Vincennes University offers flight and ground training leading to the private pilot certificate, commercial pilot certificate, and instrument rating. You may also earn the multiengine rating, flight instructor certificate, and instrument flight instructor rating.

EARNING YOUR WINGS
The training for the private and commercial certificate and instrument rating is accomplished under Federal Aviation Regulation Part 141. At Vincennes University you can obtain a commercial pilot certificate in 195 flight hours instead of the 250 flight hours normally required. Your first semester will involve 45 clock hours of actual flight time, including 8 hours of solo flight.

The VU program is designed to be a balance of aviation classes and traditional academic subjects. Flight training is done at the Mid-American Air Center of the Lawrenceville-Vincennes Airport, a 3,000-acre facility with mile-long runways free of obstructions.

TOPICS YOU WILL STUDY

• Federal aviation regulations
• Radio communications
• Airplane preflight inspection
• Aircraft systems
• Night flying
• Meteorology
• Navigation

TYPES OF AIRCRAFT USED IN FLIGHT TRAINING

• Cessna 310
• Cessna 172RG
• Bellanca Decathlon
• FRASCA 141 Flight Simulator
• Cessna 172

JOB PLACEMENT AND SALARIES
The majority of our graduates continue their education beyond the associate degree. Some of them stay at Vincennes University to earn a baccalaureate degree in Technology.  Others transfer to a variety of schools in order to complete a four-year degree.  Those students who graduted in the class of 2004, who entered the workforce, received starting salaries ranging from $23,525 – $34,320.

Note: The recommended courses assume any developmental requirements have been met. 

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Semester I
Primary Ground School
Primary Flight
Ground Instruction on Primary
    Flight Maneuvers
Computers for Technology
English Composition I
College Algebra

Semester II
Powerplant Lecture
Instrument Flight
Commercial Flight I
Instrument Ground School
Technical Writing
Trigonometry

Semester III
Commercial Ground School
Instruments, Radios & Systems
Commercial Flight II
Lifetime Wellness/Fitness
Speech
Science Elective

Semester IV
Aviation Instructor Fundamentals
Flight Training Techniques
General Psychology
Flight Elective
Elective