Audio Ground School by Part Time Pilot
Audio Ground School by Part Time Pilot
Nick Smith
Welcome to the Part Time Pilot Audio Ground School Podcast! This podcast is going to be all about providing student pilots with ANOTHER way that they can consume the Private Pilot curriculum.  The #1 reason student pilots never end up becoming a private pilot is NOT due to money. The real reason is actually deeper than that. Yes, flight training is expensive. But every student pilot knows this and budgets for it when they decide to do it. The actual #1 reason a student pilot fails is because they do not have a good, fundamental understanding of the private pilot knowledge they are meant to learn in ground school.  You see when a student does not have a good grasp of this knowledge they get to a point in their flight training where their mind just can’t keep up. They start making mistakes and having to redo lessons. And THAT is when it starts getting too expensive.  This audio ground school is meant for the modern day student pilot... aka the part time student pilot. Let’s face it, the majority of us have full time responsibilities on top of flight training. Whether it is a job, kids, family, school, etc. we all keep ourselves busy with the things that are important to us. And with today’s economy we have to maintain that job just to pay for the training. The modern day student pilot is busy, on the go and always trying to find time throughout his or her day to stay up on their studies. The audio ground school allows them to consume high quality content while walking, running, working out, sitting in traffic, traveling, or even just a break from the boring FAR/AIM or ground school lecture.  Did I meant high quality content? The audio ground school is taken straight out of the 5-star rated Part Time Pilot Online Ground School that has had over 350 students take and pass their Private Pilot exams without a SINGLE STUDENT FAILING. We do this by keeping ground school engaging, fun, light and consumable. We have written lessons, videos, audio lessons, live video lessons, community chats, quizzes, practice tests, flash cards, study guides, eBooks and much more.  Part Time Pilot was created to be a breath of fresh air for student pilots. To be that flight training provider that looks out for them and their needs. So that is just what we are doing with this podcast.  More information & Free Content on Part Time Pilot: Online Ground School: https://parttimepilot.com/private-pilot-online-ground-school/ Free How to Become a Private Pilot course: https://parttimepilot.com/free-how-to-become-a-pilot/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/parttimepilot Instagram: @part.time.pilot Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/part.time.pilot1 Tik Tok: @part.time.pilot Website: www.parttimepilot.com
Private Pilot - Section 5 - Lesson #4: Temperature Inversions
In this Free Private Pilot Ground School lesson we talk about wind shear including its definition and when to look out for it. We also provide an FAA document for those who want to dive deeper.
Aug 5
21 min
IFR Section 5 - Lesson #2: VOR & DME Checks
In this Free IFR Ground School lesson we continue with another lesson on VOR and DMEs to talk about how to check if our VOR and DMEs are working, how to perform ground based or airborne VOR/DME checks to meet the 30 day VOR inspection requirement for IFR flight.
Aug 4
42 min
BONUS: Day in the Life - CFII Cass Brod
In this BONUS edition of the Audio Ground School podcast, we take a break from our private pilot online ground school lessons and continue our series on ”A day in the life” of different levels of pilots from student pilot to IFR to Commercial, to Instructor, to the Airlines and more. This series is meant to inspire other student pilots while also helping them realize the struggles that all pilots go through during their training. This weeks episode is an interview with the CFII and aspiring Air Force pilot Cass Brod. Cass is aweseom and has a super unique (which I love) teaching technique over on TikTok which I think you might enjoy but is possibly NSFW ha! I hope you all appreciate the interview.
Jul 30
52 min
BONUS: My 1st Experience at EAA Airventure - Oshkosh Airshow
In this BONUS edition of the Audio Ground School podcast, I talk about my first time at the Oshkosh, EAA Airventure Airshow! I explain what it is, what it was like, what I did and if it is something you should checkout in the future!
Jul 28
43 min
Private Pilot - Section 5 - Lesson #3: Wind Shear
In this Free Private Pilot Ground School lesson we talk about wind shear including its definition and when to look out for it. We also provide an FAA document for those who want to dive deeper.
Jul 23
20 min
IFR Section 5 - Lesson #1: Ground Based Navigation (VOR, HSI, DME)
In this Free IFR Ground School lesson we talk about all the things you need to know to used ground based navigation in IFR flight. We talk about VORs, DMEs and HSIs as well as detailed step by step examples and instructions on FAA Written practice questions and how to track VOR radials, how to intercept radials and even how to find your location using VORs and DMEs. This is one of our longer audio lessons to date... so hang in there and make sure to utilize the visuals of the Online Ground School.
Jul 21
1 hr 14 min
Private Pilot - Section 5 - Lesson #2: Thunderstorms
In this Free Private Pilot Ground School lesson we talk about thunderstorms. Including the hazards they can bring to aircraft and pilots, what ingredients a thunderstorm needs to form and the different stages of a thunderstorm.
Jul 16
29 min
IFR Section 4 - Lesson #19: Other Weather Charts & Advisories
In this Free IFR Ground School lesson we talk about more helpful weather charts and weather advisories such as AIRMETs, SIGMETs and tools for really sever convective weather like embedded thunderstorms, squalls, tornadoes and more.
Jul 14
32 min
Private Pilot - Section 5 - Lesson #1: Air Masses & Weather Systems
In this Free Private Pilot Ground School lesson we start the section on weather theory and weather information and talk about the fundamental physics of Fronts and Weather Systems such as warm fronts, cold fronts, high pressure systems, low pressure systems and more. We talk about how and why they form, how to find them on weather charts and what type of weather they bring for pilots.
Jul 9
46 min
IFR Section 4 - Lesson #18: Significant Weather Prognostic Charts
In this Free IFR Ground School lesson we talk about more helpful weather charts, and in particular significant weather prognostic charts such as surface, low-level and high-level which can give use significant weather event forecasts.
Jul 7
24 min
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