Course Syllabus • Spring 2011

Instructor: Dan Traska                                                  Einarson Conference Room
Phone: 218-240-4199                                                      E-mail: dtraska@airplanesr.us

Texts:  Pilot Handbook, Rod Machado Second edition.

Course objective:  To prepare the candidate for the FAA Private Pilot Airplane Knowledge Exam. 

Tentative course outline:

• 1/19  Airplanes and Aerodynamics
• 1/26  Flight Instruments & Aircraft Systems
• 2/02  Airspace Chapter 9  
• 2/09 Airports, Air Traffic Control
• 2/16  Regulations Chapter 6
• 2/23   Exam One, & Aviation Maps
• 3/02   Radio Navigation
• 3/09   Aviation Weather
• 3/16   Exam Two, Aviation Weather Services
• 3/23   Flight Planning
• 3/30   Aircraft Performance and Weight & Balance
• 4/06   Aero Medical Factors, other Airman Information
• 4/13   Review Preparation for FAA Written Exam
• 4/20   Final Exam

Progress

Weekly assignments 
Exam 1                                    
Exam 2                                    
Final Exam                                         

This document is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.