MIT 16.687 Private Pilot Ground School, IAP 2019 - Lecture 21: Weather Minimums and Final Tips

MIT 16.687 Private Pilot Ground School, IAP 2019 Instructor: Philip Greenspun, Tina Srivastava View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/16-687IAP19 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63cUdAG3v311Vl72ozOiK25 This last lecture discussed the more weather challenges a VFR pilot facing than an IFR pilot and had a final review of this three-day workshop. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu 0:00 Introduction 0:49 Airspace Diagram 1:10 91.155 - Basic VFR Weather Minimums 2:51 91.157 - Special VFR Weather Minimums 3:28 Cirrus Personal Minimum Matrix 5:47 Certificate Types Category & Class 6:18 Four Forces of Flight 6:37 Three Axes of Flight 7:03 The Flight Controls 7:19 Why Johnny Cessna can't hover 9:30 Altitude Definitions 9:58 Taxiway and Runway Markings 10:45 Best Glide Ratio 11:03 Thunderstorms 12:47 Mountain Wave Turbulence 13:05 Structural Icing 13:25 Aviation Routine Weather Report METAR 14:00 Our Human Factors Summary 14:35 Magnetic Variation 15:03 Flight Planning Tip 15:24 Night flying advice 15:29 Owner/Operator is Responsible 15:44 91.3 - Responsibility and Authority of PIC 16:51 Safety is not high-tech 19:05 Study Guide 20:08 Next Steps