What you will study
Your ground-study learning path
5 modules · 47 planning concepts · 20 paired cases · 40 formative questions · 10 numeric worksheets.
Use the handbook and planning maps to connect records, chart inputs and calculations. Make a prediction before revealing the supplied result, explain the evidence, and enter your own numeric worksheet answers. Complete every planning concept, all 20 supported case interpretations and all 10 numeric worksheets. The separate 40-question final requires 80% (32 correct). The course completion certificate follows the handbook, lab and final requirements.
01 · Loading records, moments and the CG envelope
Start with a supplied airplane-specific basic record. Relate datum, actual item arms and moment/1,000 to the loaded CG; distinguish seating, zones, floor loading, the piecewise forward boundary and the aft warning band. Keep the direct method separate from manifest index.
02 · Load changes and fuel-phase accounting
Trace equipment additions/removals and relocation at constant weight. Correct a stated fuel density condition and use quantity-specific fuel moments. Build ramp, takeoff and landing ledgers that retain fuel still aboard and remove ground use only once; distinguish optional TKS fluid and temporary ground-loading conditions.
03 · Takeoff planning
Choose the stated cargo-pod chart family and match weight, pressure altitude, temperature and assumptions before reading a result. Distinguish ground roll from total distance over a 50-foot obstacle, use the specified interpolation and wind or surface note, and compare the calculated distance with a supplied planning runway.
04 · Climb, cruise and fuel planning
Distinguish rate from gradient and cumulative values from an intermediate climb segment. Connect cruise distance, wind-adjusted ground speed, time and fuel flow. Reconcile included chart allowances, a stated reserve and a consistent phase ledger without removing remaining fuel from landing weight.
05 · Landing and integrated performance
Use the matching landing-weight sheet and its complete assumptions. Apply the named grass, flap or reverse note to its specified distance basis, keep ground roll within total obstacle distance, and connect destination weight, runway conditions and the bounded performance comparison.
Learning outcomes
- Derive a loaded CG from a supplied aircraft record and actual load positions.
- Separate gross weight and CG from occupancy, compartment, floor and restraint conditions.
- Update weight and moment for equipment, cargo and fuel changes without double-counting.
- Read the applicable performance chart family, conditions, units and correction basis before calculating.
- Build a consistent fuel ledger and interpret supplied takeoff, climb, cruise and landing comparisons.
- Keep historical planning study and fictional exercise results separate from current aircraft operating authority.
Aircraft and course applicability
Pilot loading and performance ground study based on POH/AFM 208BPHCUS-01 Revision 1, May 22, 2013 and matched 2013 checklists: Grand Caravan EX landplane, Model 208B 867 SHP, PT6A-140, Garmin G1000 and three-blade Hartzell propeller; serials 208B2197 and 208B5000 and on. Numeric performance work explicitly identifies the cargo-pod-installed branch. Base passenger/cargo loading and the optional cargo-pod TKS loading changes remain separate. Named fictional aircraft records and small training datasets support calculation practice; no generic empty weight is assigned to an actual airplane. This historical study edition is not represented as current operational documentation. Actual operation requires the airplane's current approved POH/AFM, assigned weight-and-balance and equipment records, applicable supplements and appropriate pilot training.
Grand Caravan EX equipment varies. A PT6A-140 EX may have a McCauley four-blade propeller, and some EX airplanes have a 28-volt, 300 A starter-generator. The numerical 2013 POH examples retain their named Hartzell three-blade study baseline; they are not four-blade performance data. Match the installed equipment and its condition-dependent limits to the aircraft’s approved documents.
WWAOG provides independent pilot planning ground study. A course completion certificate records this learning achievement; it does not establish a pilot certificate or rating, flight-review credit, aircraft checkout, icing qualification or operating authorization. Current aircraft-effective operating documents and appropriate flight instruction remain essential.