The Private Pilot ground school will give students the knowledge to take and pass the FAA written exam and prepare them for flight. Some of the areas of study will include aircraft operations, airplane controls, systems, navigation, and weather. Students will also study human factors and safety.
Core Standards of the Course
STRAND 1 Students will be able to understand, demonstrate, and apply fundamentals of flight.
Private Pilot Core
Standard 1 Students will identify opportunities within aviation.
Standard 3 Students will collaboratively apply aerodynamic principles.
Four forces of flight (lift, weight, drag, and thrust).
Generation of lift (Bernoulli's Principle and Newton's Laws of Motion).
Three axes of flight.
Effects of center of gravity.
How aircraft design effects stability.
Aerodynamics of maneuvering flight.
Recognize stalls, spins, and recovery techniques.
Standard 4 Students will understand Aviation Physiology affecting Pilot Performance.
Medical Certificates.
Aeronautical decision making.
Aeromedical Factors.
Performance Skills
Investigate and identify parts of an aircraft.
Describe Airplane systems.
Collaboratively engage in discussions of Aerodynamic principles (Instrument failures).
STRAND 2 Students will be able to understand and demonstrate the flight environment and Federal Aviation Regulation/Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM).
Private Pilot Core
Standard 1 Students will be able to identify the components of safety of flight.
Right of way.
Collision Avoidance.
Visual Scanning.
Maneuver Safety.
Minimum Safe Alt.
Standard 2 Students will be able to identify and interpret the airport environment.
Controlled vs Uncontrolled airports.
Runway markings and signs and airport lighting.
Traffic pattern.
Runway incursions and Land and Hold Short Operations(LAHSO).
Sources of flight information.
Standard 3 Students will be able to operate safely and effectively within the National Airspace System.
Sources of weather information (METAR, TAF, PIREP, etc.).
Interpret weather data.
Importance of using official aviation weather sources.
Performance Skills
Read and interpret weather data from reports and charts.
STRAND 4 Students will be able to understand, predict, and calculate performance.
Private Pilot Core
Standard 1 Students will demonstrate and calculate airplane performance.
Predicting performance (takeoff, climb performance, and landing data).
Weight, balance, and proper aircraft loading.
Flight computers (E6B).
Calculate cross winds.
Performance Skills Understand performance and navigation.
Calculate weight and balance
Calculate takeoff and landing data
Read and interpret performance charts
STRAND 5 Students will apply navigational skills to the flight planning process.
Private Pilot Core
Standard 1 Students will be able to use navigational skills while flight planning and flying.
Navigational and aeronautical charts.
Pilotage and dead reckoning.
Radio-based navigation (VOR & ADF).
Satellite/GPS-based navigation.
Standard 2 Students will be able to plan a cross-country flight.
The flight planning process.
Navigational Log.
Obtain all available information in regard to the flight.
Filing a flight plan.
Post-flight debrief.
Performance Skills
Read, understand, and interpret navigational and aeronautical charts
Complete a navigational log
STRAND 6 Students will understand the importance of career readiness skills as it relates to participation in TSA (Technology Student Association), SkillsUSA, or any other related CTSO in aviation-related fields.
Private Pilot Core
Performance Skills The following aviation workplace skills should be discussed, taught, re-enforced, and modeled throughout the strands and standards of the course:
Communication
Teamwork
Critical and Creative Thinking
Problem Solving
Dependability
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Brent Cox
and see the
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For general questions about Utah's Core Standards contact the Director -
THALEA LONGHURST.
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