Lesson Plan - Certificates, Documents, Weather, Systems

Introduction
Attention:
Motivation:
Overview:

What makes us legal to fly. What documents? What defines air worthiness? Is the
weather behaving?
Let student(s) know that being prepared with documents, airworthiness and
weather is the best way to save your butt (from both the fed's and death.)
Explain points of certificates and documents and weather. Overview of aircraft
systems.
Body

Content:

Summary:

Certificates and Documents

Training requirements for pilot certificates
Privileges and limitations of pilot certificates and ratings
Class and duration of medical certificates
Certificates required to be in the aircraft
Aircraft logbook, Airworthiness Directives
Weather
Importance of a thorough preflight weather briefing
Sources (FSS, DUATS, ADDs, ASOS, television, internet - Get the BIG
"PICTURE")
Use of real-time weather information
Weather hazards, thunderstorms, icing and wind shear
How to train a student for a first time weather briefing
Go/No Go decisions
Systems
Primary flight controls and trim
Flaps, leading edge devices, spoilers
Powerplant and propeller
Landing gear
Fuel, Oil and Hydraulic
Electrical system/Avionics
Pitot/static/vacuum systems and related instruments
Environmental
Deicing and anti-icing
Conclusion

Review the lesson, with emphasis on weak areas - reemphasize study on these
areas - can't just soak all this up in one sitting, a lot in this lesson.
Remotivation: Use an example of flying into bad weather unprepared and explore the possible
undesirable outcome.

Closure:

Remind students that they are expected to have working knowledge of this
information come time for checkride.