STUDENT RESOURCES.

1. Training Roadmap

Flight training shouldn't feel like a random collection of lessons.

The Flying with Shawn Private Pilot Training Roadmap lays out the course of training from your first lesson through your checkride so you can see where you are, what you're working toward, and what comes next.

Your training will generally progress through several phases:

PHASE 1: FUNDAMENTALS

Learn to control the airplane and develop the basic habits of a pilot.

Topics include:

• Preflight and cockpit procedures

• Taxiing

• Straight-and-level flight

• Climbs and descents

• Turns

• Aircraft trim

• Basic airport operations

• Introduction to landings

PHASE 2: AIRCRAFT CONTROL & MANEUVERS

Develop precision and learn to safely operate closer to the edges of the airplane's normal flight envelope.

Topics include:

• Slow flight

• Power-off stalls

• Power-on stalls

• Steep turns

• Ground reference maneuvers

• Emergency procedures

• Go-arounds

• Takeoff and landing techniques

PHASE 3: PRE-SOLO

Put the pieces together and demonstrate that you can safely operate the airplane without an instructor onboard.

We'll focus heavily on:

• Traffic pattern operations

• Normal and crosswind takeoffs

• Normal and crosswind landings

• Go-arounds

• Emergency procedures

• Aeronautical knowledge

• Aeronautical decision making

• Consistency and judgment

Once you meet the required standards and endorsements, you'll make one of the biggest milestones in aviation:

Your first solo flight.

PHASE 4 — CROSS-COUNTRY FLYING

Now we expand beyond the local airport environment.

You'll learn:

• Cross-country planning

• Navigation

• Weather analysis

• Fuel planning

• Diversion

• Lost procedures

• Flight following

• Towered airport operations

• Aeronautical decision making away from home

This phase includes your required solo cross-country flying.

PHASE 5 — NIGHT & ADVANCED OPERATIONS

Develop experience operating in different conditions and environments.

Training includes:

• Night flying

• Night landings

• Night cross-country

• Instrument reference

• Additional emergency procedures

• Higher-workload operations

PHASE 6 — CHECKRIDE PREP

The final phase is about bringing everything together.

We'll identify weak areas, sharpen your knowledge, improve consistency, and make sure you can perform to the standards of the Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards (ACS).

This includes:

• Mock oral preparation

• Mock checkrides

• ACS maneuver review

• Aircraft systems

• Regulations

• Weather

• Cross-country planning

• Risk management

• Scenario-based decision making