Private Pilot Ground School

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Class Starts on the week of Sunday, February 13th at 5PM

We are excited to welcome you to our Free Online Private Pilot Ground School class. Know that you are in good hands, as we have had over 90,000 students successfully pass our FREE ground schools in 2020.

The Private Pilot Ground School is an intensive 42 hour Live, Online class. It is designed to prepare you to successfully take the Official FAA Knowledge Exam.

For those who signed up for the Sun, Tue, Thurs schedule, the class starts on Sunday, February 13th.

Or for those who signed up for the Mon, Wed, Fri schedule, it starts on Monday, February 14th .

Sign in on the Portal Login and view the "Online Courses" page from the top navigation menu. Click on the "Free Private Pilot Ground School GS11" and you will locate all additional resources such as course documents, handouts, quizzes, and the final exam. You will have the ability to watch live classes on our website.

Additionally, you will receive an email reminder before each class. If you cannot attend any class, you can watch any of the recorded lessons to catch up.

Recommended Course Materials

There are lots of great private pilot books out there, but the reason why we like Rod is the way he can take complicated topics in aviation and break them down. He has been an active instructor for 30+ years and knows his stuff. Keep in mind that we don’t have any affiliation with the Author. We have included a link above to the author's website, but encourage you to shop around.

If you have any other textbooks from Jeppesen, ASA, Sporty’s, King Schools, or Gleim they will all work! Since the textbook is used as a resource in the class.

You will need the following materials by Class 11 for the Flight Planning lesson

Places to Purchase Class Materials

Aircraft Spruce

Amazon.com – Aviation Shop

Marv Golden Pilot Supplies

Sporty’s Pilot Shop

Rod Machado Private Pilot Handbook – Printed or E-Book

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FAA Sectional or FAA Terminal Chart

For this course, you can use any FAA Sectional or FAA Terminal Chart. It does not have to be a current version and can be for any geographic location in the US.

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Aviation Fixed or Movable Plotter

Make sure you get an aviation plotter which will be used to measure distances and to determine courses on your FAA chart. They come in a variety of different types such as the one above which is a fixed plotter.

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E6-B Aviation Calculator

Last but not least, is the mighty E6B. They come in a variety of different types; paper, metal. In addition to the physical E6B, there are a lot of companies out there that make digital E6Bs that you can download to your phone from the App Store. Make sure to check the reviews as they all have pros and cons but at the end of the day, they should give us the same answer.

Let us know if you have any questions. You can submit a Help Desk ticket, we're here for you!