Hi there guys, Another question…On the average, What is the average ground schools as in time to learn all the basics of flying? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Ground school time varies wildly! I’ve seen in-classroom training that was done in a couple of weekends, and some that only met a couple of times a week. I’d check around your local area (call some of the FBOs at the local airports) and see what they offer.
You can also do the whole ground school on your own! You might check out the Private ground school at Private Pilot Ground School & Test Prep - Get Your Private Pilot License Guaranteed - King Schools The Kings have been around about as long as I have… 
Don’t bother with the checkride package until you’re sure you want to actually go into flying. I haven’t looked in a loooong time, but you used to have two years after you passed ground school to get your checkride done.
A lot of flight schools like to integrate the school and flying lessons, so you get a better view of what they’re talking about sometimes.
Sorry there’s no one answer, but if you want to fly, I’d consider looking at some of the King packages (and there are usually some free ones too for some of the simpler areas!!) and seeing if you want to at least check out what’s available.
Regards
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It depends. In US, flight schools operate under two FAA regulations: Part 61 and Part 141.
A Part 61 regulation does not have a specific time requirement for ground school, you can do self-study and take the written exam with an endorsement from an instructor. Part 141 operating flight schools are more pilot career oriented and have specific time requirements.
For getting a PPL under part 61, you can do some online ground school like King Schools (mentioned above), Sporty’s, MzeroA, Rod Machado’s courses - there are several options. After completing the ground school you will be given an endorsement with which you can take the FAA written exam.
If you just want to learn for simming purposes and don’t wish to spend money in the beginning, you can even check out a couple of free online ground schools. They provide quite an overview of the topics that you need to learn and can give you a great insight before going for in-person training.
I suggest these ones (you can learn at your own pace):
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I’m in Canada and did my ground school 2 years ago at the local flight school. It was 40hrs and they recommended you not start your flying until you had 10hrs or so of ground school completed.
That is their preference. The answers you receive here will have many variations I’m sure.
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I saw your other post before you deleted it that said you live in Vero Beach. You basically live in the mecca of aviation in the US. Florida has tons of flight schools everywhere. You should have no issues finding instructors for either ground school or flight lessons.
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Hi there, Reason for deletion was asking a stupid question ,before looking closer to the the post above my deleted post…Thanks for the information…
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I fly (in sim) all over Florida all the time. It’s a great location. I actually just took off from Vero Beach about 10 mins ago heading to Miami-Opa Locka.
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I hate to kinda ‘me too’ a response here, but I guess thats what I’m doing.
So, I’m just validating that what has been said so far is basically correct. It varies widely, it isn’t even specfiically needed if you have decent study habits… One flight school I was at required it, another just wanted to you get the written test passed via whatever method you want to do… So I did that, got the necessary books and spent the evenings immersed in that stuff… Went and took the test.
So, basically all they are trying to do is make it easy as possible for you to pass. The format is variable and peoples needs are variable.
I personally think it is advantageous to do ground and flight training simultaniously, otherwise the books seem sort of abstract… When you have a little time in the plane it makes the stuff in the books more relatable and gives your instrutor the ability to reinforce what you’re reading.
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Please forgive my ignorance but what does FBO Stand for and how do I contact them?
FBO means “fixed base operator”. In short, it’s basically the “airport terminal” for private pilots. They tend to offer all kinds of services for pilots flying into or operating out of a particular airfield.
You can get a really good explanation here:Fixed-base operator - Wikipedia
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To add to the post above – Usually if you just google your local airport name and ‘Flight School’ that get you pointed the right direction, phone number, email or whatever.
You will normally find them to be pretty enthusiastic and helpful, also consider checking to see if there is a EAA chapter near by (Experimental Aircraft Association) as these guys are VERY motivated to bring people into the community, and sometimes have fantastic deals for flight training, etc.
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As long as were running down this line of thought, AOPA is an excellent organization that you will want to look into also… Below are links to AOPA and EAA for you
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If you want to get a head start while you’re resting (something my dad used to say 
) here’s links to a couple good FAA publications:
https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/airplane_handbook/
https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/phak/
This link is an index to many of their online publications.
https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/
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