Our ground schools are designed to help prepare students for the required Private Pilot or Instrument Rating FAA Written Exams. All topic areas covered in each exam will be thoroughly reviewed. Held in our spacious and relaxing 17-seat amphitheater classroom, the ground schools provide a mixture of power-point presentations with hands-on exercises, and group discussions to aid the student in having a thorough understanding of the material presented. Each course is held two evenings per week for six weeks, with classes beginning at either 6:00 or 6:30 and lasting for approximately two hours in duration. Upon successful completion of the ground school course the student will be provided with the required ground instructor authorization that allows them to take the FAA Written Exam.


Private Pilot Ground School

     Our Private Pilot Ground School is designed to help the student pilot prepare for required the FAA Private Pilot Written Exam.


Topics Covered

     • Airplanes and Aerodynamics
     • Airplane Instruments, Engines, and Systems
     • Airports, Air Traffic Control, and Airspace
     • Federal Aviation Regulations
     • Airplane Performance and Weight and Balance
     • Aeromedical Factors and Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM)
     • Aviation Weather
     • Aviation Weather Services
     • Navigation: Charts and Publications
     • Navigation Systems
     • Cross-Country Flight Planning


Required Materials

     • Jeppesen Private Pilot Manual
     • Gleim Private Pilot FAA Knowledge Test book
     • Federal Aviation Regulation/Aeronautical Information Manual
     • New York Sectional Chart
     • Plotter
     • Flight Computer (manual or electronic)


Course Schedule

     • Monday evenings:   6:30 to 8:30 (approximately)
     • Wednesday evenings : 6:30 to 8:30 (approximately)


Cost

     • Course Tuition:  $299
     • Course Materials:  Approximately $170


Next Course Start Date

     • Monday, September 12th, 2011


Instrument Rating Ground School

     Our Instrument Rating Ground School is designed to help the student pilot prepare for required the FAA Instrument Pilot Written Exam.


Topics Covered

     • Airplane Instruments
     • Attitude Instrument Flying and Aerodynamics
     • Navigation Systems
     • Federal Aviation Regulations
     • Airports, Air Traffic Control, and Airspace
     • Holding, and Instrument Approaches
     • Aeromedical Factors
     • Aviation Weather
     • Aviation Weather Services
     • IFR En Route
     • IFR Flights


Required Materials

     • Jeppesen Instrument/Commercial Manual
     • Gleim Instrument Pilot FAA Knowledge Test book


Course Schedule

     • Tuesday evenings:   6:00 to 8:00 (approximately)
     • Thursday evenings : 6:00 to 8:00 (approximately)


Cost

     • Course Tuition:  $299
     • Course Materials:  Approximately $110


Next Course Start Date

     • Tuesday, September 13th, 2011



February 07, 2012

We now have a Garmin 496 GPS available for rental! See your dispatcher for details!