Learn To Fly Mini Series Day 4

Hello Future Aviator

Today I am going to go over the Aeronautical Knowledge part of your flight training. Remember there are two parts of your training in order to get your pilot certificate.

1: Aeronautical Knowledge: The Knowledge required for your FAA Written Test

2: Aeronautical Experience: This is all of your flying

There are many different subject areas that you will need to cover in order to pass this test. There are also many different ways to get the study materials for this.

I have a good outline of this in my free report “The truth about Learning to fly” If you still haven’t looked at it here is the link again

The Truth about the Cost of Flying

In most cases the flight schools you are looking at will have what is called a “Private Pilot Kit “ This will include most of the things you need depending on which kits are offered by the flight school. I have listed the best kits in the free report.

In most cases the private pilot kits will cost between $150 - $200. For some people this is the easiest way to go.

There are other options also. You can buy all of the materials individually

The things you will need to get started are listed below:

Fuel Tester
Fuel Tank Gauge
Aircraft Pilot Operating Handbook (POH) This is for the make and model of the plane you use for training.
Pilot Logbook

Text book: You will also need a text book with all the aeronautical knowledge areas in it. There are many books out there that cover this. The top companies that produce these books are ASA, GLEIM and JEPPESON. They are all pretty much called “Private Pilot Manuals”. Here are some examples:

JEPPESON PRIVATE PILOT MANUAL

ASA PRIVATE PILOT MANUAL

GLEIM PRIVATE PILOT MANUAL



These Textbooks cover all the material covered by the FAA books. Most of the aeronautical knowledge is taken from four books.

The Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge

The Airplane Flying Handbook

Aviation Weather

Aviation Weather Services

Some People like the Full Textbooks that have all the information in one spot. I have those listed in your free report.




The Written Test

The FAA written test is the last thing you will need to do. Some people may decide to take this test before they even start flying. Others will wait until the week of their flight test. It is a good review for the oral portion of your flight test if you wait until closer to your flight test. I would advise that you purchase a written test preparation guide. They will usually run about $15. I have links to those in your free report.

There are also many weekend seminars out there that will prepare you for the written test in one weekend or a few nights during the week.



It is really up to you how you want to handle this. You just can’t take your flight test without it being done. I recommend to my students that they have it done by the time you are in the cross country phase of your training. Your instructor will cover all of these areas through out your training also.


If you would like all of this information in one spot, I have included the following in my book “Airfreddy’s Guide on Learning to Fly’ All the resources I have included in this book are the exact resources the FAA makes its test questions from. You will find them in any pilot shop but they are included in my book for free. Not only are they included, they are integrated into the book at each phase of your training to make things simple for you.


FAA written test questions: I also have the most up to date Private Pilot Written test questions and the official testing supplement that is used in the FAA approved written test centers.


For more information please visit me at:


Learn To Fly, Airfreddy's Private Pilot License Guide


Airfreddy

Arizona Flight Training and Instruction