Lesson Plan Samples

1) Fundamentals of Instructing

1. Effects of Human Behavior and Communication on the Learning Process
2. The Learning Process
3. Course Development, Lesson Plans, and Training Techniques
4. Student Evaluation, Assessment, and Testing
5. Effective Teaching in a Professional Environment
6. Teaching Risk Management and Accident Prevention

2) Technical Subject Areas

1. Human Factors
2. Visual Scanning and Collision Avoidance
3. Runway Incursion Avoidance
4. Principles of Flight
5. Operation of Systems
6. Aircraft Flight Controls
7. Flight Instruments
8. Performance and Limitations
9. National Airspace System
10. Navigation Systems and Radar Services
11. Navigation and Cross-Country Flight Planning–VFR
12. Regulations and Publications–VFR
13. Endorsements and Logbook Entries
14. Night Operations
15. High Altitude Operations
16. Cold Weather Operations
17. High Density Altitude Operations

3) Preflight Preparation

1. Pilot Qualifications
2. Airworthiness Requirements
3. Weather Information

4) Preflight Procedures

1. Preflight Assessment
2. Flight Deck Management
3. Engine Starting
4. Taxiing, Airport Signs, and Lighting
5. Before-Takeoff Check

5) Airport Operations

1. Communications, ATC Light Signals, and Runway Lighting
2. Traffic Patterns

6) Takeoffs, Landings and Go-Arounds

1. Normal and Crosswind Takeoff and Landing
2. Soft-Field Takeoff and Landing
3. Short-Field Takeoff and Landing
4. Forward Slip to a Landing
5. Go-Around/Rejected Landing
6. Power-Off 180-Degree Approach and Landing

7) Fundamentals of Flight

1. Basic Flight Maneuvers

8) Performance and Ground Reference Maneuvers

1. Steep Turns
2. Steep Spirals
3. Chandelles
4. Lazy Eights
5. Ground Reference Maneuvers
6. Eights on Pylons

9) Slow Flight, Stalls, and Spins

1. Maneuvering During Slow Flight
2. Airspeed/Configuration Demonstration−ASEL
3. Proficiency Stalls
4. Demonstration Stalls
5. Spin Awareness and Spins

10) Basic Instrument Maneuvers

1. Fundamental Instrument Maneuvers
2. Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes

11) Emergency Operations

1. Emergency Descent
2. Emergency Approach and Landing
3. Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
4. Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear
5. Engine Failure After Liftoff−ASEL

12) Multi-Engine Training

1. Introduction to Multi-Engine Airplanes
2. One Engine Inoperative Performance
3. Engine Failure During Takeoff Before Vmc
4. Engine Failure After Liftoff
5. Approach and Landing with an Inoperative Engine
6. Instrument Approach and Landing with an Inoperative Engine
7. Maneuvering with One Engine Inoperative
8. Vmc Demonstration
9. Airspeed/Drag Demonstration

13) Instrument Flight Training

1. Regulations and Publications–IFR
2. Logbook Entries Related to Instrument Instruction
3. Flight Instruments and Navigation Equipment
4. Cross-Country Flight Planning–IFR
5. Instrument Flight Deck Check
6. Intercepting and Tracking Courses
7. Holding Procedures
8. Nonprecision Instrument Approach
9. Precision Instrument Approach
10. Missed Approach
11. Circling Approach
12. Landing from an Instrument Approach
13. Loss of Communications
14. Approach with Loss of Primary Flight Instrument Indicators

14) Postflight Procedures

1. After Landing, Parking, and Securing

15) Additional Lessons

1. Accident Case Studies
2. Standard Operating Procedures
3. Preflight and Postflight Briefings
4. Introductory Flight
5. Local Area Familiarization
6. Transition to Light-Sport Airplanes
7. Transition to Experimental Airplanes
8. Transition to High-Performance Airplanes
9. Transition to Complex Airplanes
10. Transition to Tailwheel Airplanes
11. Transition to Pressurized Airplanes
12. Upset Prevention and Recovery Training
13. Practical Test Preparation
14. Flight Review
15. Instrument Proficiency Check