This form is used to sign you up for ground school for the Spring 2023 semester. Ground school starts Monday, February 20th from 6-8pm in AERO 114. It will be at the same time each week and will last 10 weeks, not including spring break, ending May 1st (hopefully giving sufficient time before finals week). At the end of the ground school, a test will be conducted, and if passed, students will be endorsed to take the private pilot written test. Along with the ground school, we also plan to run office hours each week and possibly a second ground school day If there is sufficient interest.
To accommodate this, cost has been raised slightly. It will cost 70 dollars for the entire 10 weeks of ground school. Sign up below!
We plan to cover many topics in this ground school in order to sufficiently prepare students for the private pilot written test including:
- Applicable Federal Aviation Regulations of this chapter that relate to private pilot privileges, limitations, and flight operations;
- Accident reporting requirements of the National Transportation Safety Board;
- Use of the applicable portions of the “Aeronautical Information Manual” and FAA advisory circulars;
- Use of aeronautical charts for VFR navigation using pilotage, dead reckoning, and navigation systems;
- Radio communication procedures;
- Recognition of critical weather situations from the ground and in flight, windshear avoidance, and the procurement and use of aeronautical weather reports and forecasts;
- Safe and efficient operation of aircraft, including collision avoidance, and recognition and avoidance of wake turbulence;
- Effects of density altitude on takeoff and climb performance;
- Weight and balance computations;
- Principles of aerodynamics, powerplants, and aircraft systems;
- Stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and spin recovery techniques for the airplane and glider category ratings;
- Aeronautical decision making and judgment; and
- Preflight action that includes -
- How to obtain information on runway lengths at airports of intended use, data on takeoff and landing distances, weather reports and forecasts, and fuel requirements; and
- How to plan for alternatives if the planned flight cannot be completed or delays are encountered.
If you have any issues paying for ground school or any other questions, please contact the ground school coordinator Eli Greene at 720-401-1625 or eli.greene@colorado.edu for help.
