Events
Collective Announcements
Next upcoming online events of each type:
- Online Private Pilot Ground School (PPGS):
Beginning of May (date TBD), Sunday 9pm EDT & Monday 7:30pm EDT. PPGS resumes! We will do specific FAA Knowledge Test prep in May and June for the upcoming Cadet Wings applications due on July 1. Connection Info: Standard MS Teams link (if you do not have it, register here). - Aerospace and STEM Education Course Series:
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 7:30pm EDT. Inaugural lecture of this new course series, explaining to you how to work through CAP’s 30 Days Lost in Space Kit, which we will be working with in May and June with CAP cadets and senior members. Same standard MS Teams link (if you do not have it, register here). - Special Lecture:
Saturday, May 4, 2024, 10:30am EDT, Q&A Session with Pilots/Aircrew of U.S. Coast Guard. Registration form is at the bottom of this page.
More detailed announcements may be found on the pages linked below, describing the three individual types of events.
Regularly Scheduled Events
We currently offer the following three types of regular online events:
Online Private Pilot Ground School (PPGS)
Live online lectures take place (almost) weekly. Two sessions with same content are offered for participants with different schedules:
- Sundays, 9:00 p.m. EDT / 6:00 p.m. PDT / 3:00 p.m. HST
- Mondays, 7:30 p.m. EDT / 4:30 p.m. PDT / 9:30 a.m. ChST / 8:30 a.m. JST
For more information about the course, including a weekly schedule and lecture topics, study materials, and registration information, please go to our Online Private Pilot Ground School course page by clicking on the button below. Connection info: Standard MS Teams link / Meeting ID (if you do not have it, please register.)
Online Aerospace and STEM Education Course Series
Live online lectures and discussion sessions take place (almost) weekly. They cover topics in aerospace and flight test engineering, as well as related computer programming and data science applications.
- Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. EDT / 4:30 p.m. PDT / 1:30 p.m. HST / 9:30 a.m. ChST / 8:30 a.m. JST
For more information about the course series, currently covered topics, and for course registration, please go to our Aerospace and STEM Education Course Series page by clicking on the button below. Connection info: Same standard MS teams link / Meeting ID as above (if you do not have it, please register).
Related (but different) is our semi-free online course intended to be completed in self-study at your own pace:
“Data Analysis and Computing with Python for Pilots and Flight Test Engineers”
We highly recommend it for general education and universal competence building. It also serves as a prerequisite for some of our more advanced courses.
Special Online Lectures by Guest Speakers
These lectures are either organized directly by us, or by others and we can arrange access for you. Upcoming lectures:
- Saturday, May 4, 2024, 10:30 a.m. EDT: Q&A Session with Pilots/Aircrew from the United States Coast Guard
Organized by Melanie Maestre, Public Affairs Officer of the Opa-Locka Cadet Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP)
USCG pilots answer questions from participants, tell about their experiences, and provide career advice in USCG. (For an informal comparison to the German Coast Guard, see this brief video.)
Note: Participants in this particular event must be either Cadets, Senior Members, or AEMs of CAP. CAP ID required during registration for verification. You may share the received MS Teams link after registration with other members within your CAP unit/wing. We are hoping for a large turnout.
Please register with the Special Lecture Registration Form below for particular special lectures of interest to you. After you register, you will receive an email from us with the online meeting information and a link for the specific lecture(s) you registered for. This link is individual for every special lecture and different from the standard MS Teams link / Meeting ID used for our two regular events above.