Discovering Aviation

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Discovering Aviation

• Educating Pilots in Command

Written for the Notre Dame Pilot Initiative By
the Pilots of the University of Notre Dame
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Quote

• They shall mount up on wings as eagles.
• Isaiah 4031

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Roadmap

• Notre Dame Pilot Initiative
• Principles of Flight
• Syllabus / Policies
• Private Pilot License
• Airplane Recognition

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Notre Dame Pilot Initiative

• NDPI is a student led effort intended to bring
  aviation back to the University of Notre Dame.
• Our mission is to teach the science of flight,
  inspire the art, and produce aviation candidates
  for the military and civilian communities.
• Mutual support network for both student pilots
  learning to fly and licensed pilots working on
  advanced ratings and certificates.

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Principles of Flight

• Intro to Principles of Flight
• Aerospace Science 30098
• The course curriculum was put together by NDPI
  and is all open-source
• Advanced Ground School

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Want to graduate?

• Check with your dean
• Make sure AS30098
• counts towards graduation

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What this course is not?
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Syllabus / Policies

• Intro to Principles of Flight
• AS30098 Spring 2006
• Professor Col. Mike Zenk, USAF
• Chief Instructor Lauren Centioli, CFI-I
• Website www.nd.edu/ndpi
• Email ndpi_at_nd.edu

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Syllabus / Policies

• Primary Resources
• ASA The Pilots Manual Ground School (Third
  Edition)
• ASA Private Pilot Test Prep 2006
• Chicago Sectional Chart
• Flight Computer
• Navigational Plotter
• Secondary Resources (links on website)
• FAR/AIM
• Airplane Flying Handbook
• Cessna 172R Pilot Information Manual (1997 On)

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Syllabus / Policies

• Quizzes
• Homework
• Late - 5 points/day
• AOPA ASF Online Courses
• 7 Opportunities
• 5 Required
• 1 Extra Credit

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Syllabus / Policies

• Exams
• Midterm
• Cumulative Final (just like FAA)
• 80 eligible for endorsement
• Final decision up to instructors
• Participation/Attendance
• 0-3 No Penalty
• 4-6 Lose 5 points each
• gt6 Automatic Failure

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Syllabus / Policies

• Grading Criteria
• Component
• Final Exam 30 150 points
• Midterm Exam 25 125 points
• Quizzes 15 75 points
• Homework 15 75 points
• AOPA ASF 5 ( 1) 25 ( 5) points
• Nav Project 5 25 points
• Participation 5 25 points
• 100 500 points
• Grades
• A 94-100
• A- 90-93
• B 87-89
• B 83-86
• B- 80-82 Subject to Curve
• C 77-79
• C 73-76
• C- 70-72

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FAA Pilot Certificates

• Student Pilot
• 16 years old
• Sport Pilot
• Fly small, low-powered aircraft with limited
  credentials
• Recreational Pilot
• Similar to sport
• Private Pilot
• 17 years old, 40 hours
• Can fly passengers/property privately (not for
  hire)
• Commercial Pilot
• 18 years old, 250 hours
• Can fly passengers/property for hire
• Airline Transport Pilot
• 23 years old, 1500 hours
• Can fly passengers/property on scheduled carrier
  service (airlines)

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FAA Pilot Ratings

• Instrument
• Can fly in low visibility (clouds) and file
  Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan
• Multi-Engine
• Sea
• Type
• A320
• B757
• MD80

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VFR / IFR ???

• VFR Visual Flight Rules
• What you will be initially
• Limited to good visibility conditions, clear of
  clouds
• See and avoid
• IFR Instrument Flight Rules
• Instrument Rating
• Air Traffic Control
• Can fly in zero-visibility
• Fly Highways in the Skies
• Not carte-blanche

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Private Pilot Certificate

• 17 Years Old
• Read, write and speak English Language
• Hold a Third-Class Medical Certificate
• Pass Knowledge Test
• Accumulate aeronautical experience
• 40 hours
• 20 hours dual (w/flight instructor)
• 3 hours cross-country
• 3 hours night
• One night cross-country flight of over 100 miles
• 10 takeoffs and landings
• 3 hours of flight by reference to the instruments
  
• 3 hours of preparation for the practical test
  w/in past 60 days
• 10 hours solo
• 5 hours cross-country
• One solo cross-country flight of at least 150 NM
  total distance, with full-stop landings at a
  minimum of three points
• 3 takeoffs and landings at an airport with a
  control tower
• Pass Practical Test (comprised of both an oral
  and flight test)

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14 CFR 61.105

• (a) General. A person who is applying for a
  private pilot certificate must receive and log
  ground training from an authorized instructor or
  complete a home-study course on the aeronautical
  knowledge areas of paragraph (b) of this section
  that apply to the aircraft category and class
  rating sought.
• (b) Aeronautical knowledge areas.
• (1) Applicable Federal Aviation Regulations of
  this chapter that relate to private pilot
  privileges, limitations, and flight operations
• (2) Accident reporting requirements of the
  National Transportation Safety Board
• (3) Use of the applicable portions of the
  Aeronautical Information Manual and FAA
  advisory circulars
• (4) Use of aeronautical charts for VFR navigation
  using pilotage, dead reckoning, and navigation
  systems
• (5) Radio communication procedures
• (6) Recognition of critical weather situations
  from the ground and in flight, windshear
  avoidance, and the procurement and use of
  aeronautical weather reports and forecasts
• (7) Safe and efficient operation of aircraft,
  including collision avoidance, and recognition
  and avoidance of wake turbulence
• (8) Effects of density altitude on takeoff and
  climb performance
• (9) Weight and balance computations
• (10) Principles of aerodynamics, powerplants, and
  aircraft systems
• (11) Stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and spin
  recovery techniques for the airplane and glider
  category ratings
• (12) Aeronautical decision making and judgment
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• (13) Preflight action that includes
• (i) How to obtain information on runway lengths
  at airports of intended use, data on takeoff and
  landing distances, weather reports and forecasts,
  and fuel requirements and
• (ii) How to plan for alternatives if the planned
  flight cannot be completed or delays are
  encountered.

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Out with the old
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Careers in Aviation

• Military
• Airlines
• Charter
• Cargo
• Missionary
• Rescue
• SAR Medical
• Flight Instructor

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Phonetic Alphabet

• A Alpha
• B Bravo
• C Charlie
• D Delta
• E Echo
• F Foxtrot
• G Golf
• H Hotel
• I India
• J Juliet
• K Kilo
• L Lima
• M Mike

• N November
• O Oscar
• P Papa
• Q Quebec
• R Romeo
• S Sierra
• T Tango
• U Uniform
• V Victor
• W Whiskey
• X X-Ray
• Y Yankee
• Z Zulu

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Aircraft Recognition
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Cessna 152
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Cessna 172
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Cessna 182
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Piper Cub
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Piper Warrior/Archer
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Piper Seminole
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Mooney M-20
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Diamond Katana
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Cirrus SR-22
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Beechcraft Bonanza
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Beechcraft Bonanza V-Tail
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Beechcraft Bonanza
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Beechcraft Baron
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Beech King Air 350
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Welcome to the Glass Cockpit Era
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Boeing 787
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For next time

• Fill out the AOPA Enrollment Information Form on
  the website
• Skim Text pp. vii-xii
• Prep pp. v-xviii
• Read Text Chapters 1-2
• Prep Chapter 11-13

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Welcome to the Notre Dame Pilot Initiative!