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In-Person AAAA 2025 Private Pilot Ground School

$199.00

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February 21 – 23, 2025

Balloon Fiesta Office
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
  • Class Notebook which contains all the slides and handouts
  • Students Endorsement to take the FAA ‘written’ knowledge test

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 signed off for FAA written exam