PPL Theory on Flight Blog | Justin Verstijnen

PPL Theory - Principles of Flight (POF)

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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Do not use specific information given like fuel flow, landing/take-off distances for your flights. Always refer to the POH of your exact plane for flight preparation. My information is just for references that I used.

Lift

Lift is a component that keeps a plane in the air. This is the upward force that fights the gravity/weight of the plane. It works basically as the wind flows over and under the wing. As the air over the wing goes faster and under goes slower, it will combine at the end of the wing.

PPL Theory - Aircraft General Knowledge (AGK)

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This page contains all notes of the Aircraft Genreral Knowledge course.

The airframe (14)

The frame of a plane

Monocoque: A construction method where the external skin of the aircraft carries almost all of the loads. There is little or no internal framework. It’s lightweight but can be less tolerant to damage, since the skin itself is the main structure.
- Outside supports all forces
- Comparable with a can of coke
Semi-monocoque: A more common design in modern aircraft. The external skin still carries loads, but it’s reinforced by an internal structure (frames, stringers, bulkheads). This makes the structure stronger, more damage-tolerant, and easier to repair than pure monocoque.
- Inside supports half of the forces and outside half of the forces
Truss contruction: This method will support all forces on the inside of the plane. Here the outside could be any material, like leather or vinyl.
- Inside supports all of the forces

The wings (14)

We could have two types of wings:

PPL Theory - Meteorology (MET)

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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The atmosphere (1)

The atmosphere is the layer around the earth, which is around 100 to 200km from the ground up. Worldwide, we use the International Standard Atmosphere which is a mean set of conditions which will be somewhat different depending on the weather conditions, location etc. This is a mean of the conditions at 45 degrees north latitude.

PPL Theory - Human Performance & Limitations (HPL)

Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Exam passed on April 4 2026.

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Breath and effect of low blood pressure (1)

In aviation, we are mostly in environments of low air pressure. As we go further up in the air, the pressure goes down. This will have some effects on humans, where we could have hypoxia and barotrauma.

PPL Theory – Law and Operational Procedures (LAW)

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This page contains all notes of the Aviation Law course.

Exam passed on February 9 2026.

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PPL Theory - Communication (COM)

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Exam passed on January 26 2026.

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Introduction

This page contains only some theoretical additions to this page: https://justinverstijnen.nl/flight-rt-course-notes/

PPL Theory - Navigation (NAV)

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Exam passed on December 14 2025.

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