Flight training

For other uses of Learn to fly, see Learning to fly
Flight training
A Canadian aeroplane flight instructor (left) and her student, with the Cessna 172 they have just completed a lesson in.

Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills.[1]

Although there are various types of aircraft, many of the principles of piloting them have common techniques, especially those aircraft which are heavier than air types.

The oldest civil flight school still active in the world is based in Germany at the Wasserkuppe. It was founded as "Mertens Fliegerschule". Its current name is "Fliegerschule Wasserkuppe".[2]

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Type conversion

A type conversion commonly known throughout Australia and Europe as an endorsement, or in the United States as a "type rating",[3] is the process undertaken by a pilot to update their license to allow them to fly a different type of aircraft.

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References

  1. ^ Airplane Flying Handbook. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. 2004. pp. 1–1. FAA-8083-3A. http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/airplane_handbook/. 
  2. ^ Joachim Jenrich (2007). Die Wasserkuppe – Ein Berg mit Geschichte. Fulda Germany: Verlag Parzeller GmbH & Co. KG. ISBN 978-3-7900-0389-5. 
  3. ^ US Federal Air Regulation 61.31

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