Flight training
Template:Infobox aviation Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills.[1]
Although there are various types of aircraft, many of the principles of piloting them have common techniques, especially those aircraft which are heavier than air types.
In addition to providing flight instructors, flight schools commonly rent aircraft to the students.
The oldest flight training school still in existence is the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) Central Flying School formed in May 1912 at Upavon, United Kingdom.[2] The oldest civil flight school still active in the world is based in Germany at the Wasserkuppe. It was founded as "Mertens Fliegerschule". Its current name is "Fliegerschule Wasserkuppe".[3]
Type conversion
A type conversion commonly known throughout Australia and Europe as an endorsement, or in the United States as a "type rating",[4] is the process undertaken by a pilot to update their license to allow them to fly a different type of aircraft.
See also
- Bárány chair
- Bachelor of Aviation
- Pilot certification in the United States
- Pilot licensing in Canada
- Pilot licensing in the United Kingdom
References
- ^ Airplane Flying Handbook. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. 2004. pp. 1–1. FAA-8083-3A.
- ^ "flying school | central flying | royal flying | 1912 | 0347 | Flight Archive". Flightglobal.com. 1912-04-20. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
- ^ Joachim Jenrich (2007). Die Wasserkuppe – Ein Berg mit Geschichte. Fulda Germany: Verlag Parzeller GmbH & Co. KG. ISBN 978-3-7900-0389-5.
- ^ US Federal Air Regulation 61.31
External links
- Learning to Fly: A Practical Manual for Beginners (1916) by Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper
- Student Pilot Guide from the FAA
- Accelerated Flight Training from Flying Mag.
- Pilot Training Compass: Back to the Future from European Cockpit Association.
- Smart Flight Training an aviation blog, podcast, and elearning course teaching you how to become a pilot.