Private  Pilot  Certificate

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What is involved in becomming a Private Pilot ?

• Flying an airplane can be simple and easy, when you pay attention to details
• Flying is about 92 times safer than driving an automobile
• As a Private Pilot you can fly any where in the country and take passengers with you
• Private Pilots can not receive money for flying airplanes, only Commercial Pilots can be paid
• The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) establishes the requirements to become a pilot
• You need to able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language
• You must be 17 years old to be awarded your Private Pilot Certificate
• You have to be at least 16 years old before you can fly by yourself which is called solo flight
• You are required to have a minimum of 40 hours of physical flight time in an airplane
• Your flight time will consist of flying with an instructor (dual) and flying by yourself (solo)
• There are four exams that you must successfully pass to acquire your Private Pilot Certificate
• The exams consist of: a flight physical, a written, an oral, and an actual flight test
• You can start your training without a physical but must pass a flight physical before soloing
• The flight physical is a general exam confirming your health, and will not hamper your ability to fly
• The written exam, also called a knowledge exam, requires a score of 70% or higher to pass
• You will be required to pass an oral exam administered by a FAA flight examiner on the day of your flight test
• The flight test is an actual flight whereby you demonstrate your flying abilities to an FAA examiner
  
  Why is Aviation Professionals Incorporated - API   Your best choice for a flight school ?
  
                                    Experience
                                 
  
• Only a few schools in the country can boast they have been training pilots for over 3 decades
• API for over 35 years has been training individuals to become Private Pilots, Commercial Pilots, and Airline Transport Pilots
• We can boast that almost every major airline will have pilots who were trained at API
• We have hundreds of thousands of hours in experience with our programs
• Even United States Air Force had contracted with us to teach some of their cadets how to fly before those individuals entered the Air Force Academy
  
                                     Simplicity

• API has developed its own exclusive and unique training method over the last 35 years
• Our method of training is based around simple common sense technique and procedures
• The technique is called ATTITUDE FLYING and the procedures are called CAP
• ATTITUDE FLYING using our CAP procedures makes flying simple, safe, and easy to understand
• ATTITUDE FLYING provides you with instant feedback as to what the airplane is doing
• The CAP procedure is CONTROL - ATTITUDE - PERFORMANCE
• A pilot flies an airplane using hand and foot CONTROLS
• When explained properly you will understand that the airplane's CONTROLS have very simple movements
• When moving the controls you need to have an instant visual reference to see how the airplane is reacting
• These visual references are specific ATTITUDES that are created by comparing the relationship that certain parts of the airplane make relative to the ground, runway, or horizon
• Maintaining a specific attitude will produce specific aircraft PERFORMANCE
• You will move the CONTROLS to acquire specific ATTITUDES to get the desired PERFORMANCE
• API's system has proven to work universally with both private, and commercial aircraft
• API is the only place in the world that teaches ATTITUDE FLYING and the CAP procedures
  
                                     Location

• Learning to fly at Chicago Midway Airport, or at Gary-Chicago Airport is invaluable
• In the Unites States, all major cities that have airports, will have Control Towers
• To be able to utilize all the airports, in addition to knowing how to fly an airplane, you also have to know how to communicate with the air traffic controllers
• The controls towers have controllers responsible for the efficient and safe movement of all aircraft traffic on and around an airport
• Both Midway Airport, and Gary Airport have Control Towers manned with air traffic controllers
• Training at API will teach you the proper procedures to communicate with the air traffic controllers and radar controllers
• An airport that has a control tower creates an extremely safe, and efficient environment because there is an additional staff of individuals coordinating the flow of traffic
• Smaller airports do not have control towers so it is very difficult to understand and practice your communication skills with air traffic controllers
• Learning to fly at Midway Airport, or Gary Airport gives you the confidence to use other major airports because you are well versed, and familiar in using proper radio procedures

                                                    Ground School Training

• API uses state of the art interactive DVD home study training courses which are compatible for use with either a computer, personal DVD player, or television
• The courses allow you progress at your own rate while studying at home
• The DVD course will present the information to you as if you were watching a movie
• Old large classroom style instruction has become obsolete, and inefficient
• The course is interactive to make sure that you are understanding the material presented to you
• Included in the DVD course is a text book with has the actual written exam questions with answers and explanations
• One on one private ground instruction is also provided for any subject areas that you would prefer additional assistance
  
  
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