Cherry Ridge Ground School

10/16/2023

Good morning everyone, Just a reminder that we will host an FAA WINGS Seminar this evening at 6:00 PM in the Cherry RIdge Airport Cafe.
If you have not done so already please use the link below to sign up with your FAA email:
https://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=124706&caller=/SPANS/events/ModifyEventList.aspx

We will be covering CFIT Awareness and Prevention. If you are an instructor with students please encourage them to come! See everyone tonight !

03/12/2022

GA Safety Enhancement Topic

01/07/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S71maBUL5wM

On December 27, 2021, a Learjet 35A crashed into a neighborhood in El Cajon, Calif., killing the pilot, copilot, and two flight nurses. No one on the ground ...

12/10/2021

If you've ever flown an airplane at max gross weight, you've definitely noticed a decrease in climb performance compared to when you're light. Here's why it happens.

11/07/2021

08/15/2021

Good morning everyone,

Just wanted to reach out and let you all know I will be hosting another ground school lesson this Tuesday 8/17 upstairs in the TML Flight School at 6:00PM! The topic this week will be: Aircraft Systems. We will go through the private pilot and instrument ACS (Airmen certification standards) and explain how this topic is asked about on your Private or Instrument oral exam. See you Tuesday !!

-Erik

07/11/2021

Your destination has VFR weather on one half of the runway, and IFR conditions on the other half. Can you legally land? Even if you can, is it a good idea?

07/08/2021

Hello everyone, I have closed out our ground school seminar from last night on the FAA website so everyone who attended should have been awarded some WINGS credit. If you did not receive an email let me know.
Just a recap for those who couldn't make it and a couple things I missed. We put together a flight plan going from N30 to KMVY (Martha's Vineyard). We used techniques of pilotage and dead reckoning to plot out our route and calculate our planned groundspeed, wind correction angle, planned fuel burn, trip time, and magnetic heading. One thing I forgot to add in was calculating time to climb. To do this you would need to turn to the back of your aircraft's POH and calculate your climb performance (In feet per minute) for a given day. Then you would use that to figure out how many minutes it will take you to climb to your planned altitude.
We also discussed lost procedures and I mentioned a video about a VFR pilot getting stuck above the clouds and only asking for help at the last minute. I found the video and it is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-EkSaw1Fqw
Keep an eye out for the next ground school email ! Have a great rest of your week everyone!

07/05/2021

Good afternoon everyone,
Hope everyone had a good holiday weekend. Just a quick reminder we will be having ground school this Wednesday 7/7 at 6pm upstairs in the TML Flight School. I will be covering the topic of: VFR Flight Planning. I will go through planning and plotting out a VFR cross country just like you will be asked to do on your Private Pilot Oral exam. See everyone there !

-Erik

06/22/2021

Hello everyone!
Just a quick summary of our FIRST in person ground school in over a year ! It felt great to get back together with everyone. We went over the national airspace system, special use airspace, temporary flight restrictions, and VFR cloud clearance requirements. How this is covered on the Private Pilot exam is found in the ACS (Airmen Certification Standards) Page 14 :https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs/media/private_airplane_acs_change_1.pdf
We also went through one of the tricky quizzes that Boldmethod posts on their website. They are a fun challenge for anyone looking to review various topics or anyone preparing for a checkride. https://www.boldmethod.com/
We also watched the LA Speed check video after discussing what type of airspace the SR-71 blackbird used to fly in! For anyone that has not seen it Check it out : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg73GKm7GgI
Next Ground School will be in two weeks! On July 7! I will send out an email with a time and topic later on ! See you soon!

06/21/2021

Good evening everyone!
Just a quick reminder ground school will be tomorrow 6/21 upstairs in the TML Flight School! I will start it at 6:15 PM to accommodate a few people getting there after work. We will cover the topic of Airspace and how that is asked about on the Private PIlot Oral Exam. See you tomorrow!