Learn by Watching
“In order to really get a message across, it needs to be said seven times, seven different ways.”
Curated video collections from experienced flight instructors. Watching multiple instructors explain the same concept reinforces understanding from different angles. Videos are organized by lesson topic with reading references to the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook.
Aerodynamics — Basic Forces (2 hrs 15 min)
Reference: Airplane Flying Handbook, Chapter 3
- Lift (7 min)
- Weight, Thrust and Drag (12 min)
- Weight and Balance Calculation (22 min)
- Wings and Lift by Machado (14 min)
- Wing Planform and Effects (10 min)
- Left Turning Tendencies (5 min)
- More Turning Tendencies (6 min)
- Even More Turning Tendencies (8 min)
- Gyroscopic Precession (6 min)
- Stability and Flight Controls (10 min)
- Secondary Flight Controls (8 min)
- Stability Design Features (13 min)
- Static and Dynamic Stability (8 min)
- Ground Effect and Wingtip Vortices (7 min)
- Stalls (9 min)
Performance
- Lift Equation (6 min)
- Climb Performance (6 min)
- More Climb Performance (5 min)
- Best Angle of Climb (6 min)
Pressure and Altitude
- Pressure and Density Altitude (6 min)
- High to Low, Look Out Below! (7 min)
- Altimeter Freezer Experiment (4 min)
- Density Altitude Experiments (10 min)
Speeds
Straight/Level, Climbs, Descents, Turns (45 min)
- Forces in a Turn (2 min)
- Bank Angle vs Stall Speed (7 min)
- Power and Trimming (5 min)
- Straight and Level Flight (5 min)
- Turns (12 min)
- Turning Flight (9 min)
- Load Factor (7 min)
- Straight/Level, Turns, Climbs and Descents (14 min)
Maneuvers
- Normal and Crosswind Takeoff/Climb (8 min)
- Short Field Takeoff (4 min)
- Soft Field Takeoff (4 min)
- Clearing Turns (4 min)
- Maneuvering During Slow Flight (12 min)
- Power Off Stalls (10 min)
- Power On Stalls (10 min)
- Turning Stalls Pt 1 (5 min)
- Turning Stalls Pt 2 (6 min)
- Demonstrated Stalls (5 min)
- Steep Turns (7 min)
- Emergency Descent (5 min)
Airport Operations
- Types of Airports (7 min)
- Traffic Patterns & Wind Indicators (12 min)
- Runways (9 min)
- Airport Markings & Signs (9 min)
- Airport Lighting (11 min)
Airspace and Navigation
- Airspace and Regulations (9 min)
- Airspace (8 min)
- Airspace Classes A through G (27 min)
- Towered Airport Operations (5 min)
- Departing Class D Airport (9 min)
- Arriving at a Class D Airport (10 min)
- VFR Radio Communications/ATC (15 min)
- Class C Departures (11 min)
- Bravo Clearance/Transition (8 min)
- Cross Country Flight Planning (Manual VFR)
- Pilotage and Dead Reckoning (9 min)
- Magnetic Compass (20 min)
- Flight Following (16 min)
- Top of Descent (7 min)
- Terminal Area Charts (6 min)
- How to Divert VFR (10 min)
- VORs Made Easy (13 min)