In this course, learners will build the foundational skills needed to perform a solo flight in a single-engine aircraft. Learners develop skills including preflight planning and inspection, airport and traffic pattern operations, aircraft control including takeoffs, landings, stalls, and applied aerodynamics. Upon completion of this course, learners will have acquired a minimum set of skills to safely operate an airplane from preflight through engine start, taxi, takeoff, flight to the practice area, return from the practice area, entry to the traffic pattern, landing, shutdown and securing the aircraft.