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Ground school is the aviation word for the classroom half of learning to fly — the part that happens before you get in the aeroplane, and the part that decides how expensive the flying half turns out to be.
These are the answers we end up giving on the phone, written down. Every number in them is a range, because the honest answer is a range, and every regulatory claim carries the section it comes from so you can check it rather than trust us.
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What a private pilot licence really costs
The 40-hour quote versus the 60-hour reality, and where every dollar of the difference goes.
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Part 61 or Part 141 — which one is yours
Same certificate, same checkride. The three situations where the difference genuinely decides for you.
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What actually happens in your first lesson
The preflight, the exchange of controls, and who is really flying the aeroplane.
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The FAA medical, in plain English
What the fifteen named conditions actually are, and why most of them are a delay rather than a wall.
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