Private Pilot Ground School Instructor Nelson Hochberg

2 Instructor Information  Nelson Hochberg –ATP, ASMELS, CFII, AGI, IGI, A&P, IA     blog? Facebook? Twitter?  If you have questions…

3 Why do you want to learn to fly?  For work or business  To go places  As a career  As a challenge  Always wanted to  For fun

4 Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return. Henry Van Dyke

5 Types of Airmen Certificates  Pilot –Sport –Recreational –Private –Commercial –ATP: Airline Transport Pilot

6 Types of Airmen Certificates  Instructor –CFI: Certified Flight Instructor –CFII: Certified Flight and Instrument Instructor –MEI: Multiengine Instructor –AGI: Advanced Ground Instructor –IGI: Instrument Ground Instructor  Mechanic –A&P: Airframe and Power plant –IA: Inspection Authorization

7 Aircraft Class & Rating (for Pilot Certification)  ASMELS –Airplane –Single and Multiengine –Land –Sea  Inst - Instrument Rating –ATP includes instrument rating

8 Other Flagstaff Instructors  Fred Gibbs, Weisman Aviation, –ATP, ASMEL, CFII, MEI, AGI  Steve Allen, –Comm, Inst, ASELS, CFI  Flagstaff Airport Director: –Barney Helmick, A.A.E.,

9 Terminology  Dual: Flight time with an instructor  Solo: Flight time by yourself  PIC: Pilot in command  VFR: Visual Flight Rules –VMC: Visual Metrological Conditions  IFR: Instrument Flight Rules –IMC: Instrument Metrological Conditions  FB0: Fixed Base Operator (gas station)  GA: General Aviation (all aviation except military & air line)

10 Requirements for a pilot’s license  17 years old (16 for student pilot) (Glider: 16 and 14)  Read and speak English  Prove US citizenship or meet non citizen requirements  Complete ground instruction or self study  Pass written test  Pass medical exam (except Sport and Recreational)  40 hours minimum flight training (Sport: 20 Recreational: 30)  Pass an oral and flight test

11 What you can do with a Private Pilot airplane License  Fly any single engine, fixed gear, fixed pitch, under 200 hp airplane (any aircraft with more training)  Fly day or night under visual flight rules (VFR)  Fly for pleasure or business incidental to your being a pilot  Fly almost anywhere in the world  Operate in 4 dimensions  Impress all your friends (well…)

12 Costs to fly  “A boat is a hole in the lake into which you pour money.” –The sky is a lot bigger than any lake.  Private pilot training: $4,000-10,000 –Maintaining your license: $150/yr +  Renting an airplane: $80 / hour ++  Buy an airplane: $15,  Owning an airplane: $1500/yr + $20/hr ++

13 Advantages of flying yourself  Flying your own airplane is by far the very best way to travel  Freedom  No lines  No need to get undressed  Three times faster than driving  Usually faster and about the same cost as airlines  19,700 GA Airports, only 503 served by airlines  Learning to fly & flying is a challenge and an achievement  Usually it is a lot of fun & sometimes it is pure joy  Airplane people are a great group of people

14 15 minute break? 15 minutes End

15 Free Internet Ground Schools    Practice tests:    

16 Other free internet resources  FREE 6-month subscription to Flight Training magazine: click on Free Student Resources click on Free Student Resources    

17 National Pilot Groups  AOPA: Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association –  EAA: Experimental Aircraft Association –  SPA: Seaplane Pilots Association –  PPA: Professional Pilots Association –  ALPA: Air Line Pilots Association –  CAP: Civil Air Patrol –

18 Local pilot groups  Flagstaff Airport Slugs –Steve Allen,  Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) –  Civil Air Patrol (CAP) – ew=category&layout=blog&id=35&Itemid=119 ew=category&layout=blog&id=35&Itemid=119http:// ew=category&layout=blog&id=35&Itemid=119

19  Class presentations  Links to useful sites (including study buddy)  Course Description  Flgslugs activities

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21 Course Objective  Teach you the fundamentals required to pass the FAA Private Pilot written test –Will also cover the fundamentals for the Recreation and Sport Pilot written tests

22 Student Commitment To receive a written test endorsement from me  Attend every class on time. –Arrange make up study for missed classes (up to two classes)  Read the appropriate chapter and complete the review questions before each class.  Complete the appropriate test questions after each class. –

23 Recommended books and supplies Class Tuition$150.00$ Rod Machado’s Private Pilot Handbook $64.95 or Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge APR E6-B flight computer ASA plotter Total$240.85$ Total with sales tax (9.446%)$249.44$178.34

24 Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge  View or download for free: – manuals/aviation/pilot_handbook/ manuals/aviation/pilot_handbook/ manuals/aviation/pilot_handbook/  Does not have regulations – – – Regulations & policies  Parts 1, 61, 67, 91

25 Class Syllabus 1.Introduction & class necessities 2.Aerodynamics 3.Aircraft Systems 4.Flight Instruments 5.Regulations 6.Procedures & Airport Operations 7.Communications 8.Airspace 9.Map reading 10.Weather 11.Weather Services 12.Aircraft Performance 13.Navigation 14.Flight Planning 15.Review MachadoHandbook 21, 3, 4 1, 3, 42, 5, 6 57C 61, 8, 17, faa.govH 713, A1A 813P 914T 1015E 1211R 1312S 15, 168, 9, , 17 (17)

26 Study buddy - navigate to learning mode Click on: Then:

27 Study buddy – select categories Class numbers.

28  Class presentations  Links to useful sites (including study buddy)  Course Description  Flgslugs activities

29 Dinner at Delhi Palace – 5 PM

30 Questions? NNNNext week: –A–A–A–Aerodynamics –M–M–M–Machado chapter 2 –H–H–H–Handbook chapters 1, 3, 4 FFFFinis