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Day 1
- Define "aircraft."
Describe some kinds and uses of aircraft today.
Explain the operation of piston, turboprop, and jet engines.
Associated Lessons:
Aircraft Engines,
Operation of Systems
- Point out on a model airplane the forces that act on an airplane in flight.
Associated Lessons:
Principles of Flight
- Explain how an airfoil generates lift, how the primary control surfaces (ailerons, elevators, and rudder) affect the airplane's attitude, and how a propeller produces thrust.
Associated Lessons:
Airplane Flight Controls
- Demonstrate how the control surfaces of an airplane are used for takeoff, straight climb, level turn, climbing turn, descending turn, straight descent, and landing.
Associated Lessons:
Airplane Flight Controls
- Explain the following:
Sport Pilot Certificate
Recreational Pilot Certificate
Private Pilot Certificate
Commercial Pilot Certificate
Air Transport Pilot Certificate
Instrument Rating.
Associated Lessons:
Certificates and Documents,
Federal Aviation Regulations and Publications
- Explain the purposes and functions of the various instruments found in a typical single-engine aircraft: attitude indicator, heading indicator, altimeter, airspeed indicator, turn and bank indicator, vertical speed indicator, compass, navigation (GPS and VOR) and communication radios, tachometer, oil pressure gauge, and oil temperature gauge.
Associated Lessons:
Cessna 172 Instrument Panel,
Cessna 172 G1000 Instrument Panel,
Cessna 182 G1000 Instrument Panel
- Find out about three career opportunities in aviation. Pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required for this profession. Discuss this with your counselor, and explain why this profession might interest you.
Associated Lessons:
FAA Aviation Careers Guide,
AOPA - Careers in Aviation
Day 2
- Obtain and learn how to read an aeronautical chart. Measure a true course on the chart. Correct it for magnetic variation, compass deviation, and wind drift. Arrive at a compass heading.
Associated Lessons:
National Airspace System
Navigation and Flight Planning
- Build a model FPG-9. Get others in your troop or patrol to make their own model, then organize a competition to test the precision of flight and landing of the models.
Associated Lessons:
FPG-9 Model Instructions
Day 3
- Visit an airport. After the visit, report on how the facilities are used, how runways are numbered, and how runways are determined to be "active."
Associated Lessons:
Airport Info: Gainsville - Lee Gilmer Memorial (KGVL), Gainesville, GA,
Airport Info: Gwinnett County - Briscoe Field (KLZU), Lawrenceville, GA,
Airport Info: Barrow County (KWDR), Winder, GA
- Under supervision, perform a preflight inspection of a light airplane.
Associated Lessons:
Preflight Inspection
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