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Effective Term:
Spring 2014
Course Number:
AVS 141
Course Title:
Airplane: Commercial XC/Night Intro
Credit Hours:
1
Lecture Hours:
0
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
30

Course Description

Includes both day and night cross-country instruction as well as local and cross-country solo night flights. Emphasis is on commercial standards for planning, judgment and flying long distances during day and night visual conditions. Flight training fees apply and cover a specific amount of training; please see the Course Curriculum and Outcome Guide for detailed information. The AVS 141, 142, 143 sequence is an alternative equivalent to AVS 145. Coreq: AVS 107 and AVS 140.

Addendum to Course Description

7 hrs C152 Dual
3 hrs C152 Solo
4 hrs C172SP Dual
2 hrs C172SP Solo
6 hrs pre/post flight briefing
Training in excess of these times must be paid for directly to the flight training provider.

Intended Outcomes for the course

1. Plan and accomplish an assigned cross-country flight in VFR day or night conditions.
2. Apply detailed knowledge of the operational and safety considerations associated with night cross-country
flying to conduct safe night flights.
3. Exercise safe judgment as Pilot In Command in all decisions regarding the execution of cross-country day and
night flights.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Flight, oral and written testing will be used to asses these outcomes.