Lecture 3: Learning to Fly

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MIT 16.687 Private Pilot Ground School, IAP 2019
Instructor: Philip Greenspun, Tina Srivastava
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This lecture introduced the details in acquiring the FAA Pilot Certificate.

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0:00 Introduction
0:19 Learning to Fly
1:06 A good trainer airplane
3:44 Glider: a better trainer airplane?
5:30 A good trainer helicopter
8:24 Private Pilot Certificate
11:03 FAA Pilot and Instructor Certification
13:46 Structure of regulations
16:26 61.15 & 61.16 Drugs & Alcohol
19:19 61.23 - Medical Cert.
20:59 61.51 - Logbook
21:31 61.56 - Flight Review
24:31 61.93 - Solo Cross-Country
26:45 61.107 - Flight Proficiency
29:31 Regulation versus Insurance
31:45 Questions?