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Then purchase one of Rod Machado's Interactive eLearning Courses. Each course is narrated and accompanied by interesting graphics, animations, videos and educational interactions. In addition, each section within a course is accompanied by questions to help test your knowledge and reinforce important concepts. Of course, if questions aren't your thing, then simply skip them and continue with the course. While this course can be viewed on an iPhone or Android phone, the graphics would be difficult to see (unless you are an ant) . These courses were designed to be used on an iPad, Android tablet device, laptop or desktop computer.  \n[Visit: www.rodmachado.com](Visit: www.rodmachado.com)  \n2  \nRod Machado’s Private Pilot Flight Training Syllabus  \nCopyright – 2023 By Rod Machado ([www.becomeapilot.com](www.becomeapilot.com) ) All rights reserved  \nNo written word  \nNor moral plea, Can teach young hearts What they should be, Nor all the books Upon the shelves, But what the teachers Are themselves  \nCopyright 2023 by Rod Machado. All rights reserved. Please visit: [www.becomeapilot.com](www.becomeapilot.com)  \n3  \nPrivate Pilot Flight Lessons Overview  \nLESSON 1. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)  \nLESSON 2. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)  \nLESSON 3. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)  \nLESSON 4. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)  \nLESSON 5. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)  \nLESSON 6. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)–Takeoff and Landing Practice LESSON 7. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)–Takeoff and Landing Practice LESSON 8. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)–Takeoff and Landing Practice LESSON 9. DUAL AND FIRST SOLO FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)– First Solo  \nLESSON 10. DUAL AND SECOND SOLO FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)– Review and Second Solo LESSON 11. DUAL AND THIRD SOLO FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)– Review and Third Solo LESSON 12. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)– Review All Basic Pre–solo Maneuvers LESSON 13. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)– Instruments Basic Skills  \nLESSON 14. SOLO FLIGHT (Flight 1.3)– Practice Area Solo Flight  \nLESSON 15. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)– Instruments Basic Skills  \nLESSON 16. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)– VOR/GPS Navigation  \nLESSON 17. SOLO FLIGHT (Flight 1.3)– Practice Area Solo Flight  \nLESSON 18. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)– Basic Instruments and VOR Navigation  \nLESSON 19. FIRST DUAL CROSS–COUNTRY FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.5)– Dual Cross-Country Flight LESSON 20. SOLO FLIGHT (Flight 1.3)– Review Maneuvers and Navigation Practice  \nLESSON 21. SECOND DUAL (LONG) CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 3.0)– Dual XC LESSON 22. SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT (Flight 1.5)– First Solo XC Flight  \nLESSON 23. DUAL NIGHT FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)– Local Night Flight Introduction LESSON 24. SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT (Flight 1.5)–Second Short Solo Cross-Country Flight  \nLESSON 25. DUAL (LONG) NIGHT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 2.3)– 100 NM Dual Night XC LESSON 26. LONG SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT (Flight 2.5)–  \n150 NM/Landing More Than 50NM/With 3 Full Stops  \nLESSON 27. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)– Practice Flight Test Maneuvers LESSON 28. SOLO FLIGHT (Flight 1.3)– Practice Flight Test Maneuvers Solo LESSON 29. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)– Practice Flight Test Maneuvers LESSON 30. SOLO FLIGHT (Flight 1.3)– Practice Flight Test Maneuvers Solo LESSON 31. DUAL FLIGHT (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)– Practice Flight Test Maneuvers LESSON 32. SIMULATED PRACTICAL FLIGHT TEST (Ground 1.2/Flight 1.3)  \nTotal flight time – 46.1 Hours  \nSolo – 12.2 Hours  \nSolo XC-5.5 Hours  \nDual IFR training – 3.9 hours  \nDual night training – 3.6 hours  \nCopyright 2023 by Rod Machado. All rights reserved. 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