Sport Pilot VIP Podcast
Complete Online Ground School + Bonus Lessons in Dedicated Audio on your Favorite Podcast App
Lifetime Access to our complete library of Sport Pilot audio lessons, allowing you to listen and learn your Ground School knowledge everywhere you go!
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It would technically be an audio lesson if we just took the audio of the video lessons in our Online Ground School. But that’s NOT what this is.
Videos expect you to be able to see things. This dedicated audio knows you are listening to learn and describes the content and images with metaphors and plain English.
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Full Lesson List. Created following the Sport Pilot Practical Test Standards (PTS), structured for optimal learning:
Operation of Aircraft Systems
- Aircraft Overview
- Flight Controls
- Aircraft Lights
- Cockpit Instruments
- Electrical System
- Vacuum System
- Pitot-Static System
- Magnetic Compass
- Transponders
- GPS
- Fuel & Oil System
- Aircraft Engine
- Carburetor Heat
- Propeller
- Antennas
- ELT
- Landing Gear
Pilot Certifications, Qualifications & Limitations
- Categories, Classes & Types of Aircraft
- Certificates
- Pilot in Command
- Alcohol & Drugs
- Incidents, Accidents and Emergencies
- FAA Advisory Circulars
- Other Airmen Ratings
- Formation Flight
- Dropping Objects
- Sport Pilot Limitations
Aircraft Airworthiness Requirements
- Required Documentation
- Required Inspections
- Required Equipment
- Inoperable Equipment
- Airworthiness Directives (ADs)
Weather Theory, Charts & Information
- Air Masses & Weather Systems
- Thunderstorms
- Wind Shear
- Temperature Inversions
- Fog
- Frost & Ice
- Dew Point
- Clouds
- Weather, Altitudes & Altimeter Settings
- Estimating Numbers on Charts
- Interpolating
- METARs & TAFs
- PIREPs
- Trusted Weather Sources
- Winds & Temperatures Aloft
- Significant & Wide Area Weather Charts
- Radar Weather Observations
- AIRMETs & SIGMETs
- Weather Briefings
National Airspace System
- VFR, IFR and Special VFR
- Class A
- Class B
- Class C
- Class D
- Class E
- Class G
- Primary & Satellite Airports
- Special Use Airspace
- Airspace Review
- Transponder Requirements
Fundamentals of Aerodynamics
- Forces of Flight
- Lift
- Stalls
- Spins
- Weight
- Thrust (Power)
- Drag
- Wake Turbulence & Ground Effect
- Left Turning Tendency
- Adverse Yaw
- Density Altitude
- Aircraft Speeds
More Regulations
- Speed Limits
- Seatbelts & Harnesses
- Right of Way
- Minimum Safe Altitudes
- ATC Clearance & Compliance
- Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs)
- Fuel Requirements
- Hemispherical Rule
- Aircraft Maintenance
Human Factors
- Supplemental Oxygen
- Hypoxia
- Hyperventilation
- Ear and Sinus Concerns
- Motion Sickness
- Spatial Disorientation & Illusions
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Scuba Diving
- Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) & Hazardous Attitudes
- Self-Assessments
Weight & Balance
- Weight & Balance Theory
- Procedure for Weight & Balance
- Weight & Balance Examples
Cross-Country Planning
- Procedure for Plotting your Course
- What Information do you Need?
- Choosing Checkpoints & Altitudes
- Distances Between Checkpoints
- Estimate Fuel Needed
- Measuring Courses
- Winds & Temperatures for Takeoff, Landing & Cruise
- Distance to Climb to Cruise Altitude
- Distance to Descend to Landing Destination Airport Traffic Altitude
- Airspeeds
- Calculating Airspeed During Climb
- Calculating Airspeed During Cruise & Descent
- Ground Speed and Magnetic Heading
- Time En Route
- Fuel Consumption & Planning
- Takeoff & Landing Perofrmance
- More Practice with Paper E6B
- More Practice with Electronic E6B
Before Takeoff Procedures
- Pre-Flight Assessment
- Flight Deck Management
- Engine Starting
- Taxiing
- Before Takeoff Checklist
Airport Operations
- Airport Information
- Communications
- Flight Service Stations & Control Centers
- Filing Out, Filing & Activating a Flight Plan
- Collision Avoidance & Traffic
- Airport Light Signals
- Taxi-way & Runway Lighting Systems
- Taxi-way & Runway Signs & Markings
- Traffic Patterns
- Wind & Traffic Pattern Selection
- Land & Hold Short Operations
- Takeoff & Landing
- Short Field & Soft Field Takeoff & Landing
- Aborted Takeoffs/Go-Arounds
Pilot Control & Ground Reference Maneuvers
- Coordinated & Uncoordinated Turns
- Steep Turns
- Turns Around a Point
- S-Turns
- Takeoff & Landing in Crosswinds
- Cross-Checking
- Intentional Slips
Emergencies
- Types of Emergency Landings
- Landing Spot Selection
- Electrical Failure
- Gyro Failure
- Radio Failure
- Engine Fire
- Electrical Fire
- Engine Failure After Lift-Off (simulated)
Navigation
- Aeronautical Charts
- Pilotage & Dead Reckoning
- VORs, DMEs, TACANs & VORTACs
BONUS: Night Operations
- Night Definitions
- Vision
- Illusions
- Equipment
- Airport, Obstruction & Navigation Lighting Aids
- Traffic at Night
BONUS Lessons:
The VIP Podcast also comes with a variety of important subject lessons NOT covered in your normal ground school curriculum. Such as:
- The 5-Step Study Hack that Helped me Pass Every Test
- Biggest Mistakes Student Pilots are Making & How to Avoid Them
- What Student Pilot are Doing Right
- How to Become an Airline Pilot
- How I Wasted $6000 to $10,000 (My Student Pilot Story)
- How to Get Started as a Student Pilot
- Perfecting your Landings
- Checkride Oral Practice Questions
- Top 10 Tips for your Practical Checkride
- Mock Checkride Oral Exam
- More Checkride Prep BONUS Lessons
- Interview with Sleep Expert Andi Clark
- Interview with Former MLB All Star Bob Tewksbury on Mental Performance
- Interview with AviationConversations on Stress
- Day in the Life of a Student Pilot
- Day in the Life of the Calm Cockpit Podcast
- Day in the Life of Air Force, CFI and Future Airline Pilot from Positive Rate Aviation
- The SR71 Blackbird!
- Updates to the FAA Written Exam
- Buying your Own Aircraft
- ATC Communication Examples
- And more…