Purchase the required books and audiovisual materials.
Begin your flight training toward solo. (Around 15 hrs.)
Get a third class medical certificate from an approved flight surgeon.
Solo! Fly an airplane all by yourself.
Fly cross-country flights with your flight instructor (4-5 hrs). Continue studying for your written test.
Take your written test. There are 60 questions on this pass/fail test which you have to score 70% or above.
Fly 5 hrs of solo cross countries to places like Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Rochester and others.
Begin your finish-up instruction and practice (5-10 hrs of instruction, 3-5 hrs solo) in preparation for your oral test and flight check ride. (5-10 hrs of ground instruction).
Schedule here at Johnson Aviation with a pilot examiner to take your oral and flight test. (1-2 hrs oral, 1-2 hrs flight time).