{"id":27,"date":"2013-03-02T15:03:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T15:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2021-02-22T09:46:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T09:46:42","slug":"ground-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/ground-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground School"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>FLIGHT AND TECHNICAL PAGES<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This section covers the things you need to know to be a Pilot.\u00a0 Look for the linked topics and resources below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flying<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Controls,\u00a0 <a title=\"How Planes Fly\" href=\"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/?page_id=393\">how planes fly, <\/a>\u00a0pre-flight checks, taxying, taking-off and landing, manoeuvres, emergency actions, cross-country flying, instrument flying.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Air law\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Airworthiness, licensing and regulations, <a href=\"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/passsafetyinfo.pdf\">Briefing,<\/a> Rules of the Air, Signs and Signals, Airspace and Air Traffic zones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Navigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maps, Airspace Restrictions, Route and Fuel Planning, Courses and Headings, Drift, Radio Navigation, GPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Meteorology\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Atmosphere, Air Pressure, Humidity and Temperature, Winds, Clouds, Weather Patterns, <a title=\"Charts and Forcasts\" href=\"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/?page_id=400\">charts and forecasting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Communication and ATC<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Radio Calls\" href=\"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/?page_id=406\">Radio calls,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nats.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ATC Service,<\/a> Departure, En-route and Arrival calls, Emergency Calls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;\">NOTAMS &amp; Weather Mapping<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Notices to Airmen (NOTAM&#8217;s)<br \/>\nObtainable from from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ais.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ais.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0 (750 KB). Note:\u00a0 the website format has been improved since developing this tutorial, but the explanations will probably still be helpful.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xcweather.co.uk\">XCWeather<\/a><br \/>\nA weather map for aviators, with pictorial info on winds, visibility, pressure, cloud base, trends etc. (1.5 MB).\u00a0 This is an excellent site and free to use for forecasting and current conditions in a number of countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Aircraft Technical<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Plane Parts\" href=\"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/?page_id=417\">Airframe components and their effects,<\/a> Engine systems, <a title=\"Instruments\" href=\"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/?page_id=423\">Instruments,<\/a> Flight performance, Weight and Balance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Human Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Medical and Psychological factors, Teamwork, Cockpit layout, Safety equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>MORE RESOURCES<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>An excellent website with lots of helpful information on this from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilotfriend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.pilotfriend.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A useful forum group for students and PPLs is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukga.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ukga.com<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; you won&#8217;t get laughed at here; it&#8217;s very friendly!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Youth and Education Support (YES) is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites, and if you do decide to download anything from a link PLEASE ASK THE OWNER of the computer first.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FLIGHT AND TECHNICAL PAGES This section covers the things you need to know to be a Pilot.\u00a0 Look for the linked topics and resources below. Flying Controls,\u00a0 how planes fly, \u00a0pre-flight checks, taxying, taking-off and landing, manoeuvres, emergency actions, cross-country flying, instrument flying. Air law\u00a0\u00a0 Airworthiness, licensing and regulations, Briefing, Rules of the Air, Signs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/ground-school\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ground School<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4477,"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/4477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesflyers.org.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}