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Level 4—Landings and Takeoffs (Circuit Training)
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Day 1
GROUNDSCHOOL INSTRUCTION (Morning)
Period I
Orientation and Safety around Aircraft.
Preparatory Ground Instruction: The Circuit.
Period 2
Preparatory Ground Instruction: Takeoffs and Landings.
FLIGHT TRAINING (Afternoon)
Air Exercise: Takeoffs and Landings
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.
Day 2
GROUNDSCHOOL INSTRUCTION (Morning)
Period I
Airport rules, operations and procedures.
Period 2
VFR Weather Minimum.
Cruising Altitudes.
Altimeter Rules.
FLIGHT TRAINING (Afternoon)
Air Exercise: Takeoffs and Landings
Circuit Training continues (see Day 1 for a description)
Day 3
GROUNDSCHOOL INSTRUCTION (Morning)
Period I
Airspace Classification.
Period 2
Preparatory Ground Instruction: Slipping
FLIGHT TRAINING (Afternoon)
Air Exercise: Takeoffs and Landings, including slipping
The manoeuvre of 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.
Day 4
GROUNDSCHOOL INSTRUCTION (Morning)
Period I
VFR Flight Plans.
National Security.
Emergency Location Transmitters.
Transponder Requirements.
Fuel Requirements.
Period 2
Pilot Privilege.
Jet Blast Hazard.
Oxygen.
Aircraft Documents Requirements.
Aircraft Equipment Requirements.
FLIGHT TRAINING (Afternoon)
Air Exercise: Takeoffs and Landings
Circuit Training continues (see Day 1 for a description)
Day 5
GROUNDSCHOOL INSTRUCTION (Morning)
Period I
Minimum Altitude Rules of the Air.
Period 2
Quiz.2
FLIGHT TRAINING (Afternoon)
Air Exercise: Takeoffs and Landings
Circuit Training continues (see Day 1 for a description)
References Notes
1 In contrast, students quickly master how to conduct a takeoff.
2This is a ten-question, multiple-choice quiz that is administered on the last day of Camp. The questions revolve around items learned in both Groundschool and in the air. Successful completion of the quiz leads to the issue of a Certificate of Completion by Langley Flying School.
