead reckoning), with all discrepancies explained
Milestones
Week 4: Score at least 80% on a 40-question mixed set covering domains 1-3, with no more than two errors in air-law questions; re-do any failed topic before week 5