Private Pilot Syllabus:
Training to become a private pilot involves learning the following, in a series of steps:
Pre-flight Level:
How to inspect the airplane
prior to each flight
Flight - Level 1:
Taxi
Take-off
Straight and level flight
Turns
Climbs
Descent
Landing
Post-flight procedures
Flight - Level
2:
Communications
Brief introduction to flight-by-instrument
references
Flight - Level 3:
Slow flight
Stall
recognition and recovery
Spin awareness
Steep turns
Flight - Level 4:
Ground reference
maneuvers
Emergency procedures
Flight - Level
5:
Preparation for practicing take-offs and landings
Flight - Level 6:
Touch and Go
landings
Flight - Level 7:
Soft field take-offs and
landings
Short field take-offs and landings
No-flap take-offs and
landings
Forward slips to landings
Crosswind landings
Flight -
Level 8:
Flight planning techniques used for cross-country
flight
How to obtain weather information from a flight service station or
using DUAT
Flight - Level 9:
Making cross country flight
using dead reckoning and pilotage
Open and close flight plans
Request
flight following
No-tower communications
Flight - Level
10:
Fly cross-country using radio navigation techniques
Homing
and tracking using a VOR
Flight - Level 11:
Night flying
techniques
Flight - Level 12:
How to initiate a
diversion
What to do if you are lost
Flight- Level 13
Preparation for your
practical test
Introduction to the skills needed to recover from unusual
flight
attitudes
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