These two complimentary approaches to the checkride — last step in obtaining a Sport Pilot or Sport Instructor certificate — will prove to be indispensable tools in both planning for what to expect and mastering the subject matter.
The book Sport Pilot Checkride: a guide to passing the FAA Practical Flight & Oral Exam explains what you need to do to get to the checkride, including experience, required training, and instructor endorsements. Author Paul Hamilton provides the following helpful tips:
- Questions most likely to be asked during oral exam supported with succinct, easy-to-follow responses;
- Practical checklists and techniques to use when demonstrating your skill as a pilot;
- Complete preparation for the sport pilot instructor checkride.
Soft cover, illustrated, 8.5" x 10.25", 225 pages.
The DVD, Sport Pilot Checkride DVD, For Airplanes, Weight-Shift Control, and Powered Parachute compresses a typical four-hour practical test into an engaging 78-minute presentation. Watch and learn as five Sport Pilot applicants fly the various LSA through their practical exams while Designated Pilot Examiner, Paul Hamilton, comments on each applicants’ strengths and weaknesses, and offers recommendations you can use during your own checkride. DVD presentation provides the following helpful tips:
- How to prepare for the checkride.
- What to expect from the examiner.
- Beginning the test — the oral questioning portion.
- Flying the checkride — the flight test.
When the book and DVD are used together, pilots will find these products indispensable for mastering the Sport Pilot Checkride.
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