DCPilot

I’ll be teaching my first Private Pilot ground course soon, and I’d appreciate lesson plans, wisdom, or any other info you all might have to share.

The school will provide me with prior lesson plans and exams. At a minimum, I’ll need to update things like the process for getting a Student Pilot Certificate (which soon will no longer come with a medical, as I'm sure you've all seen). Also, I just learned today that the A/FD will be changing to a "Chart Supplement."

In addition to updates for regulatory changes, I’d like to see what other people are doing and incorporate strong points from other lesson plans into mine. My ultimate goal is to substantially rewrite the lesson plans to make th

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Congrats on joining the club! I love my new club so far.

I would do the full preflight in the hangar (lucky you!) except for sumping and fuel strainer. Then I'd taxi to the tanks, shut down, fill up, do the sump & strainer tasks and then be on my way. It's better not to block the pumps doing your full preflight, not to mention it sounds like you actually have shade to do your preflight in the hanger!

Happy Flying =)

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I went out flying after work with my CFI, and the evening weather was just phenomenal. The lone runway at my airport is directly North / South (36 / 18), and the winds were light at about 6 knots and almost directly from the North. That meant I got to use 36, which is my preferred runway, with virtually no crosswind.

We did a couple of circuits around the pattern dual. Then, on the third one, I was lined up on a great approach, but he had me go around - just to make sure I could do it properly and quickly, he said. We did one more together, and then he asked for my log book! He said my landings may not be smooth, but they were safe, and it was time for me to