These teacher and student materials for the first section of a two-phase secondary/postsecondary level course for aviation machinists make up one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. The purpose of the course is to enable students to maintain aircraft engines, perform intermediate and major inspections on engines and their related systems, field test and adjust components of engines, and replace compressor turbine blades and combustion chamber liners. This phase, Airman Preparatory, contains 5 weeks of instruction totaling 131 hours: School Indoctrination and Mathematics (10 lessons, 23 hours); Physics (11 lessons and a math review, 27 hours); Basic Electricity (10 lessons, 27 hours); Aerodynamics, Weight and Balance, and Instruments (7 lessons, 27 hours); and Hardware and Handtools (4 lessons, 27 hours). Instructor materials include a curriculum outline containing a weekly breakdown of lessons, topic objectives, equipment and furniture requirements, training aids and devices needed, and publications used as texts or references. Student materials are a study guide/workbook, six programmed texts, and chapters from three Navy training manuals. (YLB)