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Private Pilot Syllabus.

CLASS      DAY               DATE               CHAPTER                         TOPIC

    1          TUE               JAN 17            PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF FLIGHT
	CHAPTER 1               DISCOVERING AVIATION
		SECTION A               Pilot training
		SECTION B               Aviation Opportunities
		SECTION C               Introduction to Human Factors

 2          THU            JAN 19         
	CHAP 2            AIRPLANE SYSTEMS
		SECTION A            Airplanes
		SECTION B            The Powerplant & Related Systems
		SECTION C            Flight Instruments

    3          TUE               JAN 24            
	CHAP 3               AERODYNAMIC PRINCIPLES
		SECTION A               Four Forces of Flight
		SECTION B               Stability
		SECTION C               Aerodynamics of Maneuvering Flight

PART I EXAM

    4          THU               JAN 26            PART II: FLIGHT OPERATIONS
	CHAP 4              THE FLIGHT ENVIRONMENT
                                         SECTION A               Safety of Flight
                                         SECTION B               Airports             

    5          TUE               JAN 31              
	CHAP 4              THE FLIGHT ENVIRONMENT
		SECTION C               Aeronautical Charts
		SECTION D               Airspace

    6          THU               FEB 2               
	CHAP 5               COMMUNICATION AND FLIGHT INFORMATION
		SECTION A               RADAR and ATC Services
		SECTION B               Radio Procedures
		SECTION C               Sources of Flight Information

PART II EXAM

    7          TUE               FEB 7               PART III: AVIATION WEATHER
	CHAP 6               METEOROLOGY FOR PILOTS
		SECTION A               Basic Weather Theory
		SECTION B               Weather Patterns
		SECTION C               Weather Hazards

    8          THU               FEB 9              
	 CHAP 7               INTERPRETING WEATHER DATA
		SECTION A               The Forecasting Process
		SECTION B               Printed Reports and Forecasts

    9          TUE               FEB 14             
	CHAP 7               INTERPRETING WEATHER DATA
		SECTION C               Graphic Weather Products
		SECTION D               Sources of Weather Information

PART III EXAM

   10         THU               FEB 16            PART IV: PERFORMANCE AND NAVIGATION
	CHAP 8               AIRPLANE PERFORMANCE
		SECTION A               Predicting Performance
		SECTION B               Weight and Balance

   11         TUE               FEB 21              SECTION C               Flight Computers
	CHAP 9               NAVIGATION
		SECTION A               Pilotage and Dead Reckoning 

   12         THU               FEB 23              
	CHAP 9               NAVIGATION
		SECTION B               VOR Navigation

   13         TUE               FEB 28              
	CHAP 9               NAVIGATION
		SECTION C               ADF Navigation
		SECTION D               Advanced Navigation

PART IV EXAM

   14         THU               MAR 2              PART V: INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
	CHAP 10               APPLYING HUMAN FACTORS PRINCIPLES
		SECTION A               Aviation Physiology
		SECTION B               Aeronautical Decision Making

   15         TUE               MAR 7              
	CHAP 11               FLYING CROSS-COUNTRY
		SECTION A               The Flight Planning Process
		SECTION B               The Flight

   16         THU               MAR 9              FINAL EXAM            Comprehensive review

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