Flight Instructor Rating Additional Practicum

Overview

The aim of this unit is to consolidate in the student the development of the ability to apply suitable instructional techniques to ground and flight training situations. To analyse flight training student responses and determine corrective measures when necessary. To satisfactorily demonstrate air manoeuvres and to conduct pre-flight briefing and post-flight debriefing.

Learning outcomes

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Assessment

Content

Theoretical Training
A revision course in instructional principles and methods as required includes the following topics:

• Learning theory, definition of learning, perception, types of perception and factors affecting perception
• Transfer (positive and negative), motivation (positive and negative)
• Factors which aid and hinder the learning process
• Instructional techniques, effective communication, teaching methods, lecture, theory and skill lessons, guided discussion, briefing
• Questioning techniques
• Application of learning and teaching principles to airborne instruction
• Aids to instruction, types of aids, how to use teaching aids
• Behavioural objectives
• Lesson planning, conducting a lesson period and pre-flight briefing
• Practice in conducting instructional periods and pre-flight briefings

Air Training

The following unit of study outlines the flying sequences to be revised as necessary during training for a flight instructor (aeroplane) rating grade 3.

Syllabus outline

• Effect of controls effects of airspeed, slipstream and power changes, effects of ancillary controls
• Straight and level flight, normal cruise, balance, trimming, straight and level at different airspeeds
• Climbing/descending normal climb, maximum rate, maximum angle climb, effects of flap, undercarriage, power, powered descents, gliding
• Turning medium bank level turns, climbing and descending turns, spirals, steep turns, level and descending, maximum rate turns
• Stalling stall symptoms, incipient recovery, fully developed recovery, effects of power, flap, undercarriage, stalling in turns; at higher speeds, incipient spin
• Spinning, recovery from fully developed spin The spinning sequence is to be a dual sequence only and is included to ensure that flight instructor trainees are proficient at spin recovery techniques before teaching incipient spinning
• Approach techniques and basic circuits, engine assisted approach, effect of power and flap, use of controls to maintain approach path, normal circuit, landing techniques, tricycle, 3 point and wheel, if appropriate, take-off technique including touch-and-go, go-round technique, sideslipping if appropriate to aircraft
• Advanced circuits, flapless approach, glide approach, crosswind circuits and landings, short take-offs and landings, ALA operations
• Emergency procedures forced landings with and without power, engine failure after take-off procedure, flight in poor visibility, flight at low level, precautionary search, fire drills, aircraft system malfunction
• Pilot navigation preparation, map reading techniques, medium and low level navigation, techniques, air traffic control procedures within and outside controlled airspace, diversion procedure, lost procedure
• Basic instrument flying spatial disorientation, instrument interpretation and selective, cross reference techniques, instrument errors, instrument flying techniques (full and limited panel), steep turns recovery from unusual attitudes (full and limited panel)
• Night flying, take-off and circuit procedures