Vincennes University offers flight and ground training leading to the private pilot certificate, commercial pilot certificate, and instrument rating. You may also earn the flight instructor certificate, instrument flight instructor rating, and multi-engine rating. The Airway Science option is for those students who are well prepared academically.

EARNING YOUR WINGS
The training for the private and commercial certificate and instrument rating is accomplished under Federal Aviation Regulation Part 141. This regulation allows you to earn a commercial pilot certificate in 195 flight hours instead of the 250 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

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 graduated in the class of 2004, who entered the work force, received starting salaries ranging from $23,525 – $34,320.

Note: Recommended courses assume 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
English Composition II
Trigonometry

Semester III
Commercial Ground School
Instruments, Radio, and Systems
Commercial Flight II
Lifetime Fitness/Wellness
General Physics I + Lab
Speech

Semester IV
Aviation Instructor Fundamentals
Flight Training Techniques
Flight Instructor-Airplane Rating
    and/or Advanced Flight
General Psychology
Humanities Elective
Social Science Elective