Essays about: "Private Pilot Training"
Found 3 essays containing the words Private Pilot Training.
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1. Flying under the radar? Education for sustainable development in private pilot training
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk professionAbstract : Aim: Private pilot (PPL(A)) training has hardly received any scholarly attention from educational and sustainability science perspectives. Through an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) perspective, the study aimed at 1) answering how sustainability and sustainable development (SD) are taught in pertinent PPL(A) theory learning material, theory lessons and practical training, 2) identifying gaps pertaining to sustainability and SD in those three components, and lastly 3) explore if and how certificated flight instructors, theory instructors and student pilots experience transformative learning during PPL(A) training, as well as what possibilities these stakeholders see in supporting transformative learning in PPL(A) training. READ MORE
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2. Come Fly with Me (Sustainably) : Pathways to Sustainable General Aviation and Private Pilot Training
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/MiljövetenskapAbstract : Whereas commercial aviation is attempting to achieve the reduction of its substantial carbon footprint, general aviation’s (GA) climate change contribution is negligibly small, which is why the sector is facing other sustainability challenges mainly entailing the operation of dated technology and aircraft, increasing regulatory constraints, rising costs, noise emissions, and popular discontent, as well as remaining the last mobility sector in the world to still use leaded fuels. Throughout recent years, there have been remarkable sustainability trends in GA as well as heightened efforts to improve its emissions profile (noise, pollutants, CO2) and environmental reputation, for instance by the increased use of electric aircraft, especially for private pilot training. READ MORE
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3. Småhusområdet Södra Lindbacken : ett gestaltningsförslag för samägda utomhusmiljöer i ett småhusområde där människor i alla åldrar kan trivas
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : De gemensamma grönområdena måste vara tillräckligt attraktiva för att locka ut invånare i stadsdelar där majoriteten består av småhus med egen trädgård för att njuta av de goda effekterna som kommer från spontana möten i gemensamma utemiljöer. Syftet med denna avhandling var att undersöka preferenser för gemensamma utemiljöer hos människor i olika åldrar som bor i småhusområden och presentera detta i ett designförslag. READ MORE
