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Q. A pilot friend of mine never upgraded his old paper certificate to the new plastic pilot certificate. At this date is he still able to upgrade?

A.Yes, you may still obtain a plastic replacement private pilot certificate from the FAA, either online or by mail. This also works for other FAA-issued paper certificates, such as A&P, CFI, etc

AVIATION GLOSSARY 

Confused by a strange aeronautical term? EAA's online Aviation Glossary can help.

SCIMITAR PROPELLER - A scimitar propeller is any propeller that is shaped like a scimitar sword, with increasing sweep along the leading edge. Fixed-pitch versions that have an exaggerated sweep are reported to behave similarly to a constant-speed propeller flexing to change pitch as the prop is loaded and unloaded.