Pinch Hitter Course
Make your flying companion more comfortable and able to control the airplane in an emergency or just better able to help out on flights.
5 Hours Ground Instruction
5 Hours Flight Training
Lesson One – The Airplane
The student will become familiar with airplane systems, controls, and how it flies.
Ground:
Aerodynamics and Principles of flight
Instruments
Flight Controls
Flight:
Basics of flight,
- Straight and Level
- Turns
- Climbs
- Descents
- Slow Flight
- Configuration Changes
Goals:
We want the student to be able to name all controls and instruments, and maneuver the airplane during basic flight.
Lesson Two – Navigation
We will get familiar with Pilotage, VOR radio navigation, and GPS.
Ground:
Sectional Chart reading
Basic VOR function
Flight:
Review four basics of flight
Demonstration and practice navigating with GPS and VOR flying, intercept, and tracking.
Goals:
The student will get familiar flying the four basics of flight within altitude and within headings while intercepting and tracking the VOR.
Lesson Three – Communication
We will get familiar with communication with air traffic control.
Ground:
We will introduce ATC functions, practice communications with ATC and review of airspace.
Flight:
Student will tune and listen to ATIS, make calls to ground, and tower.
Student will review previous lessons.
Student will contact approach control and establish flight following.
Goals:
Flying assigned VOR radials while maintaining altitude and heading, look up and use appropriate frequencies and make radio calls.
Lesson Four and Five – Take off and landing practice.
Ground:
Traffic pattern and procedures.
Flight:
Take off and landing practice
Goals:
Be able to fly the pattern and align the airplane with the runway center line using rudder and ailerons properly for wind. Be abto land the airplane.