Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Aviation Training Requirements 1
Lesson 1 Pilot Certificates and Ratings 3
Lesson 2 Training Programs 8
Lesson 3 Aviation Medicals 11
Lesson 4 Aviation Organizations 16
Lesson 5 Review: Aviation Training Requirements 18
Lesson 6 Chapter 1 Exam 19
Chapter 2 Aircraft Basics 21
Lesson 1 Parts of an Airplane 23
Lesson 2 Aircraft Flight Instruments 30
Lesson 3 Fundamental Maneuvers 33
Lesson 4 Normal Takeoffs and Landings 36
Lesson 5 Traffic Patterns 39
Lesson 6 Helicopter Basics 42
Lesson 7 Review: Aircraft Basics 43
Lesson 8 Chapter 2 Exam 44
Chapter 3 Airport Operations 47
Lesson 1 Introduction to Airports 49
Lesson 2 Airports 52
Lesson 3 Marking and Signage 55
Lesson 4 Airport Lighting 62
Lesson 5 Guest Speaker-Operations 65
Lessons 6 & 7 Airport Design Project-introductory and Work Days 67
Lesson 8 Airport Design Project-Presentations 73
Lesson 9 Airport Operations Review Study Guide 77
Lesson 10 Review: Airport Operations 82
Lesson 11 Chapter 3 Exam 83
Chapter 4 Weight & Balance and Performance 85
Lesson 1 Weight and Balance Introduction 87
Lesson 2 Weight and Balance Computation 89
Lesson 3 Current Event 96
Lesson 4 Performance introduction 99
Lesson 5 Enroute, Climb, and Descent Performance Charts 108
Lesson 6 Range, Endurance, and Glide Charts 119
Lesson 7 Guest Speaker: Aviation Professional 125
Lessons 8 & 9 Review: Weight & Balance and Performance 126
Lesson 10 Chapter 4 Exam 128
Chapter 5 Communication 129
Lesson 1 Air Traffic Control History 131
Lesson 2 Effective Communication 133
Lesson 3 Air Traffic Control jobs 135
Lesson 4 Air Traffic Control Field Trip 137
Lesson 5 Radio Transmissions 138
Lesson 6 Air Traffic Control Simulation 140
Lesson 7 Current Events in Air Traffic Control 141
Lessons 8, 9, & 10 Air Traffic Management Group Research Project 142
Lesson 11 Review: Communication 144
Lesson 12 Chapter 5 Exam 145
Chapter 6 People, Events, and Trends in Aviation 147
Lesson 1 Aviation Pioneers 149
Lesson 2 Aviation History-World War I through the Golden Age 153
Lesson 3 Aviation History-World War II, the Cold War, and the Jet Age to Today 160
Lesson 4 Famous People in Aviation-Introduction 165
Lesson 5 Famous People in Aviation-FakeBook 167
Lesson 6 & 7 Famous People in Aviation-Research Paper Workshop 169
Lesson 12 Chapter 6 Exam 172
Chapter 7 Aviation Careers 175
Lesson 1 Career Article and Introduction 177
Lesson 2 Career Investigation/Education & Training (Day 1) 179
Lesson 3 Career Investigation/Education & Training (Day 2) 185
Lesson 4 Career Investigation/Education & Training (Day 3) 187
Lesson 5 Current Events 189
Lesson 6 University, Community College, and Training Options 193
Lessons 7 & 8 Scholarship Applications 198
Lesson 9 Guest Speaker 200
Chapter 8 Aerodynamics of Flight 201
Lesson 1 Forces of Flight 203
Lesson 2 Introduction to Airfoils 206
Lesson 3 Lift-Newton and Bernoulli 209
Lesson 4 Drag and Design 212
Lesson 5 Stalls and Spins 215
Lesson 6 Review-Aerodynamics of Flight 217
Lesson 7 Chapter 8 Exam 222
Chapter 9 Aircraft Systems 225
Lesson 1 Introduction to Aircraft Systems 227
Lesson 2 Engine 231
Lesson 3 Fuel Systems 233
Lesson 4 Flight Instruments Review 237
Lesson 5 Vacuum and Electrical Systems 239
Lesson 6 Review: Aircraft Systems 243
Lesson 7 Chapter 9 Exam 247
Chapter 10 Flight Maneuvers 249
Lesson 1 Fundamental Maneuvers: Straight-and-Level Flight, Climbs, Descents, Turns 251
Lesson 2 Normal Takeoffs and Normal Landings 253
Lesson 3 Short-Field Takeoff and Landing 255
Lesson 4 Soft-Field Takeoff and Landing 257
Lesson 5 Stalls: Power-On and Power-Off 259
Lesson 6 Steep Turns 262
Lesson 7 Flight by Reference to Instruments 263
Chapter 11 Airspace 265
Lesson 1 Introduction to Airspace: Controlled vs. Uncontrolled 267
Lesson 2 Class C, D, and E Airspace 269
Lesson 3 Uncontrolled Airspace: Class G 271
Lesson 4 Special Use and Other Airspace 274
Lesson 5 Review: Airspace 280
Lesson 6 Chapter 11 Exam 285
Chapter 12 Weather 287
Lesson 1 Weather Theory (Day 1) 289
Lesson 2 Weather Theory (Day 2) 292
Lesson 3 Weather Products: METAR 295
Lesson 4 Weather Products: TAF 301
Lesson 5 Weather Products: AIRMETs and SIGMETs 306
Lesson 6 Weather-Related Decision Making 315
Lesson 7 Review: Weather 319
Lesson 8 Chapter 12 Exam 320
Chapter 13 Aeromedical Factors 323
Lesson 1 IMSAFE Checklist 325
Lesson 2 Hypoxia and Hyperventilation 326
Lesson 3 Other Aeromedical Factors 328
Lesson 4 Visual Illusions 330
Lesson 5 Night Flight 334
Lesson 6 Review: Aeromedical Factors 337
Lesson 7 Chapter 13 Exam 339
Chapter 14 Navigation and Cross-Country Flight Planning 341
Lesson 1 E6B Introduction 343
Lesson 2 Considerations for Planning a Cross-Country 345
Lesson 3 Introduction to Navigation and Using Pilotage 348
Lesson 4 Dead Reckoning 351
Lesson 5 Radio Navigation 354
Lesson 6 Cross-Country Planning 356
Lesson 7 Cross-Country Scenario 360