The flightstudy.com is designed based on the FAA Aviation Manuals series to introduce basic and advanced pilot skills and knowledge that are essential for piloting airplanes and helicopters, and it is developed to help beginning instructors understand and apply the fundamentals of instruction.

Airplane Flying

  • Introduction to Flight Training
  • Airplane Ground Operations
  • Basic Flight Maneuvers
  • Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training
  • Takeoffs and Departure Climbs
  • Ground Reference Maneuvers
  • Airport Traffic Patterns
  • Approaches and Landings
  • Performance Maneuvers
  • Night Operations
  • Transition to Complex Airplanes
  • Transition to Multiengine Airplanes
  • Transition to Tailwheel Airplanes Part 1
  • Transition to Turbopropeller-Powered Airplanes Part 1
  • Transition to Jet-Powered Airplanes
  • Transition to Light Sport Airplanes
  • Airplane Emergency Procedures

Helicopter Flying

  • Introduction to the Helicopter
  • Aerodynamics of Flight
  • Helicopter Flight Controls
  • Helicopter Components, Sections and Systems
  • Rotorcraft Flight Manual
  • Weight and Balance
  • Helicopter Performance
  • Ground Procedures and Flight Preparations
  • Basic Flight Maneuvers
  • Advanced Flight Maneuvers
  • Helicopter Emergencies and Hazards
  • Attitude Instrument Flying
  • Night Operations
  • Effective Aeronautical Decision-Making

Aeronautical Knowledge

  • History of Flight
  • Aeronautical-Decision Making
  • Aircraft Construction
  • Principles of Flight
  • Aerodynamics of Flight
  • Flight Control
  • Aircraft Systems
  • Flight Instruments
  • Flight Manuals and Other Documents
  • Weight and Balance
  • Aircraft Performance
  • Weather Theory
  • Aviation Weather Services
  • Airport Operations
  • Airspace
  • Navigation
  • Aeromedical Factors

Instrument Flying

  • The National Airspace System
  • The Air Traffic Control System
  • Human Factors
  • Aerodynamic Factors
  • Flight Instruments
  • Airplane Attitude Instrument Flying
  • Airplane Basic Flight Maneuvers
  • Helicopter Attitude Instrument Flying
  • Navigation Systems
  • IFR Flight
  • Emergency Operations

Instrument Procedure

  • Departure Procedures
  • En Route Operations
  • Arrivals
  • Approaches
  • Improvement Plans
  • Airborne Navigation Databases
  • Helicopter Instrument Procedures

Aviation Instructor

  • Risk Management and Single-Pilot Resource Management
  • Human Behavior
  • The Learning Process
  • Effective Communication
  • The Teaching Process
  • Assessment
  • Planning Instructional Activity
  • Aviation Instructor Responsibilities and Professionalism
  • Techniques of Flight Instruction
  • Teaching Practical Risk Management during Flight Instruction
  • Appendix- Developing a Test Item Bank
  • Appendix- Certificates, Ratings, and Endorsements
  • Appendix- Personal Minimums Checklist

Helicopter Instructor

  • Introduction to Flight Training
  • Introduction to the Helicopter
  • Forces Acting on the Aircraft
  • Helicopter Flight Controls