1

Orientation and Safety around Aircraft.

Preparatory Ground Instruction: The Circuit.

Preparatory Ground Instruction: Takeoffs and Landings.

Takeoffs and Landings

Side-slipping

Learning how to land an aircraft smoothly is an art; it is also the high point of learning how to fly.1  Students will spend hours with an instructor in the circuit—the rectangular flight pattern which aircraft fly prior to landing—conducting what are referred to a s “touch-and-go” landings (the aircraft lands on the runway and without stopping immediately takes off again.

The manoeuvre of side-slipping is used when landing in a crosswind (i.e., the wind is not coming directly down a runway), and as a technique to efficiently loss altitude during the approach phase of a landing.  In this exercise, students learn how to produce a sideslip in a smooth and efficient fashion, and how to use slipping as an effective tool during the final approach phase of a landing.

2

Airport rules, operations and procedures.

VFR Weather Minimum.

Cruising Altitudes.

Altimeter Rules.

3

Airspace Classification.

Preparatory Ground Instruction: Side-slipping.

4

VFR Flight Plans.

National Security.

Emergency Location Transmitters.

Transponder Requirements.

Fuel Requirements.

Passenger Briefings.

Pilot Privilege.

Wake Turbulence.

Jet Blast Hazard.

Oxygen.

Aircraft Documents Requirements.

Aircraft Equipment Requirements.

5

Minimum Altitude Rules of the Air.

Quiz.