PPGS Lesson 9.2 | Performance: Density Altitude Charts

Welcome back to Epic Flight Academy’s Private Pilot Ground School! In this Performance lesson, Certified Flight Instructor Mike Thompson explains how to read and use Density Altitude Charts to evaluate your aircraft’s takeoff and climb performance. You’ll learn how pressure altitude, temperature, and humidity interact to change aircraft performance, and how to calculate current density altitude using real-world examples. Mike demonstrates how to reference Figure 11.22 and interpret data points to safely plan your takeoff, ensuring accurate preflight calculations every time. This lesson builds directly on Density Altitude & The 3 H’s, showing you how to apply those concepts in real flying conditions. #PrivatePilotGroundSchool #EpicFlightAcademy #PilotTraining #AviationEducation #DensityAltitude #LearnToFly 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Telling Is Not Teaching: The Flight Instructor’s Handbook 1:05 – Introduction with Instructor Mike Thompson 1:58 – What Is Density Altitude? 2:47 – High Pressure Altitude, High Temperature, High Humidity 3:35 – Determining Current Density Altitude 4:03 – Figure 11.22 Overview 4:30 – Two Main Factors Impacting Aircraft Performance 5:01 – Conversion Methods 6:20 – Finding the Current Outside Air Temperature 7:00 – Locating Current Pressure Altitude 8:30 – Using a Straight Edge on the Chart 10:46 – Review and Summary 🎓 Start Your Pilot Training Journey: https://epicflightacademy.com/prequal... Learn more about Epic Flight Academy’s Private Pilot Ground School Course: https://epicflightacademy.com/private... This course is taught by Epic Flight Academy's own Mike Thompson. Mike Thompson is the author of "Telling Is Not Teaching", which promotes the idea that the “new school” of teaching that embraces electronic technology cannot sacrifice the “old school” of human relationships because the human brain stills learns in largely the same way that it has for millennia. "Telling Is Not Teaching": https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Not-Te... To begin YOUR pilot training, visit our website: https://epicflightacademy.com/pilot-t... Enjoying our content? Like this video and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel so we can continue to produce more Epic content! Follow us on social media to stay up to date on EVERYTHING happening at Epic Flight Academy! Facebook:   / epicflightacademy   Twitter:   / epicfltacademy   Instagram:   / epicflightacademy   LinkedIn:   / epic-flight-academy   Website: https://epicflightacademy.com/