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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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Wow, that’s very unusual.

Yes, what you are about to embark upon will be quite unusual.  Your CFI is about to make you close your eyes while wearing a view-limiting device, and put the airplane into either a steep nose up or steep nose down attitude, and ask you to open your eyes and rapidly recover.  While this may seem a little crazy, it is actually quite a bit of fun, and incredibly important to master this skill to have a better chance of recovering from such a situation should you accidentally put yourself into such a scenario when you are out flying.

Unusual Attitude Recovery Procedure:

Nose High:

  • Level the wings using coordinated aileron and rudder
  • Add full power
  • Lower the nose to just slightly above the horizon to ensure the aircraft will accelerate (airspeed) and climb away from the ground
  • Re-trim as necessary

Nose Low:

  •  Level the wings using coordinated aileron and rudder
  • Reduce power to idle
  • Raise the nose to just above the horizon to ensure the aircraft will accelerate as well as climb away from the ground
  • Add full power and establish a climb
  • Re-trim as necessary

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