Description
In-Person AAAA 2025 Private Pilot Ground School
February 21-23, 2025
Balloon Fiesta Office
Address: 4401 Alameda Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113
Are you looking to become a Private Hot Air Balloon Pilot? This is the place to get the ground instruction you need to pass the written FAA Knowledge Exam.
With this Ground School you will be provided with the following manuals:
- Test Prep (ASA) Private Pilot – 2025 Version
- ASA Rotating Plotter
- Current Denver Sectional
- AAAA Weight/Temperature Calculator
- Classs Notebook which contains all the slides and handouts
- Students Endorsement to take the FAA ‘written’ knowledge test
Thank You…
AAAA Education Committee
Ground School Agenda
| FRIDAY EVENING | ||
| 5:30 — 5:45 | Registration | Mike Voorhees |
| 5:45 — 6:00 | Introductions, Overview & Housekeeping | Mike Voorhees |
| 6:00 — 9:00 | Sectional Charts and Airspace | Beth Wright-Smith |
| SATURDAY | ||
| 7:15 — 7:30 | Sign in & Review of 1st day | Mike Voorhees |
| 7:30 — 8:30 | Fundamentals & Altimetry | Neal Smith |
| Break | ||
| 8:45 — 9:45 | Navigation/Plotting | Ken Beebe |
| Break | ||
| 10:00 — 12:30 | Regulations / FAR’s (14 CFR) | J D Huss |
| 12:30 — 1:45 | LUNCH (on your own) | |
| 1:45 — 2:45 | Balloon Systems & Propane | Natasha Stanke |
| Break | ||
| 3:00 — 4:00 | Aircraft Performance | Neal Smith |
| Break | ||
| 4:15 — 5:30 | Airport Ops, Medical Facts, ADM | Peter Cuneo |
| SUNDAY | ||
| 7:15 — 7:30 | Sign in & Review of 2nd day | Mike Voorhees |
| 7:30 — 10:30 | Weather Theory | David Tennis |
| Break | ||
| 10:45 — 11:45 | Communications | Ken Beebe |
| 11:45 — 1:00 | LUNCH (on your own) | |
| 1:00 — 3:00 | Weather Services | Barbara Fricke |
| Break | ||
| 3:15 — 4:15 | Storyboard Balloon Flight | Ray Bair |
| 4:15 — 5:00 | Obtaining FAA Pilot Certificates | Beth Wright-Smith & Barbara Fricke |
| 5:00 | Turn in evaluations, get sign off for FAA written exam |
