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N37OU is used for the aviation program’s Turbine Transition Course. The class is structured like other flight courses at the university, with an extensive ground school segment and an in-flight portion. Students receive three hours of college credit and log five flight hours in the aircraft. (Credit: College of Professional and Continuing Studies, University of Oklahoma)
The class is structured like other flight courses at the university, with an extensive ground school segment and an in-flight portion.
“Students receive three hours of college credit and log five flight hours in the aircraft,” Metoyer continues. “As important and significant as the flying, our students undergo
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approximately eight weeks of ground school while meeting three times per week. The challenge is not insignificant as the students receive volumes of information with stage check exams along the way. This ground school mimics military and professional ground schools by forcing students to ‘drink from a
firehose.’ We find this approach truly prepares the students for the follow- on training they will inevitably receive as they move on to the next rung in their career progression. The airlines and military expect students to be able to digest large volumes of information in a short time and come out with a thorough
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