AEROTECH AVIATION
PRIVATE PILOT
TRAINING COURSE SYLLABUS
STAGE 1
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Become familiar with the aircraft, checklists, preflight procedures, the engine start
procedures, aircraft taxi, the before takeoff checklist, normal takeoffs, normal landings,
introduction to basic aircraft maneuvering and proper postflight securing of the aircraft.
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Required Study Resources:
Jeppesen Manual and/or FAA Airplane Flying Handbook
Gleim Private Flight Maneuvers Manual
FAR/AIM
Airport Facility/Directory
GROUND
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Preflight Ground Instruction
o License requirements
o Checklists
o Aircraft control surfaces and function
o Cockpit introduction
o Introduction to flight controls
o Introduction to flight instruments (six pack)
o Introduction to engine instruments
o Trimming
o Certificates
o Documents
o Maintenance
o Preflight inspection
o Passenger briefing
o Positive exchange of flight control procedure
Flight Instruction
o Engine Start
o Taxi
o Introduction to radio use
o Normal Takeoff
o Climbs and level off
o Use of trim
o Turning and rudder coordination
o Attitude indicator markings
o Descents and level off
o Steering with rudder exercise
o Normal Landing (4)(4)
o After landing
o Securing the aircraft
Post Flight Debrief
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FLIGHT LESSON 1
DUAL-Herriman/East Bench Practice Area (1.0)
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STAGE 1
FLIGHT LESSON 2
DUAL-Herriman Practice Area (1.2)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Introduction to airport operations, wind direction indicators, runway incursions, traffic
avoidance and traffic patterns.
Preflight Ground Instruction
o 4 forces of flight/3 axes of flight
o Traffic pattern
o Carburetor icing/Carburetor heat
o ATIS, AWOS, ASOS, Windsock
o Slow flight procedures
o Airport diagram and markings
STAGE 1
FLIGHT LESSON 3
DUAL-Cedar Valley Practice Area (1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Introduction to flight at various airspeeds and configurations, understanding aircraft
coordination, understanding stalls and spins, what causes them, and how to avoid them.
Introduction to maneuvering the aircraft at traffic pattern altitudes.
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Aeronautical decision making
o Cockpit management
o Stall awareness
o Spin awareness, avoidance and recovery
o Use of flaps
o Review slow flight procedure
o Turns about a point
Flight Instruction
Review:
o All pretakeoff checklists
o Taxiing
o Control manipulation
o Turning and rudder to heading (±10⁰)
o Climb, descents, and level flight
o Trimming
o Normal takeoff and landing (4)(8)
o After landing, parking and Securing
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Gathering weather information
o Airport diagram and markings
o Runway incursions/Collision Avoidance/Scanning for traffic
o Radio procedures
o Climbs, descents, turns and trimming
o Traffic pattern procedures
o Slow flight
o Normal Takeoff and landings (4)(12)
Introduction:
o Taxi markings
o Runway incursions/Collision Avoidance/Scanning for traffic
o Runway markings
o Radio procedures
o Practice area operations
o Slow Flight
o Traffic pattern entry
o In range checklist
o Before landing checklist
o Carburetor heat
Introduction
o Wind effect on ground track
o Following a road exercise
o Turn about a point
Post Flight Debrief
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Post flight Debrief
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STAGE 1
FLIGHT LESSON 4
DUAL-Cedar Valley Practice Area (1.4)
STAGE 1
FLIGHT LESSON 5
DUAL-Cedar Valley Practice Area (1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Continued training on ground reference maneuvers at traffic pattern altitudes. Increasing
awareness of the effects of wind when performing these maneuvers.
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Introduction to stalls, recognizing the signs of an imminent stall and understanding the
associated procedure for a recovery.
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Ground effect
o Perfect landings
o S-turns
o Rectangular course
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Angle of Attack
o Critical Angle of Attack
o Spin awareness, avoidance and recovery
o Stall entrance configuration
o Stall recovery procedure
o Pilotage
o Introduction to sectionals
o Introduction to airspace
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Cockpit management
o Maneuvering during slow flight
o Stall and Spin awareness
o Use of flaps
o Following a road
o Turn about a point
o Normal takeoffs and landings (4)(16)
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Turns about a point
o S-turns
o Rectangular course
o Normal takeoff and landing (4)(20)
Introduction
o S-turns
o Rectangular course
Introduction
o Power-Off stall recovery (imminent)
o Power-On stall recovery (imminent)
Post Flight Debrief
Post Flight Debrief
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FLIGHT LESSON 6
DUAL-Tooelle Valley Practice Area (1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Review stall awareness, aircraft configuration for entering a stall and the recovery procedure.
Review spin awareness. Understand how to enter a fully stall condition and the subsequence
procedure for recovery.
STAGE 1
FLIGHT LESSON 7
DUAL-Tooelle Valley Practice Area (1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Introduction to in-flight emergencies. Understanding how to prevent self induced
emergencies, understand the emergency checklists.
Preflight Ground instruction:
o Weight and balance
o Factors affecting performance
o Basic performance charts
o Wake turbulence avoidance
o Engine leaning procedures
o Rough engine procedures
o Engine failure during flight checklist
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Load factor
o Steep turns procedure
o Review aircraft coordination
o Review spin awareness
o Review stall recovery procedures
o Airspace rules
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Steep Turns
o Power-Off stall recovery
o Power-On stall recovery
o S-turns
o Normal takeoff and landing (4)(28)
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Power-Off stall recovery (imminent)
o Power-On stall recovery (imminent)
o Normal takeoff and landing (4)(24)
Introduction
o Steep turns
o Power-Off stall recovery
o Power-On stall recovery
Introduction
o Rough engine procedures
o Engine failure during flight
o Rudder exercise
Post Flight Debrief
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Post Flight Debrief
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STAGE 1
FLIGHT LESSON 8
DUAL-Tooelle Valley Practice Area (1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Understand the proper procedures and checklists during inflight emergencies.
STAGE 1
FLIGHT LESSON 9
DUAL-Cedar Valley Practice Area (1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Introduction to rejected takeoffs and rejected landing and understanding the proper
procedures during the performance of these maneuvers.
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Frontal weather
o Thunderstorms
o Stability
o Microbursts
o Windshear
o Wind and mountains
o Slips
o In flight fires
o Emergency descent procedures
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Weather information sources
o Rejected takeoff procedures
o Go around procedures
o Forced landing procedures
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Forward Slip
o Side Slip
o Engine fire
o Cabin fire
o Wing fire
o Emergency descent
o Normal takeoff and landing (4)(36)
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Wake turbulence avoidance
o Rough engine procedures
o Engine failure during flight
o Rectangular course
o Normal takeoff and landing (4)(32)
Introduction
o Rejected takeoffs
o Go around from rejected landing (2)
o Slip to a landing
o Emergency approach and landing (forced landing) (1)
Introduction
o Forward slip
o Side slip
o Engine fire
o Cabin fire
o Wing fire
o Emergency descent
Post Flight Debrief
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Post Flight Debrief
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FLIGHT LESSON 10
DUAL-Cedar Valley Practice Area (1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Introduction to crosswinds and the effects they have on the aircraft during taxiing, takeoffs
and landings.
STAGE 1
FLIGHT LESSON 11
DUAL-Tooelle Valley Practice Area (1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Fuel system
o Electrical system
o Powerplant
o Oil system
o VFR required equipment
o Soft field takeoff procedures
o Soft field landing procedures
o Low level fly by procedure
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o FAR/AIM
o FAA advisory circulars
o Aeronautical decision making and judgment
o Crosswind taxi procedures
o Crosswind takeoff procedures
o Crosswind landing procedures
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Rejected takeoffs
o Go around from rejected landing
o Steep turns
o Emergency approach and landing (forced landing)
o Slip to a landing
o Normal takeoff and landing (4)(40)
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Crosswind taxi
o Crosswind takeoff
o Crosswind landing
Introduction
o Soft field takeoff
o Soft field landing (3)(43)
o No flap landing (1)(44)
o Low level fly by (2)
Introduction
o Crosswind taxi
o Crosswind takeoff
o Crosswind landing
Post Flight Debrief
Post Flight Debrief
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FLIGHT LESSON 12
DUAL-Tooelle Valley Practice Area (1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Introduction to takeoffs and landings using minimum runway distance. Understand Vy and
Vx and the proper situation for flying at those airspeeds.
STAGE 1
FLIGHT LESSON 13
DUAL-Tooelle Valley Practice Area (1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Review.
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Airspace
o Ground reference maneuvers
o Stall recovery procedures
o Rejected landing procedure
o Emergency procedures
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Vacuum system
o gyroscopic instruments
o Pitot Static system
o Pitot static instruments
o Electric instruments
o compass and errors
o Vx and Vy
o Short field takeoff procedures
o Short field landing over and obstacle procedure
o Short field landing within a given distance procedure
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Slow flight
o Stall recovery
o Engine failure
o Engine fire
o Emergency descent
o Turns about point
o S-turns
o Rectangular course
o Rejected landing
o Normal takeoff and landing (3)(50)
Flight Instruction:
Lesson Review
o Soft field takeoff
o Soft field landing
o No flap landing
o Low level fly by
o Normal landing (1)(48)
Post Flight Debrief
Introduction
o Short field takeoff
o Short field with an obstacle (2)(45)
o Short filed landing without an obstacle (2)(47)
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Post Flight Debrief
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FLIGHT LESSON 14
DUAL/SOLO-Tooelle Valley Practice Area (1.5)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Review and verify that the student is prepared for solo flight. Review the pre solo test and
make certain the students understands completely all of the information contained in the
test. Verify that all endorsements for solo flight and completed. Have the student perform a
supervised solo flight.
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Spin awareness, avoidance and recovery
o Slow flight procedures
o Stall awareness and recovery procedures
o Rejected landing procedures
o Logbook entries
o Solo test review
o Solo pilot limitation
o Endorsements
STAGE 2
FLIGHT LESSON 15
DUAL-Provo Airport ( 1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Introduction to cross country flight planning, the AFD, contacting the FSS, gathering weather
data and communications with a towered airport.
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o ATIS
o Airport/Facility Directory
o Flight planning
o Planning for alternates
o Contacting the FSS
o Radio communication with tower
o Pilotage/Using the sectional while flying
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Slow flight
o Stall recovery
o Steep turns
o In range procedures
o Normal takeoffs and landing
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Slow flight
o Stall recovery
o Rejected landing
o Normal takeoff and landing
o Student solos
Post Flight Debrief
Introduction
o Flying with maps
o Tower communications
o Non standard traffic procedures
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FLIGHT LESSON 16
DUAL-Nephi Airport (1.5)
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FLIGHT LESSON 17
DUAL-Salt Lake City International (1.3)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Prepare a proper flight plan, fly cross country using pilotage and VOR navigation, experience
landing at an unfamiliar airfield, talk about recognizing hazardous weather and diversion
procedures. Track fuel consumption, discuss ADM and lost procedures.
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Understand how a Class B airport operates, how to gather the pertinent airport frequencies
and traffic flow into and out of the area, how to communicate with ATC and how to depart
the airport. Also, gain and understanding of aeromedical factors.
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Crew resource management
o Flight planning
o VOR navigation
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Inner ear
o Spatial disorientation
o Eye
o Visual Illusions
o Hypoxia
o Carbon monoxide poising
o Hyperventilation
o alcohol and drugs
o Stress and fatigue
o Dehydration
o Radio communication with Class B airport
o Expected routing into and out of the airport
Flight Instruction
Review
o Short field takeoffs and landings
Introduction
o Cross country flight
o Unfamiliar airport environments
o Pilotage
o Dead reckoning
o Electronic navigation
o IFR flight (hood) (.3)(.3)
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Soft field takeoffs and landing
o Communication with a tower
Post Flight Debrief
Comments:
Introduction
o Class B radios
o Landing at a Class B airport
o Taxiing at a Class B airport
o Takeoff procedures at a Class B airport
Post Flight Debrief
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FLIGHT LESSON 18
DUAL-LOCAL-NIGHT (1.2)
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FLIGHT LESSON 19
DUAL-Brigham City Airport-NIGHT (2.0)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Learn the runway and airport lighting, aeromedical factors, hazards and differences of flying
and landing at night and necessity of being prepared and staying organized.
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
To have a night flying experience and learn the hazards and differences associated with night
cross country flying.
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Cockpit organization
o Use of white and red lights
o Aircraft lighting
o Airport lighting
o Benefits and hazards of night flight
o Night vision
o Landing at night
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Review flight planning
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Night lighting
o Night flying
Introduction
o Night cross country flying
o IMC simulation (hood)(.5)(.8)
o Night emergency procedures
Flight Lesson:
Introduction
o Departing into a black sky
o Locating other traffic
o Recognizing ground references
o Locating airport beacon
o Recognizing hazards
o Locating airports at night
o Landing with night illusions
o Cockpit lighting
o Forced landing at night
Post Flight Debrief
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FLIGHT LESSON 20
DUAL-Tooelle Valley (1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Fight by the use of VOR navigation, by reference to flight instruments only and recover from
unusual flight attitudes in IMC
STAGE 2
FLIGHT LESSON 21
DUAL-Tooelle Valley (1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Review air work, ground reference maneuvers and landings.
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Review stall recovery procedures
o Review steep turn procedures
o Review ground reference maneuver procedures
o Review normal, soft, and short field takeoff and landing procedures
o Review engine failure procedures
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Review VOR navigation
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Simulated IMC (hood) (1.0)(1.8)
o VOR navigation
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Cross wind taxiing
o Cross wind take off and landing
o Steep turns
o Slow flight
o Power-on stall recovery
o Power-off stall recovery
o Turning stall recovery
o Engine failure
o Turns about a point
o S-turns
o Rectangular course
o VOR navigation
o IMC simulation (hood)(.6)(2.4)
o Takeoffs and landings
Introduction
o Turning stall recovery
o Unusual attitude recovery
Post Flight Debrief
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Post Flight Debrief
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FLIGHT LESSON 22
DUAL-Heber Airport (1.7)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Learn and experience the hazards and wonders of mountain flying. Gain an understanding of
mountain weather, high altitude aircraft performance, and safe mountain flying.
STAGE 2
FLIGHT LESSON 23
DUAL-Tooelle Valley Practice Area (1.4)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
To become proficient in numerous emergency situations.
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Emergency procedures
o Emergency checklists
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Density altitude
o Performance
o Max safe altitude (300 fpm)
o Personal equipment
o Mountain weather
o Exit strategy
o Crossing ridges
o Canyon flying
o Course reversal maneuver (Bat turn)
o Emergency mountain landings
o Leaning
o Takeoff distance (70% speed at midfield)
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Fires
o Failures
o Emergency descents
o Forced landings
o Slip to a landing
Introduction
o Stuck throttle
o Flap failure
o Carburetor ice simulation
o Failure to richen mixture on descent simulation
o Engine smoke/obscured vision simulation
o Blown tire
o Aileron failure
o Elevator failure
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Steep turns
Introduction
o Course reversal maneuver
o Crossing ridges
o Flying canyons
o High elevation airport landing and takeoff
Comments:
Post Flight Debrief
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FLIGHT LESSON 24
DUAL-Tooelle Valley (1.5)
STAGE 2
FLIGHT LESSON 25
DUAL-Tooelle Valley (1.5)
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Review air work, ground reference maneuvers and landings.
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
To provide a checkride like simulation.
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Review missed test questions subject areas
o Oral review questions
o Review stall recovery procedures
o Review steep turn procedures
o Review ground reference maneuver procedures
o Review normal, soft, and short field takeoff and landing procedures
o Review engine failure procedures
Preflight Ground Instruction:
o Practice Oral
o Maintenance books
Flight Instruction:
Review
o Cross wind taxiing
o Cross wind take off and landing
o Steep turns
o Slow flight
o Power-on stall recovery
o Power-off stall recovery
o Turning stall recovery
o Engine failure
o Turns about a point
o S-turns
o Rectangular course
o VOR navigation
o IMC simulation (hood)(.3)(2.7)
o Takeoffs and landings
Post Flight Debrief
Flight Instruction:
Review
o All PTS requirements
o IMC simulation (hood)(.3)(3.0)
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Post Flight Debrief
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