Private Pilot Ground School

This online ground school course offers 35 hours of content to helps you pass your FAA Written Exam on the way to becoming a Private Pilot. It teaches you the theory portion and comes with an Instructor Endorsement that is required to be able to take the exam. You'll have over 800 practice questions, a 44-page student guide, and a test pass guarantee.

Greg Reverdiau has been an aviation professional since the early 2000s. Greg currently holds the following FAA certificates: Certified Flight Instructor, Commercial Pilot (for single and multi-engine), and UAS Remote Pilot. Greg has worked for two of the biggest aeronautical universities in the country (managing flight training programs of up to 500 students and 50 aircraft) and in teaching roles as an adjunct professor. Greg now concentrates on educating the next generation of manned and unmanned pilots by creating online courses. Greg holds a Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Science and a Masters Degree in Aviation Human Factors, both from the Florida Institute of Technology.

• ask tough questions to flight schools and avoid spending unnecessary money,
• know what it takes to become a private pilot, and what you can do with your license,
• understand how aircraft systems operate so you save time during your preflight inspection,
• learn how instruments in the cockpit work, and what information they provide you in flight,
• explain how airplanes fly and the effect of various aerodynamic forces,
• compute weight and balance problems and properly load the aircraft,
• calculate density altitude and understand its effect on performance,
• interpret the Federal Aviation Regulation and stay out of trouble,
• understand the factors that affect flight performance, including hypoxia and various illusions,
• assess and mitigate risk,
• identify and predict dangerous weather phenomena,
• read and understand aviation weather report such as METAR, TAF, and PIREPs.
• understand how airports are organized and how to decode airport data,
• communicate on the radio and understand what controllers and other pilots are saying,
• identify airspace on charts,
• read charts and extract useful information to safely conduct your flights,
• navigate the aircraft using on board instruments,
• master the use of flight computers,
• and more importantly, successfully plan a cross-country flight!