Objective:
To show a student how to complete a flight plan and navigate it. Included in this are correct planning, understanding of the charts, calculating time and fuel, getting a weather briefing, and opening and closing a flight plan. This ground lesson prepares the student for the first dual cross-country trip.

Content:
Terminology, aeronautical charts, airspace identification, pilotage and dead reckoning, radio navigation, alternates, lost procedures, computation of fuel consumption, using a flight log, using the E6B computer, weather briefing and filing a flight plan

Equipment:
Aeronautical charts, E6B, flight plan, POH, telephone

Schedule:
Instructor demonstration of flight planning: 1 hour
Student practice at flight planning: I hour

Instructor:
1. Demonstrate making a flight plan from Taunton (TAN, NE of Providence) to Republic (FRG, East of New York City), solely by use of pilotage and dead reckoning.
2. Show how it could also be done using the VORs.
3. Monitor and assist student in making a flight plan from Hanscom (BED) to Middlebury (6B0) via Concord and Lebanon. This will require both VOR use and dead reckoning.

Student:
Attend to the demonstration of the flight planning. Ask many questions! Prepare a flight plan to Middlebury, get a weather briefing, and file the plan. Then let's go!

Review: Pilotage from here to Fitchburg, and here to Lawrence and back
Objective: Preparing a flight plan using pilotage, dead reckoning, and VORs
Materials: Charts, E6B, flight log, POH

INTRODUCTION: Attention/motivation: (1 minute)
You've done it! You can take off and land the plane, do the essential maneuvers, and follow emergency procedures. It's time to go somewhere! This is where all the fun is.

DEVELOPMENT: Overview and explanation: ( minutes)
Step by step, the instructor gets the student to plan a flight from Taunton to Republic, including pilotage, dead reckoning, and the use of VORs. During this, by using the flight log, I demonstrate use of the E6B computer ("Whiz wheel") and discuss alternates. CHECKLIST TO COVER, BELOW:

PILOTAGE CHECKLIST:
o Chart symbols and interpretation
o Terrain features and landmarks for pilotage
o Planning and flying a ground track
o Selection of checkpoints
o Time, speed, distance calculations, ETA
o Fuel computations and reserves
o Flight log preparation
o Weather briefing
o Filing a flight plan

DEAD RECKONING CHECKLIST:
o Isogonic line
o Variation vs. deviation
o True course to magnetic heading calculation
o IAS vs TAS

VOR :
o Parts: CDI, OBS, To/From indicator, on/off flag
o Needle deflection
o Identifying a station and checking location
o Determining a position fix
o Accuracy check
o Difference between this and ADF.

FLIGHT FOLLOWING
o Put on flight plan
o Request when cleared after departure

FLIGHT BRIEFING AND PLAN FILING:
Locations of FSSs, and the telephone number 1-800-WX-BRIEF
What's included in the briefing.
Making a go/no-go decision. (Use decision tool)

Possible errors: (2 minutes)
There are many, and therefore the first several flight plans should be overseen and checked meticulously by the instructor.

Oral evaluation/quiz and discussion questions: (3 minutes)
Q: How do you know the frequency and Morse code identifiers of VORs?
Q: When do you need to have an alternate airport on your flight log?
Q: Would you "go," based on the weather briefing, today?