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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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All airplanes are controlled in 3 axis.

To do this, we have 3 PRIMARY flight controls
  • Ailerons (roll)
  • Elevator (pitch)
  • Rudder (yaw)
Examples of Secondary Flight Controls:
  • Flaps
  • Trim
Axis of Movement:

The airplane moves about these three axis, and all of these axis meet at one central point which is the CENTER OF GRAVITY.

  • Longitudinal axis (long axis from nose to tail, ailerons roll the airplane around this axis)
  • Lateral axis (this axis goes wingtip to wingtip, the airplane pitches about this axis controlled by the elevator)
  • Vertical axis (a vertical line from the bottom up, the airplane yaws about this axis controlled by the rudder).

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