How to become a CAP pilot as a cadet
Checklist to Become and Civil Air Patrol Pilot
( Thanks to C/Col Dylan Cabrera and C/Col Manning Puska for creating the data! )
Name: _____________________
〓 - Required
◇ - Optional
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- must be 12 or older to start
| 〓 | Join CAP |
| 〓 | Get first rank and complete uniform |
| 〓 | Get first rank and complete uniform |
| ◇ | Attend Civil Air Patrol volunteer event |
| ◇ | Attend an NCSA such as CTEP, LESA, etc. |
| 〓 | Complete a ground school (Sporty's, King, Gleim, etc.) |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- must be 15 or older to keep going
| 〓 | Pass the FAA written |
| 〓 | Get an FAA Medical Certificate (works as your Student Pilot License) |
| ◇ | Be an NCO or higher |
| 〓 | Apply to a CAP flight Academy and TOP scholarship |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- must be 16 or older (unless it's a glider flight academy) to keep going
| 〓 | Get in the Flight Academy and solo (if you do not solo at the academy, do it afterwards.) |
| ◇ | Be an officer |
| 〓 | Apply to Cadet Wings (Applications July 1 - September 15) |
| 〓 | Get into Cadet Wings and start/continue flight training |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- must be 17 or older to keep going
| 〓 | Pass your checkride and Form 70-5 |
| 〓 | YOU ARE A CIVIL AIR PATROL PILOT |
If you have any questions regarding the process of becoming a pilot or anything else aviation/aerospace related, feel free to contact your squadron’s current cadet aerospace officers, or the two Apollo Spaatz cadets who created this checklist: C/Col Dylan Cabrera – dylanrcabrera (at) gmail (dot) com or C/Col Manning Puska manning (dot) puska (at) gmail (dot) com
