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Become a Pilot!

Become a Pilot!. Instructor Nelson Hochberg Please place your cell phone on vibrate. Instructor Information. Nelson Hochberg ATP, ASMELS, CFII, AGI, IGI, A&P, IA 928-699-8350 nelson@thenelson.name www.flgslugs.org/groundschool blog? Facebook? Twitter? If you have questions….

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Become a Pilot!

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  1. Become a Pilot! Instructor Nelson Hochberg Please place your cell phone on vibrate.

  2. Instructor Information • Nelson Hochberg • ATP, ASMELS, CFII, AGI, IGI, A&P, IA • 928-699-8350 • nelson@thenelson.name • www.flgslugs.org/groundschool • blog? Facebook? Twitter? • If you have questions…

  3. Why do you want to learn to fly? • For work or business • To go places • As a career • As a challenge • Always wanted to • For fun

  4. Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return. Henry Van Dyke

  5. Types of Airmen Certificates • Pilot • Sport • Recreational • Private • Commercial • ATP: Airline Transport Pilot

  6. Types of Airmen Certificates • Instructor • CFI: Certified Flight Instructor • CFII: Certified Flight and Instrument Instructor • MEI: Multiengine Instructor • AGI: Advanced Ground Instructor • IGI: Instrument Ground Instructor • Mechanic • A&P: Airframe and Power plant • IA: Inspection Authorization

  7. Aircraft Class & Rating (for Pilot Certification) • ASMELS • Airplane • Single and Multiengine • Land • Sea • Inst - Instrument Rating • ATP includes instrument rating

  8. Other Flagstaff Instructors + • Fred Gibbs, Weisman Aviation, 779-9585 • ATP, ASMEL, CFII, MEI, AGI • Steve Allen, 699-3735 • Comm, Inst, ASELS, CFI • Flagstaff Airport Director: • Barney Helmick, A.A.E., 556-1234

  9. Terminology • Dual: Flight time with an instructor • Solo: Flight time by yourself • PIC: Pilot in command • VFR: Visual Flight Rules • VMC: Visual Metrological Conditions • IFR: Instrument Flight Rules • IMC: Instrument Metrological Conditions • FB0: Fixed Base Operator (gas station) • GA: General Aviation (all aviation except military & air line)

  10. Requirements for a pilot’s license • 17 years old (16 for student pilot) (Glider: 16 and 14) • Read and speak English • Prove US citizenship or meet non citizen requirements • Complete ground instruction or self study • Pass written test • Pass medical exam (except Sport and Recreational) • 40 hours minimum flight training (Sport: 20 Recreational: 30) • Pass an oral and flight test

  11. What you can do with a Private Pilot airplane License • Fly any single engine, fixed gear, fixed pitch, under 200 hp airplane (any aircraft with more training) • Fly day or night under visual flight rules (VFR) • Fly for pleasure or business incidental to your being a pilot • Fly almost anywhere in the world • Operate in 4 dimensions • Impress all your friends (well…)

  12. Costs to fly • “A boat is a hole in the lake into which you pour money.” • The sky is a lot bigger than any lake. • Private pilot training: $4,000-10,000 • Maintaining your license: $150/yr + • Renting an airplane: $80 / hour ++ • Buy an airplane: $15,000 ++ • Owning an airplane: $1500/yr + $20/hr ++

  13. Advantages of flying yourself • Flying your own airplane is by far the very best way to travel • Freedom • No lines • No need to get undressed • Three times faster than driving • Usually faster and about the same cost as airlines • 19,700 GA Airports, only 503 served by airlines • Learning to fly & flying is a challenge and an achievement • Usually it is a lot of fun & sometimes it is pure joy • Airplane people are a great group of people

  14. Airline Pilot Eligibility } $15,000 - $25,000, 1 – 2 years • Commercial pilot license • Instrument rating • Multi engine rating • 1,500 total flight hours • Second class medical certificate • No felonies, recent DUIs and misdemeanors • Recommended: • Associates degree or better (any field of study) • Good credit • First class medical certificate • Multi engine Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) or flight engineer’s license • 3,000 total flight hours, 1,500 multi engine hours

  15. Airline Pilot Pay & Benefits Regional airlines: • $20,000 to $95,000 per year • Usually no benefits for starting pilots Major airlines: • $30,000 to $275,000 per year • Full benefits including medical and retirement • Per diem international flight ~$2.50-$3.00 / hour • Significant travel discounts

  16. Requirements to fly for the military • Bachelor's Degree (Army: high school diploma) • Meet Officer Qualifications • Officer Training School • Pass Initial Flight Training • Complete Undergraduate Pilot Training • 20/20 vision or better without correction for fighter pilot20/20 vision with correction for bomber/airlift pilot • 10-year, active duty service commitment • Consider West Point, Annapolis, Air Force Academy

  17. Free Internet Ground Schools • www.faa-ground-school.com • www.free-online-private-pilot-ground-school.com • www.pilottutor.org Practice tests: • www.sportys.com/studybuddy • www.risingup.com/tests/ • www.exams4pilots.org • www.mypilottests.com

  18. Other free internet resources • FREE 6-month subscription to Flight Training magazine:https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/publications/flight-training-magazine • www.faa.gov • www.landings.com • www.forpilots.com • www.pilotsharetheride.com

  19. National Pilot Groups • AOPA: Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association • www.aopa.org • EAA: Experimental Aircraft Association • www.eaa.org • SPA: Seaplane Pilots Association • www.seaplanes.org • PPA: Professional Pilots Association • www.propilots.org/ • ALPA: Air Line Pilots Association • www.alpa.org • CAP: Civil Air Patrol • www.gocivilairpatrol.com

  20. Local pilot groups • Flagstaff Airport Slugs • Steve Allen, 699-3735 • Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) • http://www.eaachapter856.org • Civil Air Patrol (CAP) • http://www.azwg.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=35&Itemid=119

  21. Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge • View or download for free: • http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/phak • Does not have regulations • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVKjdmP3Xso • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXDg5ygxDME • www.faa.gov Regulations & policies • Parts 1, 61, 67, 91

  22. www.flgslugs.org • Class presentations • Links to useful sites (including study buddy) • Course Description • Flgslugs activities

  23. 15 minute break 0 15 1 14 2 13 3 12 4 11 5 10 Combination for downstairs bathroom: 1, then 4 6 9 7 8

  24. www.flgslugs.org • Class presentations • Links to useful sites (including study buddy) • Course Description • Flgslugs activities

  25. Course Objective • Teach you the fundamentals required to pass the FAA Private Pilot written test • Will also cover the fundamentals for the Recreation and Sport Pilot written tests

  26. Student Commitment To receive a written test endorsement from me • Attend every class on time. • Arrange make up study for missed classes (up to two classes) • Read the appropriate chapter and complete the review questions before each class. • Complete the appropriate test questions after each class. • www.sportys.com/studybuddy

  27. Recommended books and supplies Class Tuition $150.00 $150.00 Rod Machado’s Private Pilot Handbook$64.95 or Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge APR E6-B flight computer 16.95 16.95 ASA plotter 8.958.95 Total $240.85 $175.90

  28. Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook • https://rodmachado.com/products/rod-machado-s-private-pilot-handbook/?aff=101 • Hardcopy book: $64.95 • Electronic edition: $49.95 • Audio book with hardcopy book: $129.95 • Handbook (optional - recommended): $19.95

  29. Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge • View or download for free: • http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/phak • Does not have regulations • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVKjdmP3Xso • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXDg5ygxDME • www.faa.gov Regulations & policies • Parts 1, 61, 67, 91

  30. Introduction & class necessities Aerodynamics Aircraft Systems Flight Instruments Regulations Procedures & Airport Operations Communications Airspace Map reading Weather Weather Services Aircraft Performance Navigation Flight Planning Review Class Syllabus Machado Handbook 2 1, 3, 4 1, 3, 4 2, 5, 6 5 7 C 6 1, 8, 17, faa.gov H 7 13, A1 A 8 13 P 9 14 T 10 15 E 12 11 R 13 12 S 15, 16 8, 9, 10 11 15 14 16, 17 (17)

  31. Study buddy - navigate to learning mode www.sportys.com/studybuddy Click on: Then:

  32. Study buddy – select categories 6 14 13 6 2 6 7 8 2 5 4 3 6 5 12 6 11 5 3 11 4 5 12 11 6 5 10 5 11 4 9 5 6 3 Class numbers.

  33. Dinner at Delhi Palace – 5 PM

  34. Next class • Aerodynamics • Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook • Chapter 2 • Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge • Chapters 1, 3, 4

  35. Questions? • Finis

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