The Department reserves the right to alter the frequency of course offerings. Course serves as a preparation for the FAA Private Pilot written exam to be taken upon successful completion of the course. Course includes necessary FAA regulations, weather, air and radio navigation, flight safety, and emergency procedures. Course consists of all the dual and solo flight hours required for private pilot certification. All flight instruction emphasizes preflight preparations, airplane operating procedures, proper airplane flight control, air and ground safety, traffic control procedures and communication.
Course includes adequate solo flight practices and solo cross country flights.
Completion of private pilot certification is necessary to receive credit for this course. 300 Instrument Ground - 3 hours Course serves as preparation for the FAA written exam. Content includes VOR, DME procedures, IFR low altitude, Instrument Pilot enroute maps, and IFR regulations. 303 Instrument Flight - 2 hours Practice instrument attitude flying including VOR, DME, localizer, ILS, and ADF approaches. 304 Commercial Ground - 3 hours Course serves as preparation for the FAA commercial written exam.