RPP Online Ground School Outline (4486 min, 75 hours)

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Airframe, Engines, and Systems (581 min)

Required Readings From the Ground Up:

Aircraft Components - Page 3 - 8

Control Systems and Materials - Page 8 - 11
Aero Engines - Page 47 - 55
The Fuel System - Page 55 - 58
The Carburetor and Fuel Injection - 58 - 68
The Electrical System - Page 68 - 70

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Aircraft Familiarization (30 min)

Airframes (14 min)
Landing Gear, Brakes and Flaps
(42 min)
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Piston Engines (81 min)
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0320 Engine (42 min)
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Carburetor (73 min)
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Electrical Systems (82 min)
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Lubricating Systems (68 min)
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Fuel System (88 min)
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Other Aircraft Systems (61 min)
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Theory of Flight (475 min)
Required Readings From the Ground Up:

Forces Acting on an Airplane in Flight - Page

15 - 20
Design of the Wing - Page 20 - 21
Planform - Page 21
Angle of Incidence - Page 21
Wash-out/Wash-in - Page 21
Loads and Load Factors Page 12 - 13
Stability - Page 24 - 26
Flight Performance Factors - Page 26 - 32
The Propeller - Page 70 - 73

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Principles of Flight (32 min)

Forces Acting on an Aircraft (93
min)
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Airfoils (83 min)
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Propellers Fixed Pitch (78 min)
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Design of the Wing (66 min)
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Load Factor (60 min)
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Stability (22 min)
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Flight Controls (41 min)
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Flight Operations & Aircraft Performance
(516 min)
Required Readings From the Ground Up:

Aircraft Performance - Page 272 - 282

Weight and Balance - Page 268 - 272
Wake Turbulence - Page 281 - 283
Critical Surface Contamination - Page 266 268

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Flight Operations (80 min)

Aircraft Performance (65 min)
Aircraft Critical Surface
Contamination (24 min)
Use of Performance Charts (94
min)
Weight and Balance (61 min)
Weight and Balance 2 (70 min)
Wake Turbulence (49 min)

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Search and Rescue (SAR) (27 min)

Emergency Locator Transmitter (46
min)
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10. Pilot Decision Making and Human Factors
(290 min)
11. Required Readings From the Ground Up:

Chapter 11 (Human Factors) *IMPORTANT* 309

Chapter 12 (Air Safety) - Page 323

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Aviation Physiology (61 min)

Pilot Decision Making (66 min)
The Pilot and the Operating
Environment (20 min)
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Aviation Psychology (26 min)
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Pilot Equipment/Materials
Relationship (12 min)
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Interpersonal Relations (12 min)
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Cockpit Resource Management (45
min)
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Visual Illusions (48 min)
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13. Flight Instruments (476 min)
14. Required Readings From the Ground Up:

Pitot Static Instruments - Page 33 - 37

The Airspeed Indicator - Page 37 - 39
Vertical Speed Indicator - Page 39
The Altimeter - Page 34 37
The Magnetic Compass - Page 181 - 184
Gyro Instruments - Page 40 - 44

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Pitot Static System (27 min)

Airspeed Indicator (85 min)
Single Engine Airspeeds and
Definitions (30 min)
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Vertical Speed Indicator (18 min)
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Altimeter/Encoding Altimeter (84
min)
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Compass (75 min)
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Gyroscope (32 min)
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Heading Indicator (34 min)
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Attitude Indicator (37 min)
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Turn and Bank Indicator/Turn Coordinator (54 min)
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16. Basic Meteorology (285 min)
17. Required Readings From the Ground Up:

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The Atmosphere - Page 123 - 124

Pressure - Page 127 - 130
Humidity, Temperature and Stability - Page
136 - 140
Clouds - Page 124 - 127
Winds - Page 130 - 136
Air Masses - Page 140 - 147

The Earths Atmosphere (35 min)

Atmospheric Pressure (44 min)
Meteorological Aspects of
Altimetry (28 min)
Temperature (17 min)

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Moisture (52 min)

Stability and Instability (35 min)
Clouds (74 min)
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19. Advanced Meteorology (218 min)
20. Required Readings From the Ground Up:

Turbulence - Page 158 - 160

Winds - Page 130 - 136
Air Masses - Page 140 - 142
Fronts - Page 142 - 147
Icing - Page 154 - 158
Thunderstorms - Page 150 - 154
Precipitation - Page 147 - 150

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Turbulence (15 min)

Wind (51 min)
Air Masses (23 min)
Fronts and Frontal Weather (41
min)
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Thunderstorms (40 min)
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Surface Based layers (14 min)
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Aircraft Icing (34 min)
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22. Weather Services (225 min)
23. Required Readings From the Ground Up:

Weather Information - Page 161 - 174

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Meteorological Services Available

to Pilots (23 min)
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Aviation Weather Reports (32 min)
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NOTAMS (43 min)
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Graphical Area Forecast (92 min)
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Aviation Weather Forecasts (35
min)
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25. Navigation 1: Flight Planning (376 min)
26. Required Readings From the Ground Up:

Aeronautical Charts - Page 186 - 188

Time and Longitude - Page 178 - 179
Plotting Instruments - Page 192 - 193
Preparing the Chart for Flight - Page 193 - 196

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Navigation Definitions (71 min)

Aeronautical Charts (59 min)
Map Legends (57 min)
Canada Flight Supplement (CFS)
(47 min)
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Time and Longitude (41 min)
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Pilot Navigation (101 min)
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28. Navigation 2: Practical Navigation (300
min)
29. Required Readings From the Ground Up:

Aeronautical Charts - Page 186 - 188

Time and Longitude - Page 178 - 179
Plotting Instruments - Page 192 - 193

Preparing the Chart for Flight - Page 193 - 196

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Filling in a Navlog (94 min)

Navigation Computers (101 min)
Triangle of Velocity (66 min)
Pre-Flight Preparation (39 min)
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31. Air Regulations 1 (403 min)
32. Required Readings From the Ground Up:

Aerodromes - Page 89 - 98
The Canadian Airspace System - Page 98 - 105
Rules of the Air - Page 107 - 110)
Flight Plans and Itineraries - Page 111 - 114

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General Provisions (20 min)

Aerodromes and Airports (62 min)
Personnel Licensing and Training
(23 min)
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Airspace Structure Classification
and Use (98 min)
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Forest Fire Flight Restrictions (10
min)
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Operating and Flight Rules (86
min)
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Operational and Emergency
Equipment Requirements (20 min)
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Flight Preparation, Flight Plans and
Flight Itineraries (44 min)
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Aircraft Documents (40 min)
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34. Air Regulations 2 (341 min)
35. Required Readings From the Ground Up:

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Air Traffic Rules and Procedures - Page 110 120

Rules of the Air - Page 107 - 110

Operations at or in the Vicinity of

an Aerodrome (51 min)
Visual Flight Rules (37 min)
Radio Communications (45 min)
Emergency Communications and
Security (17 min)
Aircraft Equipment Requirements
(49 min)
Technical Maintenance Records
Requirements (10 min)
Aircraft Maintenance Requirements
(27 min)
Miscellaneous (3 min)
Transport Safety Board of Canada
(TSB) (8 min)
Air Traffic Services and Procedures
(82 min)
CADORS (12 min)