| Recreational/Private
Pilot Groundschools
Private Pilot Groundschools
are generally offered several times a year. Call our office to
find out when our next one is running. Classes are typically held
once or twice per week for 3 hours at a time, either on Saturdays
or evenings. Commercial Grounschools are custom designed, whether
that be for a group or individually. Call our office to discuss
a schedule that will meet your needs (250)554-2003, or send an
email to lessons@flightdiscovery.com.
All classroom sessions are held at Flight Discovery's classroom
facility located at the Kamloops Airport.
We will be offering a Recreational/Private Pilot Groundschool
this Spring of 2007.
The course outline is as follows:
| CLASS 1/2
|
Introduction, Licensing Requirements
Airframes, Engines and Systems
|
CLASS 3/4
|
Theory of Flight
Flight Instruments |
CLASS 5/6
|
Canadian Aviation Regulations
Meteorology I - Theory |
CLASS 7/8
|
Meteorology II - Theory
Meteorology III - Weather Reports and Forecasts |
CLASS 9/10
|
Flight Computer / Canadian Airspace
Performance Charts / Weight & Balance |
CLASS 11/12
|
Navigation I - Introduction, Airspace, Charts and CFS
Navigation II - Cross-Country Flight Planning |
CLASS 13/14
|
Navigation III - In-Flight Navigation Procedures
Navigation IV - Radion Theory and Radio Navigation |
CLASS 15/16
|
Flight Operations
Human Factors / Pilot Decision Making |
| TBA |
Practice Examination |
Advanced/Commercial
Pilot Groundschools
A
Commercial Pilot Groundschool will be held when demand permits.
Transport Canada has established, by policy, that the
minimum time for a Commercial Pilot Groundschool is 80 hours.
The course will cover all topics included in the Transport Canada
Commercial Pilot syllabus as well as instrument flight rules,
enroute and approach procedures, holds and communication procedures.
Additionally a student will be required to take the Transport
Canada written exam as a separate cost from the Flight Discovery
program (currently priced at $105.00 CDN).
| TOPIC 1 |
Airframes and Powerplants (Turbine engines) |
| TOPIC 2 |
Aerodynamics, Performance |
| TOPIC 3 |
Flight and Engine Instrumentation |
| TOPIC 4 |
Canadian Aviation Regulations I |
| TOPIC 5 |
Canadian Aviation Regulations II |
| TOPIC 6 |
Canadian Aviation Regulations III |
| TOPIC 7 |
Meteorology I: Theory |
| TOPIC 8 |
Meteorology II: Theory |
| TOPIC 9 |
Meteorology III: METARs, TAFs, GFAs; Access to weather
products |
| TOPIC 10 |
Flight Operations; Winter, Mountain and Overwater Operations |
| TOPIC 11 |
Flight Operations; TCAS, Advanced Weight and Balance |
| TOPIC 12 |
Mid-Term Examination |
| TOPIC 13 |
Navigation: VFR Review, WAC Charts |
| TOPIC 14 |
Radio Navigation: VOR, ADF, RMI, HSI, GPS |
| TOPIC 15 |
IFR Navigation: LO Charts, Approach Charts |
| TOPIC 16 |
Holds, Communication Procedures |
| TOPIC 17 |
IFR Flight Rules; Flight Plans, Alternate Weather Minima,
Approach Ban |
| TOPIC 18 |
Human Factors |
| TOPIC 19 |
Accident Case Histories, Pilot Decision Making |
| TOPIC 20 |
Practice Examination |
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