What’s ground school?
Flight training is divided into two parts: ground school and flight training. Ground school teaches you the principles, procedures, and regulations you will put into practice in an airplane – how a wing generates lift, how to navigate from one airport to another, and how to determine when weather conditions are suited for flight. Before you can earn a pilot certificate, you must pass a computerized FAA knowledge test (with minimum score of 70 %) on this information. You have several ground school options. You can attend a scheduled classroom course that may be held at a flight school, independent ground school, high school, or community college. There are also intense, weekend-long ground schools. Or you can take a home-study video course, which may include computerized test preparation software. Regardless of the option you chose, you’ll need an instructor’s endorsement to take the knowledge test.
