An introductory flight allows you to experience flying firsthand, familiarize yourself with the aircraft, and assess your comfort level before committing to the full training program.

These first seven lessons are provided in this recommended order. Please refer to your CFI for the order your organisation uses.

• Taxiing
• Effects of controls
• Straight and level
• Climbing and descending
• Medium, climbing and
• descending turns
• Slow flight
• Basic stalling

The order for the following eight lessons will be dictated by the conditions on the day, the student’s ability to learn the new material, and their progress in mastering the skills.

• Circuit introduction
• Circuit considerations
• Engine failure after take-off
• Flapless landings
• Crosswind circuit
• Glide approach
• Vacating and joining at aerodromes
• Radio failure

The order of the next twelve lessons will be dictated by conditions on the day. It’s expected that the student be sent solo to practise these manoeuvres in the training area on a regular basis between dual lessons. 

• Forced landing without power – pattern
• Forced landing without power – considerations
• Steep turns
• Advanced stalling
• Maximum rate turns
• Wing-drop stalling
• Short-field take-off and landing
• Low flying introduction
• Low flying consolidation
• Precautionary landing
• Terrain and weather awareness

The instrument lessons are to be carried out as dual instruction only and will be dictated by the conditions on the day. For the compass turns and night flying lessons, these will also involve solo practise subsequent to dual instruction.

• Compass use
• Instrument flying introduction
• Limited panel
• Unusual attitudes
• Night flying

Navigation is much more than simple map-reading, and this navigation section to the FI Guide refers to the guide Practical Flying Guide 1: Visual Navigation. The techniques recommended in the guide are thoroughly explained and are not repeated here. To understand the intent of the lessons, the techniques to be taught, and the briefings in this section, it is essential the instructor is familiar with the guide.

1 Dead-reckoning navigation
2 Landing away
3 Weather and diversion
4 Inadvertent IMC and lost procedure
Supervision of solo cross-country
Appendix I Ground course
Appendix II Sign-out checklist