Flight School
Flight School Basics
No prior knowledge required: our VFR course takes you from your first connection to complex cross-country flights, at your own pace, with tutors at your side.
- 3
- modules
- 10
- lessons
- 6
- practical exercises
- 3
- checks
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Session I
Theory- IVAO rules and etiquette
- First connection – practice
- Axes and flight dynamics
- Aircraft instruments
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Session II
Theory- The traffic pattern
- Flight plan (basics for traffic patterns)
- Phraseology (ita) for traffic patterns
- VFR vs IFR
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Practice
In the sim- Performing traffic patterns
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Session III
Theory- Aircraft characteristic speeds
- Aircraft characteristic angles and stall
- Aerodromes and runways
- Aerodrome charts
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Session IV
Theory- METAR & TAF
- Weather charts
- Wind charts
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Practice
In the sim- Performing traffic patterns
- Flight attitudes
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Session V
Final check- Theoretical check
- Practical check
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Session I
Theory- Altimeter settings
- Semicircular rules
- Airspaces
- VMC & sVFR
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Session II
Theory- Pre-flight briefing – part I
- Flight log
- Flight plan
- Charts
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Practice
Briefing- Draft briefing for a cross country flight (Italia)
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Session III
Theory- Radio aids (basics)
- VFR navigation (observed, estimated, radio-aided)
- Complex SEP (propeller, mixture, retractable gear)
- Phraseology (ita) during the flight
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Practice
Group flight- Attend a Sky Club Italia group flight
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Session IV
Final check- Theoretical check
- Practical check
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Session I
Theory- POH
- Density altitude
- Phraseology (en) in the traffic pattern – practice
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Practice
In the sim- Traffic patterns with complex SEP and phraseology (en)
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Session II
Theory- Performance
- Fuel calculation
- Balance
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Session III
Theory- MEP
- En route phraseology (en)
- Pre-flight briefing – part II
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Practice
Briefing- Full briefing for a cross country flight (MEP – Switzerland)
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Session IV
Final check- Theoretical check
- Practical check