The PPL Ground School is on a continuous rotating schedule, with classes held in the main VFC classroom on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 19:00-22:00.  The material is taught by our team of qualified VFC instructors, and they do a great job of making the material understandable, engaging, and fun!

You don't have to start at the beginning and can jump in at the start of a new topic. If you miss a class, you can catch up on it the next time around.  If there's a section of material that needs some reinforcement or review, as long as you are a VFC member and did your initial Ground School at VFC, you are welcome to sit in on any class a second or third time.

Also, you don't have to complete Ground School before your flight training starts.  In fact, most students have found that flight training concurrently with Ground School helps reinforce the classroom concepts.

Spring 2018 PPL Ground School:

DATE	TOPIC	INSTRUCTOR
April 25	Canadian Aviation Regulations & Licencing I	Imran
April 30	Canadian Aviation Regulations & Licencing II	Imran
May 2	Aerodynamics & Theory of Flight	Andrew
May 7	Airframes & Engines	Stephan
May 9	Systems & Flight Instruments	Stephan
May 14	Human Factors & Pilot Decision Making	Matt
May 16	Meteorology I	Sean
May 21	No Class - Victoria Day	N/A
May 23	Meteorology II	Sean
May 28	Meteorology III	Sean
May 30	Meteorology IV	Sean
June 4	Meteorology V	Sean
June 6	Meteorology VI	Sean
June 11	Flight Operations I	Mike
June 13	Flight Operations II	Mike
June 18	Radio & Electronic Theory	Trevor
June 20	Navigation I	Andrew
June 25	Navigation II	Andrew
June 27	Navigation III	Andrew
July 2	No Class - Canada Day	N/A
July 4	ATC	Andrew
July 9	Review	Andrew

 

 

CPL Classes

CPL Ground School occurs several times a year, and we are currently adding people to our waitlist for the next session.  Please contact the VFC office at 250-656-2833 to be added to the list for the next class or to sign up for individual classes. 

We have exciting new features for our 2018 spring CPL sessions. Join us on March 10th for an information session and career talk!

CPL Ground School:

DATE	TIME	TOPIC
March 10	10:30 - 12:00	Information Session and Career Talk with Greg Boyachuk, Air Attack Officer
March 15	19:00 - 21:30	Mitch Cady, Chief Pilot Flight Opps, Jazz Aviation LP
March 29	19:00 - 21:30	Simon Dennis, Air Traffic Controller, Nav Canada
April 12	19:00 - 21:30	Major Justin Olsen, Officer in Charge, Joint Rescue Coordination
April 26	19:00 - 21:30	Brendan McCormick, Director of Flight Operations, Helijet International Inc.
May 10	19:00 - 21:30	Noreen Newton, Captain at Jazz Aviation LLC
May 24	19:00 - 21:30	Major General Scott Eichel
June 7	19:00 - 21:30	Stay tuned!
June 21	19:00 - 21:30	Stay tuned!