TYPICAL PPL(A) SYLLABUS

AIM

The aim of the PPL(A) course is to train the student pilot to fly safely and efficiently under Visual Flight Rules.

THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE INSTRUCTION

• Air Law
• Aircraft General Knowledge
• Flight Performance and Planning
• Human Performance and Limitations
• Meteorology
• Navigation
• Operational Procedures
• Principles of Flight and Communication

FLIGHT INSTRUCTION

• Pre-flight operations, including mass and balance determination, aeroplane inspection and servicing
• Aerodrome and traffic pattern operations, collision avoidance precautions and procedures
• Control of the aeroplane by external visual reference
• Flight at critically slow airspeeds, recognition of, and recovery from, incipient and full stalls
• Flight at critically high airspeeds, recognition of, and recovery from, spiral dives
• Normal and crosswind take-offs and landings
• Maximum performance (short field and obstacle clearance) take-offs, short-field landings
• Flight by reference solely to instruments, including the completion of a level 180 degrees turn (this training may be conducted by a FI(A))
• Cross-country flying using visual reference, dead reckoning and radio navigation aids
• Emergency operations, including simulated aeroplane equipment malfunctions
• Operations to, from and transiting controlled aerodromes, compliance with air traffic services procedures, communication procedures and phraseology

For full details see: JAA JAR FCL 1.125.