26 LESSONS / 7 MODULESPrivate Pilot ground school
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1. Pilot qualifications, airworthiness, and human factors
Certificates, medical eligibility, currency, human factors, aircraft records, inspections, required equipment, and accident reporting.
4 lessons · 20 practice questions
- Pilot certification, medical eligibility, and currency1,417 words · worked exercise
- Altitude physiology, carbon monoxide, and spatial disorientation1,271 words · worked exercise
- Aeronautical decision-making and fitness for flight1,015 words · worked exercise
- Aircraft controls, airworthiness, maintenance records, and reporting1,697 words · worked exercise
2. Lift, drag, stalls, and stability
Pressure and airflow, drag at different speeds, load factor, ground effect, wake vortices, and propeller effects.
3 lessons · 15 practice questions · Course access required
- Airflow, angle of attack, lift, and drag1,186 words · worked exerciseLocked
- Stalls, load factor, and longitudinal stability931 words · worked exerciseLocked
- Climbs, glides, ground effect, and wake turbulence1,034 words · worked exerciseLocked
3. Aircraft systems and flight instruments
Pitot-static and gyro instruments, electrical supply, piston engines, fuel and induction, ice protection, and oxygen.
3 lessons · 16 practice questions · Course access required
- Pitot-static instruments, altitude, and airspeed errors1,253 words · worked exerciseLocked
- Electrical systems, attitude instruments, propellers, and landing gear1,128 words · worked exerciseLocked
- Piston engines, fuel and induction, icing, and oxygen systems1,401 words · worked exerciseLocked
4. Weather theory, reports, and forecasts
Stability, clouds, fog, fronts, thunderstorms, icing, METARs, TAFs, and current aviation weather products.
3 lessons · 16 practice questions · Course access required
- Atmospheric processes, stability, clouds, and fog1,080 words · worked exerciseLocked
- Fronts, thunderstorms, wind shear, and icing1,041 words · worked exerciseLocked
- METARs, TAFs, winds aloft, advisories, and a complete briefing1,547 words · worked exerciseLocked
5. Navigation, airspace, and VFR flight planning
Course and heading, VOR interpretation, GPS integrity, sectional charts, airspace entry, weather minimums, and flight following.
4 lessons · 20 practice questions · Course access required
- Pilotage, heading calculations, and the VFR navigation log1,274 words · worked exerciseLocked
- VOR, DME, GPS, and navigation-system limitations1,141 words · worked exerciseLocked
- Charts, airport information, airspace, and VFR weather minimums1,502 words · worked exerciseLocked
- VFR operating rules, ATC services, diversions, and lost procedures1,012 words · worked exerciseLocked
6. Aircraft performance, loading, and fuel
Pressure and density altitude, takeoff and landing charts, climb and cruise calculations, weight and balance, and fuel reserves.
3 lessons · 15 practice questions · Course access required
- Density altitude, wind components, and takeoff performance1,189 words · worked exerciseLocked
- Climb, cruise, descent, landing, and fuel planning1,334 words · worked exerciseLocked
- Weight and balance, loading changes, and CG limits896 words · worked exerciseLocked
7. Airport operations and flight maneuvers
Taxi and runway procedures, takeoffs, ground-reference maneuvers, slow flight, stalls, approaches, emergencies, and night operations.
6 lessons · 22 practice questions · Course access required
- Preflight, passenger briefing, engine start, taxi, and collision avoidance1,514 words · worked exerciseLocked
- Normal, crosswind, short-field, and soft-field takeoffs and landings1,525 words · worked exerciseLocked
- Ground-reference maneuvers, steep turns, slow flight, and stalls952 words · worked exerciseLocked
- Basic instrument flight and inadvertent IMC1,650 words · worked exerciseLocked
- Engine failures, emergency descents, fire, and survival equipment1,038 words · worked exerciseLocked
- Night operations, visual illusions, and postflight procedures1,097 words · worked exerciseLocked