This is a guest article from the Civil Aviation Training Magazine. We discuss this topic and many like this in our Commercial Pilot Ground School. Several factors, both internal and external, affect the actual amount of time for an upgrade from First Officer to Captain. Capt. Paul Preidecker suggests the most important factor has nothing…
Lesson Plans for PGIs Look in the flight instructor guide and you will see there is no text on how to make lesson plans. Only guidance material saying, include this or do this to satisfy this learning factor. No templates, nothing. Here, we will go through the basic template of a PGI (preparatory ground instruction)…
What are the requirements to become a pilot in Canada? If you want to become a pilot in Canada, you have a dream shared by many others. It is also probably easier than you think, but a little more expensive than you would want. In our article, we will look at the options for each…
We’re going to continue our wind shear series on meteorological topics by discussing how to be recognize the potential for wind shear near an airport. As previously discussed in our first part of Windshear Dangers, this type of weather phenomena can have disastrous effects on aircraft. Other than the obvious dangers of crashing, aircraft can…
Some information was taken from our Commercial Pilot Ground School Course. Windshear occurs in all directions, but for convenience it is measured along the vertical and horizontal axis, thus becoming vertical and horizontal windshear: Vertical windshear: Variations of the horizontal wind component along the vertical axis, resulting in turbulence that may affect the aircraft airspeed…
The CRFI, or Canadian Runway Friction Index is a scale from 0 to 1 indicating how slippery a runway is. Information is adapted from the Aeronautical Information Manual which is freely available online. This material is also used in our PPL and CPL Online Ground school courses. Reduced Runway Coefficients of Friction and Aircraft Performance…
What is a TKT? A TKT, or a threshold knowledge test, is a small assessment that Canadian flight instructors are taught to conduct at the beginning of a PGI or ground training lesson. It establishes the students knowledge prior to a briefing and limits the amount of time wasted by a flight instructor. When creating…
Lots of pilots are often faced with the difficult questions of “How can I save money to get my pilot’s license?” or “How can we reduce the cost of flight training?” Join Canadian Flight Trainers as we provide you with a few tips on how to save money on flight training in Canada. The average…
