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Basic Private Pilot Ground School

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  1. Lesson 1: Your First Flight
    6 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  2. Lesson 2: Maneuvers and the Traffic Pattern
    6 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  3. Lesson 3: Understanding the Wind and Turns
    6 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  4. Lesson 4: AOA, Stalls, and Other Scary Things
    5 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  5. Lesson 5: Ground Reference, Maneuvers, and FARs
    4 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  6. Lesson 6: Building Good Landings
    5 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  7. Lesson 7: The Less Busy Airspace: G, E, D
    3 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  8. Lesson 8: Class A, B, and C Airspace: The Busier Side of the Sky
    4 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  9. Lesson 9: Flying Blind and Performance Calculations
    4 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  10. Lesson 10: Soft and Short Field T.O.'s + Landings
    4 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  11. Lesson 11: Start Your Engines: Engines, Systems, and Instruments
    6 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  12. Lesson 12: Weight and Balance, Navigation Systems
    4 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  13. Lesson 13: Luck with Weather
    6 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  14. Lesson 14: Your First SOLO!
    2 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  15. Lesson 15: VFR Charts and Navigation
    5 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  16. Lesson 16: Weather Charts and Services
    6 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  17. Lesson 17: Aeromedical Factors, ADM, FARS
    5 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  18. Lesson 18: Flying at Night
    3 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  19. Lesson 19: Cross Country Flight Planning
    4 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  20. Lesson 20: Test Prep
    5 Topics
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    2 Quizzes
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Lesson 9: Flying Blind and Performance Calculations

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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

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