Provides additional aircraft flight time to allow the student additional time to increase his/her skill or complete a course of study. Includes flight time and follow-up critique.
Quarters Offered
Fall,
Winter,
Spring,
Summer
Course Outcomes
- Demonstrate an increase in flight proficiency or complete a course of study
Institutional Outcomes
IO1 Communication: Students will be able to communicate clearly and effectively
Course Content Outline
- GROUND OPERATIONS
- Visual Inspection
- Cockpit Management
- Starting Engine
- Taxiing
- Pre-Takeoff Check
- AIRPORT AND TRAFFIC PATTERN OPERATIONS
- Radio Communications and ATC Light Signals
- Traffic Pattern Operations
- Airport and Runway Marking and Lighting
- TAKEOFFS AND CLIMBS
- Normal Takeoff and Climb
- Crosswind Takeoff and Climb
- Short-Field Takeoff and Climb
- Soft-Field Takeoff and Climb
- CROSS-COUNTRY FLYING
- Pilotage and Dead Reckoning
- Radio Navigation
- Diversion to Alternate
- Lost Procedures
- FLIGHT BY REFERENCE TO INSTRUMENTS
- Straight-And-Level Flight
- Straight, Constant Airspeed Climbs
- Straight, Constant Airspeed Descents
- Turns to Headings
- Critical Flight Attitudes
- Radio Aids and Radar Services
- FLIGHT AT CRITICALLY SLOW AIRSPEEDS
- Full Stalls - Power OFF
- Full Stalls - Power ON
- Imminent Stalls - Power On and Power Off
- Maneuvering at Minimum Controllable Airspeed
- TURN MANEUVERS
- Constant Altitude Turns
- Descending Turns
- FLIGHT MANEUVERING BY REFERENCE TO GROUND OBJECTS
- Rectangular Course
- S-Turns Across A Road
- Turns Around A Point
- NIGHT FLIGHT OPERATIONS
- Preparation and Equipment
- Night Flight
- EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
- Emergency Approach and Landing (Simulated)
- Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
- APPROACHES AND LANDINGS
- Normal Approach and Landing
- Forward Slips to Landing
- Go-Around From A Rejected Landing
- Crosswind Approach and Landing
- Short-Field Approach and Landing
- Soft-Field Approach and Landing
Department Guidelines
Evaluation is by completion of flight time. Grading: Pass - Fail.