Student Resources

Prerequisites
	1 - Aeronautical Knowledge
	2 - Flight Experience
	3 - Weather Mins
	4 - Endorsements
	5 - IACRA
	6 - What to Bring
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Aeronautical Knowledge:

FAA Knowledge Test

Before we can schedule a date with an FAA Examiner for your practical test, you will need to pass a computer based FAA Knowledge Test (sometimes called the written test).

You will need an endorsement from your instruction in order to take the FAA Knowledge Test.

	Prepared for the Private Pilot Knowledge Test / ASEL (page A-11, AC 61-65H)
		Aeronautical knowledge test: §§ 61.35(a)(1), 61.103(d), and 61.105. (page A-11, AC 61-65H) I certify that _________________ has received the required training in accordance with § 61.105. I have determined [he or she] is prepared for the Private Pilot ASEL knowledge test.
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You can learn more about the Knowledge Test and when/where to take it in the "Ground School" section of this online syllabus. - Learn More

After you pass the computer based knowledge test:
	(1) Your instructor will need to review any questions/areas you got wrong, and make an endorsement in your logbook (the endorsement is usually done when you are signed off for your checkride). The questions answered incorrectly on the knowledge test have "codes" accosiated with them to help identify areas that need review. We will assume that you and your instructor will spend some time preparing for the Oral portion of the Checkride and that all needed areas are covered and this endoresment can be signed in your logbook, when you are 100% ready for your checkride. For your reference, you can look at the Test Codes Here.
	(2) You will need to have a copy of the test report in your client folder
	(3) You will need to bring the ORIGINAL knowledge test report on the day of your checkride
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FAA Regulation as presented in Title 14 CFR: § 61.105 Aeronautical knowledge
	(a) General. A person who is applying for a private pilot certificate must receive and log ground training from an authorized instructor or complete a home-study course on the aeronautical knowledge areas of paragraph (b) of this section that apply to the aircraft category and class rating sought.
	(b) Aeronautical knowledge area
		(1) Applicable Federal Aviation Regulations of this chapter that relate to private pilot privileges, limitations, and flight operations;
		(2) Accident reporting requirements of the National Transportation Safety Board;
		(3) Use of the applicable portions of the “Aeronautical Information Manual” and FAA advisory circulars;
		(4) Use of aeronautical charts for VFR navigation using pilotage, dead reckoning, and navigation systems;
		(5) Radio communication procedures;
		(6) Recognition of critical weather situations from the ground and in flight, windshear avoidance, and the procurement and use of aeronautical weather reports and forecasts;
		(7) Safe and efficient operation of aircraft, including collision avoidance, and recognition and avoidance of wake turbulence;
		(8) Effects of density altitude on takeoff and climb performance;
		(9) Weight and balance computations;
		(10) Principles of aerodynamics, powerplants, and aircraft systems;
		(11) Stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and spin recovery techniques for the airplane and glider category ratings;
		(12) Aeronautical decision making and judgment; and
		(13) Preflight action that includes -
			(i) How to obtain information on runway lengths at airports of intended use, data on takeoff and landing distances, weather reports and forecasts, and fuel requirements; and
			(ii) How to plan for alternatives if the planned flight cannot be completed or delays are encountered
	FAA Website - You can verify the most recent regulation on the
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