ATT 2120 - Instrument Pilot Ground

3 hours Lecture, 3 credits
Lower-Division College Credit
AA Elective: No
This course prepares the student for instrument flight training and the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Instrument Rating Airplane Knowledge Test. Topics include aircraft flight instruments, flight by instrument reference, flight physiology, Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft operations and procedures, aircraft performance, and the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system. The curriculum covers radio navigation and charts including standard departure procedures (DPs), en route (L-charts) procedures, standard terminal arrival routes (STARs), and instrument approach procedures (IAPs), IFR flight planning, IFR regulations, aviation weather, aviation weather charts, and obtaining aviation weather information. A student who completes the course satisfactorily may earn the required endorsement to take the FAA Instrument Rating Airplane Knowledge Test. This course requires a minimum of 30 hours of ground training. Each student is required to be enrolled in (or have completed) this course prior to beginning Instrument Pilot Flight (ATF 2305L).

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