These lessons introduce these principles and outline the factors that affect aircraft performance in all phases of flight.

• Understand forces of flight, airfoils and AOA
• Understand flight controls, airplane axes and attitudes
• Understand maneuvering flight and flight loads that affect aircrafts
• Understand wake turbulence

• Pilots
• Pilot Instructors
• Anyone interested in receiving ab initio training

• Basic aerodynamics: forces of flight, airfoils and AOA
• Lift, Weight and thrust, drag, wing terminology and stalls
• Flight controls, airplane axes and attitudes
• Maneuvering flight and flight loads
• Wake turbulence: recognition and avoidance

Length: 100 minutes

Further training
Graduates of this course can apply for the Harvard ManageMentor (HMM) distance learning program at a special graduate price.

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