Sport Pilot Training Syllabus

LESSON ONE: Introductory Flight (1 –2 Hours)

Pre-flight Inspection; Cockpit entry; Checklist introduction and use; Positive exchange of controls; Starting procedures; Taxiing; Normal Takeoff; Four fundamentals of flight: Straight & Level; Turns; Climbs; Descents; Use of trim & flaps; Collision avoidance procedures; Normal approach & landing; Post flight procedures; Logbook entries

LESSON TWO: Basic Flight Maneuvers (1 – 2 hours)

Review pre-flight inspection, cockpit entry, checklist usage, positive exchange of controls, starting procedures, taxiing, collision avoidance. Normal takeoff; four fundamentals; traffic scanning; slow flight; introduction to stalls; traffic pattern entry; normal approach and landing; post flight procedures.

LESSON THREE: “High” Flight Maneuvers (1 – 2 hours)

Review lesson two. Power Off & On stalls and recoveries; Steep turns; Introduction to ground reference maneuvers.

LESSON FOUR: “Low Flight Maneuvers” (1 – 2 hours)

Review steep turns & stalls and recoveries. Turns around a point; S-Turns; Rectangular Patterns; Traffic pattern.

LESSON FIVE: Take Offs and Landings (2 – 3 hours)

Review ground reference maneuvers; Traffic pattern; Take offs and Landings; Go around

LESSON SIX: Simulated Engine Failures (2 – 3 hours)

Take offs and landings; simulated engine failures to a landing.

LESSON SEVEN: Supervised Solo Take Offs & Landings* (2 – 3 hours)

* This lesson will typically occur anywhere from eight to twelve flight hours after the start of training.

LESSON EIGHT: Solo Take Offs & Landings (1 – 4 hours)

LESSON NINE: Introduction to Cross Country Flight (2 hours)

Pilotage; Dead Reckoning; Emergency Procedures.

LESSON TEN: Cross Country Flight (2 – 4 hours)

Review pilotage, dead reckoning, emergency procedures; Radio Navigation; Radio Communication; Diversions.

LESSON ELEVEN: Solo Cross Country Flight (2 – 3 hours)

LESSON TWELVE: Preparation for Practical Test (3 – 5 hours)

Note: This abbreviated syllabus is merely intended as a guide to show the sequence of flight training. This syllabus does not include the requisite ground training that will be conducted in association with the flight training. All clients will receive a complete DSFI syllabus prior to the start of their training.

Whereas the FARs only require twenty hours of aeronautical experience for the Sport Pilot License, most clients of DSFI, Inc. will most likely log thirty to thirty five hours, at a minimum, before being recommended for a Practical Test.