Free Sample · Ground School · Lesson 7

Operation of Systems

One full lesson from Ground School, free — the whole lesson, exactly as it runs in the full course. How the airplane's systems work, what they show you, and what their failures look like.

  • 30 pages of teaching, part by part — flight controls, engine, propeller, fuel, electrical, pitot-static, oxygen, and more.
  • 52 FAA figures from the Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, with their printed captions.
  • Stage Checks as you go, a hands-on Do exercise, the End of Lesson Quiz, and the checkride-style recap at the end.
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Ground School is 45 lessons covering every Private Pilot ACS task, each taught the same way: Learn, Stage Checks, a Do exercise, an End of Lesson Quiz, and a recap.

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