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Private Pilot Certificate:

General Requirements:

• 17 years of age (16 years to solo).
• Read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Obtain a Third Class Flight Physical.
• Receive and log flight training from an Authorized Instructor.
• Pass the FAA written test.
• Meet aeronautical experience requirements.
• Pass the FAA Practical Test (checkride).

FAA Requirements:

• Minimum 40 hours total flight time.
• 20 hours dual flight time.
• 3 hours cross country.
• 3 hours night instruction including 10 takeoffs & landings and a 150nm cross country.
• 3 hours instrument training.
• 3 hours flight test preparation.
• 10 hours solo flight time.

Private Pilot Curriculum

Pre-solo:

• Flight preparation procedures
• Preflight inspections
• Powerplant operations
• Aircraft systems
• Taxiing and runups.
• Takeoffs and landings.
• Normal and crosswind conditions.
• Straight and level flight.
• Shallow, medium and steep back turns in both directions.
• Climbs and climbing turns.
• Airport traffic pattern, entry and departure.
• Collision and wake turbulence avoidance.
• Descents with and without turns using high and low
• drag configurations.
• Flights from cruise to minimum controllable airspeed.
• Emergency procedures and equipment malfunctions.
• Ground reference maneuvers.
• Approach to landings, idle and partial power.
• Slips to landings.
• Go-arounds: From final and in the flare in various
• configurations and during turns.
• Forced landings: Takeoff, initial climb, cruise,
• descent and landing pattern.
• Stall entries from various attitudes and power
• combinations; partial stall through full stalls.
• Stall awareness, knowledge in spin entry, spins, an
• spin recovery techniques.
• Written test: General knowledge.

First Solo:

• Released for pattern solo.
• Released for area solo.
• 90 day endorsement due.

Post Solo:

• Short and soft field takeoff, approach and landing
• procedures, including crosswind takeoff and landings.
• Takeoffs at best angle and best rate of climb.
• Forward and side slips to landing.
• Area solo and solo practice short and soft field

Cross-Country:

• The use of aeronautical charts for VFR Navigation using pilotage and dead reckoning with the aid of magnetic compass.
• Aircraft cross-country performance and procurement and analysis of weather reports and forecasts including recognition of critical weather situations and estimating visibility when in flight.
• Cross-country emergency conditions.
• Lost procedures.
• Adverse weather conditions.
• Simulated precautionary off-airport approaches and landings.

Traffic Pattern Procedures:

• Normal area arrival and departure.
• Collision avoidance.
• Wake turbulence precaution.
• Recognition of operational problems area in which the cross-country is to be flown.
• Proper operation of the instruments and equipment installed in the aircraft to be flown.
• Control and maneuvering solely by reference to flight instruments, including straight and level
• flight, climbs, descents and turns, unusual attitude recovery, and the use of radio aids and radar
• directives.
• The use of radios for VFR navigation and two-way communications.
• Night flying procedures including takeoffs, lands, go-arounds and VFR navigation.
• First dual cross-country.

Flight Test Preparation:

• Computer weather briefing.
• Endorsement for solo cross-country.
• First solo cross-country.
• Dual flight review - night flight.
• Preparation for Private Pilot Flight Test.