Training available
We currently offer ground school for the Private Pilot Certificate, the Instrument Rating and the Commercial Pilot Certificate using the Part 141 approved Ground School in a Box syllabus.
Each course includes over 1000 graphics, animations and audio samples to help you learn more easily. The live 2.5 hours lectures are conducted twice a week in the evening from 5 to 7:30 PM (Pacific). Courses are all inclusive which means you will not need to buy any manuals. However, you will need to obtain a plotter and a flight computer to complete some of the exercises. The tuition fee for ground school is $369 USD.
If you need help with just a few subjects, we also offer on-demand ground instruction. You select the date, the time and the subject. There is a 2-hour minimum. The fee is $99 USD per 2-hour session.
Schedule and content
35-hour Private Pilot Ground School
We currently offer ground school for the Private Pilot Certificate, the Instrument Rating and the Commercial Pilot Certificate using the Part 141 approved Ground School in a Box syllabus.
Each course includes over 1000 graphics, animations and audio samples to help you learn more easily. The live 2.5 hours lectures are conducted twice a week in the evening from 5 to 7:30 PM (Pacific). Courses are all inclusive which means you will not need to buy any manuals. However, you will need to obtain a plotter and a flight computer to complete some of the exercises. The tuition fee for ground school is $369 USD.
If you need help with just a few subjects, we also offer on-demand ground instruction. You select the date, the time and the subject. There is a 2-hour minimum. The fee is $99 USD per 2-hour session.
Schedule and content
35-hour Private Pilot Ground School
- Week 1 - Aerodynamics // Weight and balance
- Week 2 - Systems and flight instruments // Airplane performance
- Week 3 - Airports and flight publications // Safety of flight and airspace
- Week 4 - Radio communications // Regulations
- Week 5 - Weather basics // Weather reports and forecasts
- Week 6 - Aeronautical charts // Dead reckoning navigation
- Week 7 - Radio navigation // Physiology
- Week 1 - Weather basics // Weather reports and forecasts
- Week 2 - Airports and flight publications // Safety of flight and airspace
- Week 3 - Radio communications // Regulations
- Week 4 - Physiology // Flight instruments and instrument flying
- Week 5 - Navigation aids and instruments
- Week 6 - Enroute procedures // Instrument approaches
- Week 1 - Aerodynamics (including multi-engine)
- Week 2 - Weight and balance // Systems and flight instruments
- Week 3 - Airplane performance (including multi-engine) // Airports
- Week 4 - Safety of flight and airspace // Regulations
- Week 5 - Physiology // Weather basics
- Week 6 - Weather reports and forecast // Dead reckoning navigation
- Week 7 - Navigation aids and instruments // Instrument operations
Last modified: Thursday, 31 July 2008, 04:46 PM