I am putting together a set of ground school lessons in the form of YouTube videos. Now that I have roughly half of the planned lessons recorded and posted, it is time to let people know that they are available. I am adding one or two additional lessons per week as I complete them.
My target audience is private pilot or sport pilot students or prospective students. Students or rated pilots may also find it useful to watch the lessons for particular topics they are confused about after using other ground schools. Feel free to use them however you find them useful. They are Powerpoint lectures. I know that format is not as engaging as many YouTube videos, but it works for conveying information.
The lesson' titles in the table below link to the videos. A playlist is available at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm-j5A6F5Y54p8NQfJPH8gEvU0AyRUxSY. I have attached a PDF file with the links (and a QR code for the playlist).
My target audience is private pilot or sport pilot students or prospective students. Students or rated pilots may also find it useful to watch the lessons for particular topics they are confused about after using other ground schools. Feel free to use them however you find them useful. They are Powerpoint lectures. I know that format is not as engaging as many YouTube videos, but it works for conveying information.
The lesson' titles in the table below link to the videos. A playlist is available at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm-j5A6F5Y54p8NQfJPH8gEvU0AyRUxSY. I have attached a PDF file with the links (and a QR code for the playlist).
| Lesson title and Link | Topics Included | Duration |
| Becoming a Pilot | What to expect during flight training; Pilot Certificates, Ratings, and Endorsements; Overview of the Ground School Curriculum; Recommended materials | 30:56 |
| Primary In-flight Controls | The effects of elevator, ailerons, and rudder on aircraft attitude; The effects of aircraft attitude and power on airspeed, rate of turn, and rate of climb; Control rules for various phases of flight | 33:27 |
| Secondary In-flight Controls | Trim; Flaps; Spoilers; Landing Gear Retraction | 22:45 |
| Control on the Ground | Tricycle and Tailwheel Landing Gear; Controlling Speed; Controlling Direction; Positioning the Ailerons and Elevators | 16:20 |
| Take-offs | Standard Take-offs with Tricycle and Tailwheel Landing Gear; Correcting for Crosswinds and Gusty Winds; Aborted Take-offs; Short-field Take-offs; Soft-field Take-offs | 29:49 |
| Standard Landings | Stages of a Standard Landing with Tricycle Gear; Correcting for Crosswinds; Dealing with Gusty Winds; Go-Arounds | 28:11 |
| Specialty Landings | Dead-stick Landings; Short-field Landings (with and without an obstacle); Soft-field Landings | 18:50 |
| Tailwheel Landings | Jounce; Three-point Landings; Wheel Landings; Rollout | 11:12 |
| Instruments | Magnetic Compass; Incinometer; Air Data Instruments (Airspeed, Altimeter, Vertical Speed); Gyroscopic Instruments (Artificial Horizon, Directional Gyro, Turn Indicator); Angle of Attack Indicators; Communication Radios; Minimum Equipment Lists | 39:40 |
| Aerodynamics | Forces of Flight; Lift (According to Bernoulli and According to Newton's 2nd Law); Drag (Induced, Parasite, and Total); Stalls and Spins | 37:02 |
| Stability and Weight & Balance | Static and Dynamic Stability; Yaw Stability; Roll Stability; Pitch Stability; Weight and Balance Calculations | 28:16 |
| Checklists | Difference between Checklists and To-Do lists; When to Perform Checklists; What should be on each Checklist; Sources and Formats of Checklists | 18:11 |
| The National Airspace System | VFR and IFR; Classes of Airspace; Visibility and Clouds Clearance Rules; Special Use Airspace; TFRs; NOTAMs | 27:03 |
| Navigation | Pilotage; Deduced Reckoning; VOR Navigation; GPS Navigation | 26:45 |
Total | 06:08:27 |