Basic Lessons

Prerequisites for VFR and IFR courses

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These lessons apply to both VFR and IFR flight. As such, they will later be combined with VFR and IFR modules that will lead to respective pilot ratings.

Lesson# - Lesson name - Link to lesson - Author

Drafted Lessons

202 - Interpreting METARs and TAFs - METARSandTAFS by AaronFlodin
203 - Understanding ATIS - UnderstandingATIS by AndyAlexander
211 - Transponders and Squawk Codes - TranspondersAndSquawkCodes by AaronFlodin
212 - VFR or IFR? - VfrOrIfr by KyleRamsey
218 - Airplanes, Altitudes, and Airspeeds (MSL, ASL, STD pressure, IAS, TAS, high alt flight) - AirplanesAirspeedsAltitudes - by EricStearns
221 - Airport Diagrams - AirportDiagrams by DaveWild
223 - Runway Selection - RunwaySelection - AaronFlodin
231 - Airport ATC Procedures (CD, GND, TWR) - AirportATC by EricStearns
233 - Airliners vs. GA Airplanes at the Airport - AirlinersVsGAAirplanes by EricStearns
241 - Starting Up at the Departure Airport - Where and what to have done prior to connecting - StartUpAtAirport by Kyle Ramsey

Lessons NOT Drafted

131 - Choosing a Call Sign on VATSIM
201 - Basic Meteorology Concepts
204 - Winds, Clouds, Ice, Thunderstorms, How to fly through or around them - FlyingInWeather - by RobinGoodchild
216 - How High to Fly - MEAs (MEAs and altitude selection)
222 - Ramps, Taxiways, and Runways - RampsTaxiwaysRunways by MichaelDriggs
226 - Destination Airport Runways and Services (long enough? Got gas? Avail Inst procedures?)
232 - APP, DEP, CTR Positions, Responsibilities - AppDepCtrPositionsResponsibilities
236 - Who is Spec Ops, What are they doing, and can you do the same thing? - SpecOps - by RobertPhillips & KyleRamsey

Links to Other Drafted Lessons

DraftedVFR
DraftedIFR

Other Courses

IntermediateLessons
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