Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

A specific number of hours of flight instruction, solo flight and pre/post flight ground instruction are required to meet the outcomes for this course, which will be provided by PCC Flight Instructors using Hillsboro Aero Academy facilities and equipment. 

This class covers all the hours of training in the Flight portion of the PCC Part 61 AVS-125 Airplane Private Flight Training Course Outline.

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

• Qualify to take the FAA Private Pilot Airplane practical test.
• Take responsibility as pilot-in-command to competently perform preflight duties and all other procedures necessary for the safe conduct of a flight as an airplane private pilot.
• Draw from a broad base of experience gained from training scenarios to exercise safe judgment in all flight-related decisions.

Students will be evaluated by written (or online) testing, oral testing, and procedure and maneuver demonstration. The completion standards for each lesson in the TCO ensure that successful students progress towards the outcomes.

Course covers all flight stages in the PCC FAA Part 61 Training Course Outline (TCO) for Airplane Private Pilot. Specific skills and subject areas Lesson and course content and completion standards are detailed in the TCO, which is issued to each student. The TCO covers, but is not limited to, the following:

Flight Proficiency in these areas of operation:

(i) Preflight preparation;

(ii) Preflight procedures;

(iii) Airport and seaplane base operations;

(iv) Takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds;

(v) Performance maneuvers;

(vi) Ground reference maneuvers;

(vii) Navigation;

(viii) Slow flight and stalls;

(ix) Basic instrument maneuvers;

(x) Emergency operations;

(xi) Night operations, except as provided in §61.110 of this part; and

(xii) Postflight procedures.