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Flight Instructor Ground School Syllabus

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This course of study requires an 8 hour class day with 2-4 hours of study per night.  This training experience is intense and requires your complete focus and dedication.  Your reward:  solid skills that will turn you into a quality instructor. 

FAR §61.187(b)(1) provides the guidance for what you must accomplish to obtain this certificate.  The Practical Test Standards mirror and amplify these requirements. Our course uses these two resources as the foundation for the syllabus we use to provide thorough preparation for the certificate.

Syllabus - Week 1

Monday - 9am to 5pm

  • Orientation
  • The Learning Process & Teaching Methods, Flight Instructor Characteristics, Flight Instructor Responsibilities, Planning & Creating Lessons, Following a Syllabus
  • Review of Part 61: Requirements for Student, Private, and Commercial Pilot certificates, Flight reviews, Currency requirements, Written test requirements, Flight Instructor regulations and Student Endorsements.
  • Instruction Lab Assignments
  • Daily Flight Lesson Assignments - flight instruction is free and unlimited for the duration of training (aircraft/fuel not included).
      Homework:  Prepare for Instruction Labs

Tuesday - 9am to 5pm

  • Airplane Systems - Instruction Lab
  • Aerodynamic Principles - Instruction Lab
      Homework:  Read Oral Exam Guide #1, 
                    Section I Fund of Inst (50 pages)

Wednesday - 9am to 5pm

  • Mock Oral Examination
  • Flight Environment - Instruction Lab
  • Communication & Flight Info - Instruction Lab
      Homework:  Prepare for Instruction Lab

Thursday - 9am to 5pm

  • Meteorology For Pilots - Instruction Lab
  • Interpreting Weather Data - Instruction Lab
      Homework:  Read Oral Exam Guide #1, 
                    Section IV Lesson Plans (96 pages)

Friday  - 9am to 5pm

  • Mock Oral Examination
  • Maneuvers Lesson Plans
     Homework:  Read Oral Exam Guide #1,
                  Section III Preflight Prep (87 pages)
                  Section VIII Fund of Flight (21 pages)
                  Section XII Basic Inst Man (43 pages)

Saturday - 9am to 5pm

  • Mock Oral Examination
  • Airplane Performance - Instruction Lab
      Homework:  Read Oral Exam Guide #2, 
                  Section II - Technical Subj (205 pages)

Sunday - Flying

Syllabus - Week 2

Monday - 9am to 5pm

  • Mock Oral Examination
  • Human Factors - Instruction Lab
      Homework:  Read Oral Exam Guide #3
                  Section V Pre Flight Proc (38 pages)
                  Section VI Airport Opns (38 pages)
                  Section XIV Post Flight Proc (5 pages)

Tuesday - 9am to 5pm

  • Mock Oral Examination
  • Navigation - Instruction Lab
  • Cross Country Exercise - Instruction Lab
      Homework:  Read Oral Exam Guide #3
                  Section VII Takeoff/Landings (87 pages)

Wednesday - 9am to 5pm

  • Mock Oral Examination
  • Review
      Homework:  Read Oral Exam Guide #3
                  Section IX Performance Man (32 pages)
                  Section X Ground Ref Man (38 pages)

Thursday - 9am to 5pm

  • Mock Oral Examination
  • Review of Part 91
  • Review
      Homework:  Read Oral Exam Guide #2 & #3
                  Section XI Slow Flt & Stalls (48 pages)
                  Section XIII Emergency Opns (22 pages)

Friday - 9am to 5pm

  • Mock Oral Examination
  • FAA Paperwork
  • Instructor Endorsements
  • Review
Saturday & Sunday - Flying & Checkride

"I was sold on flying as soon as I had a taste for it."  -- John Glenn

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