Welcome to Ground School.
Ground School is where you learn about aircraft, flying, airport and ATC procedures, weather, navigation, avionics and more. Once you pass Ground School then you can start your Flight Training, which is where you learn to do all that while moving the machine through the weather.
Ground School Syllabus
Lesson 1: How an Airplane Creates Lift | Complete PPL Ground Course (Lesson 2)
Lesson 2: What Causes an Airplane to STALL? | Complete PPL Ground Course (Lesson 3)
Lesson 3: Controlling The Airplane
Lesson 4: Airplane Controllability Explained
Lesson 5: Flaps on a Plane & Why we need them
Lesson 6: What Makes an Airplane Turn?
Lesson 7: V Speeds EXPLAINED!
Lesson 8: Runway Markings Explained
Lesson 9: Taxiway Markings, Signs and Lights
Lesson 10: Airport Operations
Lesson 11: Sources for Airport Data
Lesson 12: Beginners guide to flight planning in the Garmin G1000 in Microsoft Flight Simulator
Lesson 13: Beginners guide to programming airways and procedures into the G1000 in Microsoft Flight Simulator
Lesson 14: Airspace Classification, Operating Requirements, and Flight Restrictions
Lesson 15: Methods and Systems of Air Navigation
Lesson 16: VFR Flight Planning Considerations – General Navigation (Part 1/2)
Lesson 17: VFR Flight Planning Considerations – General Navigation (Part 2/2)
Lesson 18: Air Traffic Control and the National Airspace System
Lesson 19: ATC Communications and Basic Phrases | Talking to Air Traffic Control
Lesson 20: Basics of how to be a VATSIM Pilot – Tutorial
Lesson 21: Your First Flight on VATSIM: VFR Circuits Tutorial (with lots of Tips) Part 1 (Pre-Flight Briefing)
Lesson 22: Your First Flight on VATSIM: VFR Circuits Tutorial (with lots of Tips) Part 2 (Flying Circuits
Lesson 23: VATSIM VFR Circuit Flying + Introduction to Phraseology! [VATSIM VFR Series – #3]
Lesson 24: Sound like a PRO on the Radios! | Mastering ATC Communications
Lesson 25: Introduction to Meteorology
Lesson 26: Aviation Weather Reports
Lesson 27: Aviation Weather Sources
Lesson 28: Thunderstorm Life Cycle
Lesson 29: Atmospheric Stability
Ground School Exam
The Ground School Exam (next lesson) is 30 questions, passing is 80%.
After passing Ground School you can start the Cessna 172 Flight Training module.