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Course provides the student with additional aeronautical experience to develop the required proficiency to successfully complete the objectives of a flight course, pilot certificate, or aircraft rating. The flight hours may be divided between dual instruction or solo flight as required to meet the student's needs. The amount of dual vs. solo time and aircraft to be used will be determined by the chief pilot. Students enrolled in this course will also participate in up to 5 hours of research flight experiments. Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Consent of director.
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A weekly class for students who are new to the Institute of Aviation. Provides an overview of field as well as institution-specific information. Approved for S/U grading only.
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The first of a two course sequence to prepare for FAA Private Pilot certification. Includes classroom instruction on aerodynamics, airplane systems, airport and airplane operations, federal regulations and airplane safety. Also includes 27.5 hours of flight training. Students enrolling in this course will also participate in up to 5 hours of research flight experiments. Private Pilot certification requires the completion of
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Second of a two course sequence to prepare for FAA Private Pilot certification. Includes classroom instruction on airplane operation, navigation, night flying and meteorology. Includes 34.5 hours of flight training and 3 hours in a flight simulator in the flight laboratory. Students enrolling in this course will also participate in up to 5 hours of research flight experiments. Students successfully completing final examinations will be issued a Private Pilot certificate. Credit is not given for both
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Forty-five classroom hour transitional course for students entering the Institute with a Private Pilot certificate who desire to continue in the Commercial-instrument sequence (
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First of a two course sequence to prepare the private pilot for the instrument rating; reviews cross-country flight with an emphasis on instrument approaches and enroute instrument procedures; includes 45 hours classroom instruction on instrument flying, navigation, aircraft instruments, and regulations. Includes 28.2 hours of flight training and 8 hours in a flight simulator in the flight laboratory. Students enrolling in this course will also participate in up to 5 hours of research flight experiments. Issuance of the instrument rating requires completion of
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Second of a two course sequence to prepare the private pilot for the instrument rating. Includes forty-five hours classroom instruction on advanced maneuvers, aerodynamics, navigation, and aircraft systems. Includes 30.2 hours of flight training and 8 hours in a flight simulator in the flight laboratory. Students enrolling in this course will also participate in up to 5 hours of research flight experiments. Prerequisite:
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Basic aircraft systems, their components, and theory of operation. Familiarization of Federal Aviation Administration maintenance rules and regulations applicable to pilots.
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May be repeated.
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Advanced course in preparation toward the FAA Commercial Pilot Certification. Includes 39.5 hours of flight (22.5 hours dual, 15.5 hours solo, and 1.5 hour flight exam), and 7 hours in a Flight Training Device. Includes 45 hours of classroom instruction covering cross country procedures, appropriate federal aviation regulations, maintenance inspections, and pilot responsibilities. Emphasis is on complex airplane operation and instrument flying procedures. Successful completion is required prior to enrolling in
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Final course in a series of advanced lecture/flight courses in preparation for the FAA Commercial Pilot Certificate with Instrument Rating. Includes 38.7 hours of flight (21.5 hours dual, 15.7 hours solo, 1.5 hour flight exam), and 6 hours in a Flight Training Device. Includes 45 hours of classroom instruction covering cross country procedures appropriate federal aviation regulations, commercial maneuvers, and pilot responsibilities. Emphasis is on complex airplane operation and commercial maneuvers. Students enrolling in this course will also participate in up to 5 hours of aviation research experiments conducted by Institute of Aviation staff. Credit is not given for both
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Final course in a series of advanced lecture/flight courses in preparation for the FAA Commercial Pilot certificate with both the Instrument rating and multi-engine ratings. Includes 45 hours classroom instruction on IFR and VFR cross-country, and VFR commercial maneuvers. Includes 35 hours of flight instruction and training (23 hours multi-engine airplane and 12 hours single-engine airplane) and 2 hours in a flight simulator in the flight laboratory. Includes three flight exams for qualified individuals. Students enrolling in this course will also participate in up to 5 hours of research flight experiments conducted by Institute of Aviation staff. Credit is not given for both
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Provides knowledge of weather related to aviation operations for aviation professionals. Includes interpretation of aviation reports, charts, forecasts, other weather information, and human factor issues related to safe weather decision making in numerous scenarios and applications. Prerequisite:
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Prepares the commercial pilot for an FAA Flight Instructor (Airplane) certificate. Includes forty-five hours classroom instruction on fundamentals of teaching, student motivation, blocks to learning, stress, cognitive approaches to learning, flight instructor duties/responsibilities, lesson planning and development, aerodynamics, and pertinent federal aviation regulations. Includes 23.8 hours of flight training and instruction and one hour in flight simulator teaching techniques in the flight laboratory. Also includes a one hour flight check for course completion. Students enrolling in this course will also participate in up to 5 hours of research flight experiments Prerequisite: Commercial Pilot certificate with instrument rating and consent of director.
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Provides the instruction and supervised training for the addition of the Instrument-Airplane rating to the Flight Instructor certificate. Reviews instrument operations with an emphasis on the instructional aspects of these operations. Includes 13.2 hours of flight instruction and supervised training, 15 hours of discussion and a one hour flight test. Students enrolling in this course will also participate in up to 5 hours of research flight experiments. Prerequisite: Commercial Pilot certificate with instrument rating; flight instructor-airplane certificate or concurrent enrollment in
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Primary focus of this course is to teach the recovery of an airplane from emergency inflight attitudes. Teaches the safe handling of an aircraft in all attitudes of flight through the use of various acrobatic maneuvers including loops, snap rolls, slow rolls, Immelmans, Cuban eights, spins, and similar maneuvers, plus takeoff and landing procedures in a tailwheel airplane. Ten flight hours. Students enrolling in this course will also participate in up to five hours of research flight experiments conducted by the Institute of Aviation staff. Approved for S/U grading only. Prerequisite:
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Practice teaching using classroom, audiovisual materials, flight simulators, and airplanes; prepares the certified flight instructor to teach in all modes of aviation education. A minimum of 2 hours of classroom lecture, 3 hours of simulator instruction, and from 1 to 19 hours of airplane instruction is given by the student; an additional 20 hours of classroom lecture-discussion clarifies and explains the proper methods of aviation instruction. Prerequisite:
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Prepares the commercial pilot for an FAA multiengine land airplane rating; 10 hours of discussion and 15 hours of flight in a multiengine airplane (13 hours dual instruction, one-half hour solo, plus 1.5 hours check ride for qualified individuals). Students enrolling in this course will also participate in up to 5 hours of research flight experiments conducted by Institute of Aviation staff. Prerequisite: Commercial Pilot certificate and consent of director.
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Examines societal/cultural, industry, governmental regulatory agency, organizational, group, and individual influences on cockpit behavior and cockpit resource management. Two 90 minute lecture/discussion and one two-hour laboratory/flight periods each week. Laboratory and flight sections use multi-engine flight simulators and multi-engine aircraft. Students will gain experience flying preplanned scenarios in both aircraft and simulators. Materials from lecture/discussions will be emphasized in flights. Prerequisite: Multi-engine instrument rating; junior standing and consent of director.
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Operator-oriented study of modern turbo- prop and pure turbine aircraft systems and operation procedures, including aerodynamic performance, fault diagnosis and troubleshooting procedures, and emergency procedures. Prerequisite:
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Consists of aeronautical experience that can be used for special FAA certificates and/or ratings such as Airline Transport Pilot or Rotercraft-helicopter. Course may also be used for specialized flight such as advanced multi-engine operations. Sixteen hours of discussion and a variable number of hours of flight instruction (dual and/or solo) to meet the individual needs of the student. Students enrolling in this course will also participate in up to five hours of research flight experiments conducted by the Institute of Aviation staff. Approved for S/U grading only. Prerequisite: Pilot certificate and consent of director.
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Provides the instruction and supervised training for the addition of the Instrument Airplane and Airplane Multiengine ratings to the Flight Instructor certificate. Reviews instrument operations and multiengine operations with an emphasis on the instructional aspects of these operations. Includes 25 hours of instruction and 45 hours classroom. Prerequisite:
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Introduction to multi-engine turboprop airplane operations. Forty-five hours of lecture-discussion, and 16 hours (as pilot and co-pilot) of simulated flight in a Frasca 242T Turboprop aircraft simulator or equivalent. Includes turbine engine theory and operation, normal and emergence procedures, performance calculations, and crew coordination. Prerequisite:
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