Alaska Academy Lesson 1 This lesson goes over the C.R.A.F.T clearance and all charts and ground procedures. Clearance .The C.R.A.F.T clearance is the IFR flight clearance given to you by atc the C is for clearance which is given something like this Ex. ASA 1234 cleared to Indianapolis The R stands for route which is the route you will take out of your departure airport to put you on your route which at most bigger airports is done by a SID or Standard Instrument departure which is a route that you take out of an airport. Ex.ASA 1234 cleared to Indianapolis via BUNZZ3 departure HACKS transition The A stands for altitude which is given in two sections initial altitude and final altitude the initial altitude given will either be an altitude or a climb via sid which means you follow the altitude restrictions on your departure route the final altitude is your cruise altitude and is given in your clearance after your initial altitude. Ex. ASA 1234 cleared to Indianapolis via BUNZZ3 departure HACKS transition Climb maintain 6000 and or SID depending on airport Expect FL390 10 min aft Departure The F stands for frequency and that is the departure frequency you contact after leaving the airport Ex. ASA 1234 cleared to Indianapolis via BUNZZ3 departure HACKS transition Climb maintain 6000 and or SID depending on airport Expect FL390 10 min aft Departure Dep Freq 133.534 The T stands for transponder which is the identifier atc will see you as on radar Ex. ASA 1234 cleared to Indianapolis via BUNZZ3 departure HACKS transition Climb maintain 6000 and or SID depending on airport Expect FL390 10 min aft Departure Dep Freq 133.534 Sqwk 2345 So at this point you should understand how to read a clearance what it means and how to read back to ATC NOTE:pls practice with your Instructor Taxi and Charts Taxi Will Be explained by your instructor make sure your know the aircraft your flying and how to operate it this will also be taught by an instructor and the charts go along with taxi here is a good place to get charts from ChartFox - Free Flight Simulation Charts https://chartfox.org Alaska Academy Lesson 2 This Lesson goes over flying your departure and taking off. Takeoff Once at the runway you will get cleared by atc for takeoff at that point you should taxi on the runway and take off after the tower will either have you on course or on a heading for vectors to your departure. He will hand you off to departure where you will be told a higher altitude to climb to and he will usually clear you direct to one of your departure waypoints. Here is a departure chart for reference Alaska Academy Lesson 3 This lesson is after departure when you are on a center frequency and at your final altitude Cruise When your at cruise there isn't much to do but make sure before you sit back and relax you have your approach planned and you aircraft is flying on autopilot without issues perform cruise checklist and you will be fine and do expect to be handed over to other centers as you go along. Alaska Academy Lesson 4 This lesson Covers approach and landing So on flights you have arrivals which is like a SID but its called a STAR or standard terminal arrival route and instead of being a route that takes you out of an airport this takes you into an airport. This route takes you to different approaches such as ILS or RNAV It looks like this This takes you to an rnav approach or an ILS approach. Alaska Academy Lesson 5 At this stage of the course you will learn the different parts and rules to flying Instrument approaches. RNAV An RNAV approach is a gps approach that flies you on the gps runway centerline and also incorporates glide slope meaning it will fly you on an altitude path so you can land smooth and safe. This approach differs from an ILS by not having a Localizer that is captured for your runway intercept. ILS ILS or (Instrument Landing System) Uses a localizer that you intercept to fly you on runway track and like an rnav uses a glideslope however you have to tune to a localizer frequency and put in the track in your nav radio because unlike an rnav it is a non gps approach. At this point you have finished the Alaska Academy Course thank you!
