Groundschool Schedule

Grand Forks Weekend Private Pilot Groundchool

March 12 to April 25, 2010

 

Classes

Friday 1700-2100

Saturday 0900-1200-1230-1530

Sunday 0900-1200- 1230-1530

 

 

 

weekend

class

Date:

Subject:

Important Stuff:

I

1

Mar 12  pm

Personal Licensing

 

I

2

Mar 13  am

Airframes, Engines

& Systems

 

I

3

Mar 13  pm

Airframes, Engines

& Systems

 

I

4

Mar 14  am

Aerodynamics & Theory of Flight

Quiz #1 Personal Licensing;

Airframes, Engines & Systems

I

5

Mar 14  pm

Aerodynamics & Theory of Flight

 

II

6

Mar 19   pm

Canadian Aviation Regulations

Quiz #2

Aerodynamics & Theory of Flight

II

7

Mar 20  am

Canadian Aviation Regulations

 

II

8

Mar 20  pm 

Canadian Aviation Regulations

 

II

9

Mar 21  am

Canadian Aviation Regulations

 

II

10

Mar 21  pm

Canadian Aviation Regulations

 

III

11

Mar 26  pm

Flight Operations (Flight Information Services; Weight and Balance; Density and Pressure Altitude; Takeoff Performance)

 

Transport Canada PSTAR

III

12

Mar 27  am

Flight Operations (Airspeed, Engine Performance, and Fuel Consumption; Fuel, Time, and Distance to Climb; Landings; Mid-air Collision Risk and Bird Strikes; Flight over Water, Whiteouts, and Mountain Flying)

 

III

13

Mar 27  pm 

Flight Operations (Be Prepared!; Mogas; Emergency Locator Transmitter; Medical Factors; Aircraft Insurance, Marshall Signals)

 

 

III

14

Mar 28 am

Human Factors & Pilot Decision-Making (Background; Human Factors and Pilot Error; Use of Checklist; Disorientation in 178 Seconds; Hypoxia)

 

III

15

Mar 28 pm

Human Factors & Pilot Decision-Making (Empty field Myopia, Pilot Decision-making Process; Loss of Situational Awareness; The Case of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182; The case of Eastern Airlines Flight 401)

 

IV

16

April 09 pm

Meteorology Part I General Weather

Quiz #3 Flight Ops - Human

Factors & Pilot Decision Making

IV

17

April 10 am

Meteorology Part I General Weather

 

IV

18

April 10 pm

Meteorology Part I General Weather

 

IV

19

April 11 am

Meteorology Part II Active Weather

 

IV

20

April 11 pm

Meteorology Part III Weather Info

Quiz #4 Meteorology – General Weather

V

21

April 16 pm

Meteorology Part III Weather Info

 

V

22

April 17 am

Navigation

Quiz# 5 Meteorology - Weather Information

V

23

April 17 pm

Navigation

 

V

24

April 18 am

Navigation

 

V

25

April 18 pm

Navigation

 

VI

26

April 23 pm

Navigation

 

VI

27

April 24 am

Navigation

 

VI

28

April 24 pm

Radio Navigation and Flight Instruments

Quiz #6 Navigation

VI

29

April 25 am

Radio Navigation and Flight Instruments

 

VI

30

April 25 pm

Review and Flight Instruments

Quiz #7 Radio Navigation and Flight Instruments