Basic Private Pilot Ground School
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Lesson 1: Your First Flight6 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 2: Maneuvers and the Traffic Pattern6 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 3: Understanding the Wind and Turns6 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 4: AOA, Stalls, and Other Scary Things5 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 5: Ground Reference, Maneuvers, and FARs4 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 6: Building Good Landings5 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 7: The Less Busy Airspace: G, E, D3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 8: Class A, B, and C Airspace: The Busier Side of the Sky4 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 9: Flying Blind and Performance Calculations4 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 10: Soft and Short Field T.O.'s + Landings4 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 11: Start Your Engines: Engines, Systems, and Instruments6 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 12: Weight and Balance, Navigation Systems4 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 13: Luck with Weather6 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 14: Your First SOLO!2 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 15: VFR Charts and Navigation5 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 16: Weather Charts and Services6 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 17: Aeromedical Factors, ADM, FARS5 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 18: Flying at Night3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 19: Cross Country Flight Planning4 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 20: Test Prep5 Topics|2 Quizzes
Lesson 9: Flying Blind and Performance Calculations Pr Copy
When you can’t see where you’re going:
Flying blind doesn’t sound so fun. Although many pilots do fly airplanes through clouds and zero visibility conditions on a daily basis, it requires a lot of training and practice to have the proper knowledge and skills to do so safely. Far too many pilots die each year due to flying into clouds or low visibility conditions and not having the proper skills to get out of the bad weather. In this lesson we’ll show you some of what you’ll be doing in training to learn how to get out of those very conditions.
How good of a performance can you expect?
When planning to takeoff, it is essential to do the proper planning to ensure that the aircraft will be within weight and balance limitations, not exceeding its gross takeoff weight, and know the performance calculations to determine exactly how much runway you will need for takeoff and landing, along with how much fuel you will burn and what altitude you will fly at. These and more are essential calculations each pilot makes every time before they go fly. In this lesson we’ll show you how to make some of the calculations by hand the “old school way” so you have a basic understanding. In later lessons we’ll show you how to use an Ipad or other electronic flight planning apps to do the heavy math for you.
I ran out of altitude, airspeed and ideas all at the same time.When asked why he ejected. -Chuck Yeager