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Aviation School
A ground-school curriculum built in three levels. Each lesson ends with a knowledge check, and completions are stored on this device.
Lessons
27
Across three levels
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Study time
252 min
Estimated reading time
Beginner
Start from zero: how aircraft fly, what the controls do, how airports work.
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- 1What is aviation?The scope of aviation, how the industry is organised, and who does what.6 min read
- 2Parts of an aircraftAirframe anatomy from nose to tail, and what each part does.8 min read
- 3How airplanes flyWhy a wing produces lift, and why the popular explanation is incomplete.9 min read
- 4Lift, weight, thrust and dragThe four forces, how they balance, and what happens when they don't.7 min read
- 5Aircraft controlsThree axes, three primary controls, and coordinated flight.8 min read
- 6Cockpit instrumentsThe classic six-pack and its glass-cockpit equivalents.10 min read
- 7Airports and runwaysRunway numbering, markings, lighting and taxiway layout.8 min read
- 8Aviation terminologyThe vocabulary you need before anything else makes sense.6 min read
- 9Air traffic controlHow controllers separate traffic from gate to gate.9 min read
- 10Flight rulesVFR, IFR and the visibility minima that separate them.7 min read
Intermediate
Navigation, weather decoding, performance, planning and airspace.
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- 1NavigationDead reckoning, the wind triangle and modern area navigation.10 min read
- 2VOR and GPSGround-based radials versus satellite positioning.9 min read
- 3ILS approachesLocaliser, glideslope, categories and decision heights.10 min read
- 4Weather and METAR/TAFDecoding the two reports every flight starts with.11 min read
- 5Aircraft performanceWeight, altitude, temperature and their effect on the numbers.10 min read
- 6Fuel planningTrip, contingency, alternate, final reserve and extra fuel.9 min read
- 7Flight planningFrom route selection to the filed ICAO flight plan.9 min read
- 8AirspaceClasses A to G, what they require and what they give you.9 min read
- 9Radio communicationStandard phraseology and why it exists.8 min read
- 10Emergency proceduresPriorities, memory items and decision making under pressure.10 min read
Advanced
Aerodynamics, meteorology, IFR, systems, human factors and operations.
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- 1AerodynamicsBoundary layers, compressibility and high-speed wing design.12 min read
- 2Aviation meteorologyAir masses, jet streams, icing and convective hazards.12 min read
- 3IFR conceptsMinimum altitudes, holding, and the structure of instrument flight.11 min read
- 4Instrument approachesPrecision, non-precision and approaches with vertical guidance.11 min read
- 5Aircraft systemsHydraulics, electrics, pressurisation and fly-by-wire.12 min read
- 6Human factorsWorkload, illusions, CRM and the limits of attention.10 min read
- 7Airline operationsNetwork design, rotations, turnarounds and disruption recovery.11 min read