This two-semester program offers the ground and flight training you need to earn your Federal Aviation Administration Private Pilot Certificate.

EARNING YOUR WINGS

The training for the private pilot certificate is accomplished under Federal Aviation Regulation Part 141. 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
• ATC710 Flight Simulators
• Cessna 172

Note:  Recommended courses assume any developmental requirements have been met.

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Semester I
Primary Ground School
Solo Preparation
Basic Flying Techniques
    and Navigation
Ground Instruction on Primary
    Flight Maneuvers
English Composition I
Speech

Semester II
Cross Country Flight and
    Private Flight Maneuvers
Powerplant Lecture
Using the Windows Environment
    or Equivalent Course
English Composition II
College Algebra
Social Science Elective