| There are quite a few things that you need to know | | | | with Ground School classes. |
| to be able to get a private pilot license and be able to | | | | You need to make it completely through your Ground |
| learn to fly a small private airplane. If you want to be | | | | School classes (which are going to run between three |
| able to get private pilot training you need to be at least | | | | and four thousand dollars) that are part of your private |
| Sixteen (16) years of age and be able to fluently | | | | pilot training and will run for three, four or five weeks |
| speak, understand and read English (this is because | | | | (depending on the school in question) to be able and |
| English is the only language that the tests are written in | | | | eligible to take the written test that the FAA created |
| and spoken in the flight control towers worldwide). You | | | | to test the knowledge and skills of those seeking a |
| need to go through several steps in order to show | | | | private pilot license. It is after you have finished the |
| that you know what you are doing to the satisfaction | | | | Ground School course that you will actually get into a |
| of the flight school you attend, the state you live in and | | | | plane and learn to fly it hands on. You need a minimum |
| the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). | | | | of Thirty (30) and maximum of Forty (40) hours real |
| The first step that you need to take to learn to fly is | | | | flight time with your instructor. After that you will do a |
| finding out where the local flight school is and start | | | | “Solo” flight (without the instructor aboard) to |
| inquiring about how you go about enrolling. You need to | | | | prove that you know what you are doing. |
| be aware that you are going to be required to take a | | | | The last couple of things that you need to do in the |
| medical exam that is required by federal law under the | | | | process of private pilot training are to take the true |
| FAA’s rules to clear you of any medical conditions | | | | Final Exam that is referred to as a “Check Ride” |
| that could keep you from getting a private pilot license. | | | | that will grant you your private pilot license if you pass. |
| The FAA has very strict rules in place to make sure | | | | The FAA will give you your pilot’s license that also |
| that those who do have a pilot’s license will not | | | | carries a Visual Flight Rating so that you will be able to |
| black out while in flight or create any other types of | | | | fly a small private plane (single-engine only) during good |
| safety hazards to and for themselves and all other | | | | weather providing you have good clear visibility. This is |
| aircraft that are in the air around them. Once you are | | | | all part of the deal when you want to learn to fly a |
| medically cleared, you will start your private pilot training | | | | small private plane for your own use. |