2024 Aviation II

A High School Aviation Program Emphasizing Navigation

Sep 14 – Sep 28 — Flight Simulation experience: Piloting
Sep 21 — Flight Simulation experience: Navigation.
Sep 29 – Oct 13 — Flight Day: Each student on teams of two follows a leg of their flight plan developed in the classroom.
Oct 17 (Thursday) — Engineering Shadow Day Field Trip
STEM education is reinforced through an in-depth visit to a facility like Sikorsky, UTC Aerospace Systems, or Kaman. Students shadow engineers in their facilities and are able to observe engineers using Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs and discuss how to solve design problems.

Sep 14 — Review of Aerodynamic Principles, instruments, static displays

What allows aircraft to fly and how they are controlled
Pilot Licenses, ratings, FAA certifications
Navigation charts and symbols, true and Magnetic north orientation, airways and intersections
VFR pilotage and dead reckoning

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Sep 21 — Plotting courses, cross country navigation

Weather briefings for pilots and flight service stations
Plotting courses, measuring direction, distance, time, fuel burned
National airspace and places you can and cannot fly
Teams create a cross country trip by selecting a destination, routes, and waypoints
Using plotting tools, charts, aircraft performance tables and winds
Creating a flight log
Communications, radio rules, talking to the tower and ATC
Radio navigation including VOR/DME and GPS

Sep 28 – Electronic flight planning

Oct 5 – Air Force ANG, F-15’s

Oct 12 – No Class – Columbus Day (Indigenous Peoples) weekend

Oct 17 (Thursday) – Engineering Shadow Day Field Trip

Oct 19 — Rotary Wing Aircraft, Army ANG Blackhawks

Oct 26 — STEM Engineering Careers & Aviation Physiology

Oct 31 – Aircraft Component Manufacturers’ Career Fair, Hartford, CT

Nov 2 — Primary flight instruction

Nov 9 — Careers