In this Free IFR Ground School lesson we are going to shift gears into more modern navigational tools and talk about GPS and Area Navigation or RNAV. We go over how they work and the different kinds you might find yourself using in IFR flight.

Welcome to the Part Time Pilot Audio Ground School Podcast! This podcast releases a 2 new episodes every week on Mondays and Wednesdays. Every Monday, we release an episode that is the next lesson of our IFR Online Ground School. Every Wednesday, we release an episode that is the next lesson of our Private Pilot Online Ground School.    We are working our way through both Online Ground Schools for students to listen to ground school for FREE! If you don't want to wait for new podcasts or you don't want to hear ads or course updates, you can join us in our VIP podcast. In order to join the VIP podcast, you must purchase our Online Ground School. When you do, you'll get sent an email invite to the VIP podcast to download and listen on your favorite podcast app, plus all the amazing lifetime features inside our Online Ground Schools (lessons, videos, audio, quizzes, practice tests, flash cards, test prep PDFs, grade tracking, digital notes, trained AI instructor chat, 7-day a week email support, online study group, scholarships and more).    The #1 reason student pilots never end up becoming a private pilot is NOT due to money. The real reason is actually deeper than that. Yes, flight training is expensive. But every student pilot knows this and budgets for it when they decide to do it.   The actual #1 reason a student pilot fails is because they do not have a good, fundamental understanding of the private pilot knowledge they are meant to learn in ground school.    You see when a student does not have a good grasp of this knowledge they get to a point in their flight training where their mind just can't keep up. They start making mistakes and having to redo lessons. And THAT is when it starts getting too expensive.    This audio ground school is meant for the modern day student pilot... aka the part time student pilot. Let's face it, the majority of us have full time responsibilities on top of flight training. Whether it is a job, kids, family, school, etc. we all keep ourselves busy with the things that are important to us. And with today's economy we have to maintain that job just to pay for the training. The modern day student pilot is busy, on the go and always trying to find time throughout his or her day to stay up on their studies. The audio ground school allows them to consume high quality content while walking, running, working out, sitting in traffic, traveling, or even just a break from the boring FAR/AIM or ground school lecture.    Did I meant high quality content? The audio ground school is taken straight out of the 5-star rated Part Time Pilot Online Ground School that has had over 2000 students take and pass their Private Pilot & IFR exams with only 2 total students failing the written. That’s a 99.9% success rate! And the 2 that failed? We refunded their cost of ground school and helped them pass on their second attempt. We do this by keeping ground school engaging, fun, light and consumable. We have written lessons, videos, audio lessons, live video lessons, community chats, quizzes, practice tests, flash cards, study guides, eBooks and much more.   Part Time Pilot was created to be a breath of fresh air for student pilots. To be that flight training provider that looks out for them and their needs. So that is just what we are doing with this podcast.    Private Pilot - Section 5 - Lesson #6: In this Free Private Pilot Online Ground School lesson we continue our discussion on weather with a lesson on Frost & Ice. We talk about how they form, the different kinds as well as the dangers that frost and ice bring to pilots.    Links mentioned in the episode: Online Ground School: https://parttimepilot.com/private-pilot-online-ground-school/?utm_source=podcast Free How to Become a Private Pilot course: https://parttimepilot.com/free-how-to-become-a-pilot/ Ultimate Test Prep Book: https://amzn.to/4kHrvfo   Ultimate FAA Written Questions Book: https://amzn.to/4hqTXzm   Ultimate Checkride Oral Prep B

Welcome to the Part Time Pilot Audio Ground School Podcast! This podcast releases a 2 new episodes every week on Mondays and Wednesdays. Every Monday, we release an episode that is the next lesson of our IFR Online Ground School. Every Wednesday, we release an episode that is the next lesson of our Private Pilot Online Ground School.    We are working our way through both Online Ground Schools for students to listen to ground school for FREE! If you don't want to wait for new podcasts or you don't want to hear ads or course updates, you can join us in our VIP podcast. In order to join the VIP podcast, you must purchase our Online Ground School. When you do, you'll get sent an email invite to the VIP podcast to download and listen on your favorite podcast app, plus all the amazing lifetime features inside our Online Ground Schools (lessons, videos, audio, quizzes, practice tests, flash cards, test prep PDFs, grade tracking, digital notes, trained AI instructor chat, 7-day a week email support, online study group, scholarships and more).    The #1 reason student pilots never end up becoming a private pilot is NOT due to money. The real reason is actually deeper than that. Yes, flight training is expensive. But every student pilot knows this and budgets for it when they decide to do it.   The actual #1 reason a student pilot fails is because they do not have a good, fundamental understanding of the private pilot knowledge they are meant to learn in ground school.    You see when a student does not have a good grasp of this knowledge they get to a point in their flight training where their mind just can't keep up. They start making mistakes and having to redo lessons. And THAT is when it starts getting too expensive.    This audio ground school is meant for the modern day student pilot... aka the part time student pilot. Let's face it, the majority of us have full time responsibilities on top of flight training. Whether it is a job, kids, family, school, etc. we all keep ourselves busy with the things that are important to us. And with today's economy we have to maintain that job just to pay for the training. The modern day student pilot is busy, on the go and always trying to find time throughout his or her day to stay up on their studies. The audio ground school allows them to consume high quality content while walking, running, working out, sitting in traffic, traveling, or even just a break from the boring FAR/AIM or ground school lecture.    Did I meant high quality content? The audio ground school is taken straight out of the 5-star rated Part Time Pilot Online Ground School that has had over 2000 students take and pass their Private Pilot & IFR exams with only 2 total students failing the written. That’s a 99.9% success rate! And the 2 that failed? We refunded their cost of ground school and helped them pass on their second attempt. We do this by keeping ground school engaging, fun, light and consumable. We have written lessons, videos, audio lessons, live video lessons, community chats, quizzes, practice tests, flash cards, study guides, eBooks and much more.   Part Time Pilot was created to be a breath of fresh air for student pilots. To be that flight training provider that looks out for them and their needs. So that is just what we are doing with this podcast.    Private Pilot - Section 5 - Lesson #7: In this lesson, we talk about dew point and clouds. Understanding the dew point can be a useful tool for student pilots and help you even estimate the height of clouds. Then, we talk about the different types of clouds but most importantly the hazardous weather associated with each.    Links mentioned in the episode: Online Ground School: https://parttimepilot.com/private-pilot-online-ground-school/?utm_source=podcast Free How to Become a Private Pilot course: https://parttimepilot.com/free-how-to-become-a-pilot/ Video on How to Calculate Cloud Base with Electronic E6B: https://youtu.be/giJo2NuCRy8  Recomme

Welcome to the Part Time Pilot Audio Ground School Podcast! This podcast takes our free podcast to a whole new level by providing students with every single lesson included in the Part Time Pilot Private Pilot & IFR Ground Schools without a single Ad! On top of that, VIP podcast students get BONUS episodes like Mock Checkrides, Checkride Prep, Expert Interviews and more!   The #1 reason student pilots never end up becoming a private pilot is NOT due to money. The real reason is actually deeper than that. Yes, flight training is expensive. But every student pilot knows this and budgets for it when they decide to do it.   The actual #1 reason a student pilot fails is because they do not have a good, fundamental understanding of the private pilot knowledge they are meant to learn in ground school.   You see when a student does not have a good grasp of this knowledge they get to a point in their flight training where their mind just can't keep up. They start making mistakes and having to redo lessons. And THAT is when it starts getting too expensive.   This audio ground school is meant for the modern day student pilot... aka the part time student pilot. Let's face it, the majority of us have full time responsibilities on top of flight training. Whether it is a job, kids, family, school, etc. we all keep ourselves busy with the things that are important to us. And with today's economy we have to maintain that job just to pay for the training. The modern day student pilot is busy, on the go and always trying to find time throughout his or her day to stay up on their studies. The audio ground school allows them to consume high quality content while walking, running, working out, sitting in traffic, traveling, or even just a break from the boring FAR/AIM or ground school lecture.   Did I meant high quality content? The audio ground school is taken straight out of the 5-star rated Part Time Pilot Online Ground School that has had over 2000 students take and pass their Private Pilot & IFR exams with only 2 total students failing the written. That’s a 99.9% success rate! And the 2 that failed? We refunded their cost of ground school and helped them pass on their second attempt. We do this by keeping ground school engaging, fun, light and consumable. We have written lessons, videos, audio lessons, live video lessons, community chats, quizzes, practice tests, flash cards, study guides, eBooks and much more.   Part Time Pilot was created to be a breath of fresh air for student pilots. To be that flight training provider that looks out for them and their needs. So that is just what we are doing with this podcast.     IFR Section 5 Lesson 3: In this Free IFR Ground School lesson we continue with another lesson in regards to VOR navigation but this time specifically talking about VOR Navigation Limitations. While flying IFR, we need to ensure our VORs are working and need to understand their limitations if we are using them for navigation.    Links mentioned in the episode:   Private Pilot Online Ground School: PPL Ground School - Part Time Pilot Checkride Prep: PPL Checkride Prep - Part Time Pilot IFR Online Ground School: IFR Ground School – Part Time Pilot   PPL study group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/parttimepilot  IFR study group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/parttimepilotifr/   Recommended Products & Discounts:  https://parttimepilot.com/recommended-products-for-student-pilots/   

In this Free Private Pilot Ground School lesson we talk about all things fog including everything a student private pilot needs to know about fog, the different fogs as well as how they form and when you can expect them.

In this BONUS episode I talk I go over everything you need to know about the FAA’s MOSAIC announcement. What is MOSAIC? When does MOSAIC go into effect? How does MOSAIC affect Sport Pilots and Sport Pilot students? When will you be tested on MOSAIC as a Sport Pilot? What are the rule changes of MOSAIC and what privileges does MOSAIC add? All of that is answered and made clear in this podcast.

In this Free Private Pilot Ground School lesson we talk about wind shear including its definition and when to look out for it. We also provide an FAA document for those who want to dive deeper.

In this Free IFR Ground School lesson we continue with another lesson on VOR and DMEs to talk about how to check if our VOR and DMEs are working, how to perform ground based or airborne VOR/DME checks to meet the 30 day VOR inspection requirement for IFR flight.

In this BONUS edition of the Audio Ground School podcast, we take a break from our private pilot online ground school lessons and continue our series on ”A day in the life” of different levels of pilots from student pilot to IFR to Commercial, to Instructor, to the Airlines and more. This series is meant to inspire other student pilots while also helping them realize the struggles that all pilots go through during their training. This weeks episode is an interview with the CFII and aspiring Air Force pilot Cass Brod. Cass is aweseom and has a super unique (which I love) teaching technique over on TikTok which I think you might enjoy but is possibly NSFW ha! I hope you all appreciate the interview.

In this BONUS edition of the Audio Ground School podcast, I talk about my first time at the Oshkosh, EAA Airventure Airshow! I explain what it is, what it was like, what I did and if it is something you should checkout in the future!

In this Free Private Pilot Ground School lesson we talk about wind shear including its definition and when to look out for it. We also provide an FAA document for those who want to dive deeper.

In this Free IFR Ground School lesson we talk about all the things you need to know to used ground based navigation in IFR flight. We talk about VORs, DMEs and HSIs as well as detailed step by step examples and instructions on FAA Written practice questions and how to track VOR radials, how to intercept radials and even how to find your location using VORs and DMEs. This is one of our longer audio lessons to date... so hang in there and make sure to utilize the visuals of the Online Ground School.

In this Free Private Pilot Ground School lesson we talk about thunderstorms. Including the hazards they can bring to aircraft and pilots, what ingredients a thunderstorm needs to form and the different stages of a thunderstorm.

In this Free IFR Ground School lesson we talk about more helpful weather charts and weather advisories such as AIRMETs, SIGMETs and tools for really sever convective weather like embedded thunderstorms, squalls, tornadoes and more.

In this Free Private Pilot Ground School lesson we start the section on weather theory and weather information and talk about the fundamental physics of Fronts and Weather Systems such as warm fronts, cold fronts, high pressure systems, low pressure systems and more. We talk about how and why they form, how to find them on weather charts and what type of weather they bring for pilots.

In this Free IFR Ground School lesson we talk about more helpful weather charts, and in particular significant weather prognostic charts such as surface, low-level and high-level which can give use significant weather event forecasts.

In this BONUS edition of the Audio Ground School podcast, we take a break from our private pilot online ground school lessons and start a series on ”A day in the life” of different levels of pilots from student pilot to IFR to Commercial, to Instructor, to the Airlines and more. This series is meant to inspire other student pilots while also helping them realize the struggles that all pilots go through during their training. This weeks episode is an interview with the Part Time Pilot Spring 2025 scholarship winner and student pilot Caroline Nicholson. Caroline is great and I hope you all appreciate the interview.

In this Free IFR Ground School lesson we talk about more helpful weather charts, particularly for longer cross-country flights that are truly across the country, in surface analysis and weather depiction charts.

In this Free Private Pilot Ground School lesson we go over airworthiness directives or ADs including the different types you might see and what they mean for airworthiness of your aircraft.

In this Free IFR Ground School lesson we talk about weather forecasts pilots can get from aviationweather.gov and how to navigate the site. We specifically focus on graphical area forecasts that can help get you weather data between your origin point and your destination.