• Dreaming of Flying
• What type of person owns a plane
• Learning to Fly
• Introduction Rides
• Martin Aviation Approach
• The right training plane
• Aircraft Costs
• Why the C-150/2 is the best trainer
• Reading Material and getting started
• Advanced Training - Real World Flying

Private Pilot Course

• Intro flight:

• • one on one question and answers
• • Ground school (phase one)

• • • Initial (two lessons around four hours total)

• Basic terms
• How a plane flys
• Aircraft controls and what they do
• Aircraft instruments and what they indicate
• How to preform a “pre-flight” inspection
• How to use a “check list”
• and human flight factors

• Flight lessons (phase one) (wind less then 10 kts)

• Note: We require commercial tolerances of heading - altitude and airspeed

• Basic

• • • • • • Feeling the plane
• • • • • • Straight and Level
• • • • • • Turns (standard rate)
• • • • • • Climbs / descents /glides

• Beyond basic

• • • • • • take off
• • • • • • 45° bank turns
• • • • • • Slow flight

• • • • • • • straight
• • • • • • • turns

• • • • • • Stalls

• • • • • • • approach to landing
• • • • • • • departure
• • • • • • • turning

• Advanced (wind over 10 kts)

• • • • • • Turns around a point
• • • • • • “S” turns on road
• • • • • • rectangular pattern

• Basic landing (take off and landings about 50 at six per hr)
• Advanced take off and landings - Cross wind over 15 kts component
• Solo (one must accumulate around five hours AND feel comfortable)

• • • • • • Must pass FAA flight physical - third class from FAA doctor before solo.

• Note: this requirement may be dropped in future

• • • • • • in the pattern only to start then
• • • • • • in the practice area

• Ground school (phase two)

• • Basic navigation
• • Intro sectional charts
• • Pilotage (use of plotter and course computer)
• • VOR (radio)

• Weight and Balance computations (only very basic math required)

• • • • • • reason for -
• • • • • • Pilot operating handbook
• • • • • • actual computations