Initial Baseline Ground Training Syllabus

Training Topics (22 Total Hours)

• Aircraft General (1 Hour)
  • General Description
  • Airframe and Engines
• Limitations (1 Hour)
  • Airspeed
  • Engine
  • Weight
  • Maneuver Limits
  • Flight Load Limits
  • Fuel Limitations
  • Engine Fuel System
  • Kinds of Equipment List
  • Operating Limitations
• Engines (2.5 Hours)
  • Overview
  • Fuel Injection / Fuel Control System
  • Ignition System
  • Engine Top / Piston Powered
  • Engine Turbine Sections / Turbine powered
  • Engine Oil System
  • Induction Air
  • Propeller / Propellar Control
  • Propeller / First flight of the day checks
  • Powerplant Instrumentation
  • Limitations
  • Fire Detection & Extinguishing System (optional)
• Preflight & Normal Procedures (2 Hours)
  • Preflight
  • Before Starting Engines
  • Starting Engines
  • Before Taxiing
  • Taxiing
  • First Flight of the Day Checks
  • Before Takeoff
  • Takeoff
  • After Takeoff
  • Climb
  • Cruise
  • Descent
  • Before Landing
  • After Landing
  • Shutdown
• Landing Gear & Brakes (1.5 Hours)
  • Landing Gear Hydraulic or Electrical System
  • Landing Gear
  • Brake System
• Fuel System (2 Hours)
  • Tanks
  • Indicating System
  • Pumps
  • Normal & Crossfeed Operation
  • Cold Weather Operation
• Electrical System (2 Hours)
  • Battery
  • Alternators
  • Normal Operations
  • External Power
  • Monitoring Systems
  • Avionics Busses
  • Emergency Power Alternator Controls
  • Lighting
• Environmental Systems (1 Hour)
  • Air Distribution, Heating & Ventilation Systems
  • Pressurization System
  • High Altitude Physiological Operation
  • Air Conditioning
  • Oxygen System
• Emergency Procedures (1 Hour)
  • Loss of Power
  • Electrical System
  • Fuel System
  • Avionics Bus Failure
  • Flight Instrument Failure
  • Landing Gear Failure
  • Pressurization System Emergency Procedures
  • Split Flaps
  • Spin recovery discussion
  • Static System Obstructions
• Flight Controls (1 Hour)
  • Ailerons
  • Aileron Trim
  • Elevators
  • Elevator Trim
  • Rudder
  • Rudder Trim
  • Flap System
  • Nosewheel Steering
  • Stall Warning
  • Limitations
• Flight Instruments (1 Hour)
  • Pitot/Static System
  • Vacuum/Pressure System
  • Engine
  • Flight
• Anti-Ice/Deice Systems (1 Hour)
  • Anti-ice
  • Deice
  • Icing conditions forecasts / Airmets Sigmets
• Weight & Balance/Performance (2 Hours)
  • Weight & Balance Effects, Determination & Sample Problems
  • Performance Tables, Charts & Practical Exercise
• FAR Review (1 Hour)
  • Review of Part 91 and Part 61
  • Review of Instrument Practical Test Standards
• Airmanship Development / Mishap Review (2 Hours)
  • Review of model pertinent mishap lessons learned
  • Review of self-assessment
  • Review of ethics standard model
  • Decision processes