FMFA Ground School Classes

Private Pilot Ground School

April 1 - May 22, 2008
POC: Mike Bevan
Tuition is $150.
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Tipton Operations Building Annex (old Tipton Airport Firehouse)
Date: This is an 8 week course meeting twice a week. For class dates click here.

Materials: The materials for Private Ground School vary depending on what the student already has, to a maximum of $83 for the classroom materials (plotter, E6B, Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Gleim PVT Test Prep, FAR/AIM, and a logbook for end-of-course endorsement). Additional items may be required for flying lessons (Jepp syllabus - $20; student record - $6; PTS for PVT ASEL - $6).

These topics will be covered in the following classes:

  1. Introduction & Pilot Document, Ch 1 Aircraft Structure
  2. Ch 2 Principles of Flight, Ch 3 Aerodynamics of Flight
  3. Ch 4 Flight Controls, Ch 5 Aircraft Systems
  4. Ch 6 Flight Instruments, Ch 7 Flight Manuals & Other Documents
  5. Stage 1 Exam & Review
  6. Ch 8 Weight & Balanace, Ch 9 Aircraft Performance
  7. Ch 10 Weather Theory, FAR Exercises Due
  8. Ch 11 Weather Reports, Forecasts and Charts
  9. Stage II Exam & Revew
  10. Ch 12 Airport Operations, Ch 13 Airspace
  11. Ch 14 Navigation
  12. Ch 14 Navigation (Continued)
  13. Ch 15 Aeromedical Factors, Ch 16 Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM)
  14. Stage III Exam & Review for Final
  15. Practice FAA Exam
  16. Practice FAA Exam

Instrument Ground School

March 31 - May 7,2008
POC Steve Gibb
Tuition: $150
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Tipton Ops Bldg Annex (old Tipton Arpt Firehouse next to Ops Bldg) except those sessions noted with **** which are in the Tipton Ops Bldg Conference Rm
Date: This is a 6 week course meeting twice a week. For class dates click here.

Materials: The kit for instrument class is the Jeppesen-Sanderson Part 61 Instrumt/Coml Kit and costs $120.

These topics will be covered in the following classes:

  1. Ch 1 - Building Prof Experience
  2. Ch 2 - Princ of Instrument Flight****
  3. Ch 3 - The Flight Environment
  4. Ch 4 - Departure
  5. Ch 5 - Enroute
  6. Ch 6 - Arrival
  7. Ch 7 - Approach
  8. Ch 8 - Instrument Approaches
  9. Ch 9 - Meteorology
  10. Ch 10 - IFR Flight Considerations
  11. Ch 11 - FAA Regulations
  12. Review, FAA Practice Exam****

GPS GX60 and GNS430 Ground School

March 17, 2008 & March 31, 2008
POC: Bob Carpenter
Tuition: $40 Payable to CWF
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Tipton Ops Bldg Annex Lecture Hall
Date: This is a 2 week course. For class dates click here.

These topics will be covered in the following classes:

  1. GNS 430 & GX60 GPS Introductory Operations
  2. GNS 430 & GX60 GPS Approach Procedures

FMFA Instructor Standardization Meeting

(Open Only to FAA, FMFA Mgt, All FMFA Instructors (Mandatory))
March 31, 2008
POC: Bob Carpenter
Tuition: N/A Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Tipton Ops Bldg Annex Lecture Hall / 6PM
Date: For class dates click here.
  1. 11/05/07 (Mon) FMFA Standardization Meeting