Course Outline

Flight Instructor Course Program
August 2002 (09-28-01 update)

Welcome to the Flight Instructor Program. The course will be held at DISCOVERY AIR at the Reid Hillview Airport. The following pages contain important information for the successful completion of the course. If you have any questions about this document, please ask any of the instructors during the first day of class.

Class times

Class begins at 9:00am each day. Please make an effort to be on time as the class begins promptly at 9:00 and interruptions of late arrivals distract other students. Class ends at 4:50pm. You are encouraged to do any homework or self study at the end of class.

Vending

Discovery has no vending; however, Nice Air has a vending area downstairs and the Airport Shoppe has salads, bagels and prepackaged sandwiches. There are also numerous fast food restaurants within 5 minutes. Please do not bring food into the classroom. You may bring drinks into the class.

Home Study

You may feel the need to study at home. Most people will require 2 - 4 hours of study time in a quiet place to review the day's notes and to do any homework that was assigned. Please make sure that you can make this time available.

Materials for you to Bring

Please bring the following items to the class:

• E6B Flight Computer
• Calculator
• Plotter
• Pens
• Paper/Notebooks
• Pilot Certificate
• Medical Certificate
• Drivers License or Passport

Books

You will be supplied with all of the books you will need for the course. Please check that you are provided with the following books upon your arrival:

• Airplane Flying Handbook - FAA-H-8083-3
• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge - AC61-23
• A Systematic Way to Teach Flying - Notes
• Nice Air - Reprints of Selected Reference Material
  

Pricing and Payment

You will be billed for the course upon your arrival and attendance of the first class. You will be billed in two parts. The ground school will be billed first at $ 1300.00 which includes the two week class, all books and handouts. If you are only attending the ground school this is the only invoice you will receive. The estimated flight portion will be billed at $ 1,475.00. The flight portion is billed separatley and can be payed as flight are completed. The total for flight and ground is $2,770.00. The flight portion includes: 10 hours of flight instruction in the Piper Arrow in preparation for the rating, a Spin Endorsement (Up to 1 hour Your bill will be presented to you during the first few days of the class. Please pay the bill no later than the next day after receipt.

The course price does not include the following:

• The examiners fee $450.00 SAC - $ 500.00 Local
• The aircraft rental for the checkride. $85.00/hr wet hobbs.
• Any flight time over 10 hours in preparation for the checkride. $120.00/hr Dual rate.
• The flight to and from the examiners place of business.

Payment for Ground Course Only

• There is a $100.00 non-refundable deposit to enroll in the course. Payment options include check, cash and credit card. Please make your check payable to "Mike Shiflett Aviation" for deposit and/or course fee and mail to:
  
  Mike Shiflett
  2575 Robert Fowler Way
  San Jose, CA 95148
  

• To make your deposit or payment with credit card, click here

Written Examinations

You are not required to have the written examinations passed prior to attending class. We cannot, however, book a checkride for you until the exams are passed. If you choose to prepare at Nice Air for the written exams, we provide a practice test station with the Gleim test prep software for Flight Instructor airplane and the Fundamentals of Instructing at no cost.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Accounting - Greg Spades
Course Administration - TBA
Maintenance - Gil Colucho
Facilities - Front Desk Staff

CLASS SCHEDULE

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:

FOI - Fundamentals of Instructing -
The Learning Process, The Teaching Process, Teaching Methods, Evaluation, Flight Instructor Characteristics, Flight Instructor Responsibilities, Human Factors, Planning Instructional Activity, Creating a Lesson Plan, Following a Syllabus using lesson Plans.

CRM - Cockpit Resource Management -
Aeromedical Factors, Visual Scanning and Collision Avoidance, Use of distractions during flight training, Elements of CLR/CRM, CRM for the flight instructor and student, Accident prevention using CRM techniques. This course also includes Aeronautical Decision Making. (ADM)

POF - Principles of Flight -
Basic Aerodynamics for flight instructors. Basic Aerodynamic terms, Boundary layer and Laminar flow, Lift and angle of attack, Drag, Forces in flight, Stalls, Spins, Stability, Lift Augmentation, Flight Controls, Aerodynamic limitations.

Wt&Bal -
Theory and definitions, Basic Calculations, Center of gravity calculations, Weight Shifts, Weight and Balance for the Piper Arrow III.

NIGHT - Night Operations -
Night Physiology, Runway and Airport lighting, Planning for Night Cross-Countries, Oxygen requirements. Lighting required for night, Maintaining night currency.

Nav - Navigation and Cross Country Flight Planning -
Basic Navigation, Pilotage, Dead Reckoning, Radio Aids, Sectional Charts, Flight Planning and Navigation Logs. E6B Mastery. Introduction to GPS.

MET - Meterology Theory -
The Atmoshpere, Stability, Wind, Clouds and Precipitation, Thunderstorms, Windshear, Icing, Visibility, Depressions and Fronts, AntiCyclones.

METPRAC - Practical Meterology -
Metar/TAF, Synoptic Chart, Prognostic Charts, Winds Aloft Table, Frontal Movement, Weather associated with fronts, Weather Briefing Services available from FSS.

AIM - Aeronautical Information Manual -
Relavent sections of the Aeronautical Information Manual for Private and Commercial Pilots.

Systems - Aircraft Systems -
Piper Arrow and Cessna Fuel Systems, Engines, Electrical Systems, Landing Gear and Hydraulic Systems, Flight Controls and Flaps, Pressure Instruments, Gyro Instruments.

FAR 61 - FAA Part 61 Regulations -
Requirements for airman certificates, Student pilot regulations, Private and Commercial Pilot regulations, Flight reviews, Currency requirements, Written test requirements, Flight Instructor regulations and Student Endorsements.

FAR 91 - FAA Part 91 Operations -
General Operating Regulations. Airspace, Equipment requirements, low flying rules, rights of way, Cloud clearances, etc.

Lesson Plan - Development of Lesson Plans -
Practice developing and teaching lesson plans. Most time is devoted to student presentation of the lesson plans previously designed. Homework assignments for developing you own lesson plans on various topics.

Pvt Pts - Private Pilot PTS -
Private Pilot Practical Test Standards. Using the PTS and a complete introduction to the notes sections.

Inst PTS - Flight Instructor PTS -
Flight Instructor Airplane Practical test standards. Using the PTS and a complete introduction to the notes section.

FltBrief - Flight Briefings -
Complete preflight briefings for all Private and Commercial Manuevers and flight operations. Uses the systematic way to teach flying method with individual flight exercises.

PERF - Aircraft Performance -
Performance considerations, Charts, Applying A/C Data to current conditions, Density Altitude, Correlation of Desired Performance from Chart to Flight Plans.

CLASS INSTRUCTORS

Zdravko Podolski - POF, NAV
Dominique Marais- FOI, Flight Briefs
John Nauman - Met Theory, CRM, Night
John Randazzo - MetPrac, Systems
Greg Spades - Wt and Balance

Other Instructors to be announced

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