Loading the airplane
Drag to turn it
Private Pilot ground school

Make flying click.

Understand the why. Practice what you learn. Short interactive lessons for the FAA Private Pilot knowledge test and checkride.

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Sound familiar

Most ground school is a PDF and a question bank.

  1. The Pilot's Handbook runs past 500 pages. You read the stall chapter twice, and it still doesn't add up.
  2. You know the answer is B. You couldn't say why.
  3. Every question you carry into the airplane is answered on flight time.
  4. On the checkride, the examiner asks you to explain it out loud.

Avilumi turns those pages into things you can move.

How it works

One idea per lesson.

Every lesson is one short idea. Twelve make a module, and every module is an airport on your route across Northern California to the checkride.

01
Understand
One short idea, on a diagram you tap, drag and turn.
02
Try it
A real flying situation, not trivia. Miss it, and you get a second try.
Avilumi.
Module 01 · Current0 of 12 complete
Your Path to Private Pilot
The Ground School Learning PathNext lesson · 01
Review
Home Practice Library Profile

The home screen of the app. Tap an airport, or drag the map.

03
Review the answer
Why it's right, why the other choice isn't, and where it comes from in the FAA handbooks.
✓
Fly on
Twelve lessons make a module. Finish one, and you fly to the next airport on the way to the checkride.
Try it

Things a textbook can't do.

Go ahead, play. Every one of these is a lesson in the app.

Fly it

Roll into a 45° bank and hold it. Watch the load factor and the angle of attack climb as the turn steepens.

Bank0°
Load factor1.0 G
Angle of attack4°
Bank 45° ±3 · hold 3 s
Drag sideways to bank, down to pull back
Drag sideways to bank, down to pull back
Sample numbers, not data for any specific airplane.

Draw the lift

A 30° banked, level turn. Pull the lift vector out of the airplane: the angle and the length both count.

Length0.00 W
Angle0°
Drag from the amber point
Simplified illustration, not data for any specific airplane.

Load it

Seat everyone, stow the bag, add fuel. Keep the center of gravity inside the envelope.

Fuel 20 gal
Weight0 lbCG0 in
Sample numbers, not the POH of any airplane.

Work the chart

Find the ground roll at 4,000 ft pressure altitude and 20 °C. Slide the handle; the line runs to the curve.

Temperature
Move the handle to 4,000 ft0 ft
Sample chart, not data for any specific airplane.
Coming soon

Avilumi for iPhone.

We're finishing the lessons. The first ones are already on YouTube.

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