It was free last year, but you had to show up for a Boston January. This year we’re doing it all via Zoom (so anyone in China can watch!) and the price remains consistent with the value: our $0 ground school, otherwise known as MIT Course 16.687. If you’ve been needing a nudge to get a Private pilot certificate, this could be it. The course is also useful for drone enthusiasts.
Please follow the above link and register if you’re interested. Tina (MIT Aero/Astro PhD) and I will host a Zoom meeting every morning at 11 am, do a bit of live lecturing, and then spin folks off to watch the videos that we recorded in 2019. We’ll be available for questions as the day wears on.
All of the course materials are available online for free, either from our site or the FAA. I can sign you off to take the official FAA knowledge test at the end of the class (or a local instructor at your nearby flight school can).
Hope to see everyone in January as at least a grid element on my 32″ monitor!
Thank you for the course. I don’t intend to fly a plane any time soon, but I’m going to be there. See if you can identify me. 🙂
Semi-related for EV nerds, or anyone else who wants to understand a little more about electric and hybrid vehicles, minus the marketing-speak: Professor John D. Kelly from Weber State University is back on the internet making videos after approximately seven months of interruption. In my opinion he’s one of the finest educators in America and I’m very glad to see he’s making videos again.
Here I come.