Private Pilot Checkride Preparation and Study Guide,Used

**NOTE** If you receive the older (2021) Fourth Edition this is Amazon's mistake not mine! You should promptly return the Fourth Edition for a Fifth Edition replacement (free return shipping, free replacement). Please do not leave negative feedback because of Amazon's shipping mistake I have no control over this, but they will replace the wrong edition with the correct edition if you return it for a replacement. I am VERY sorry about this I have been fighting with Amazon for weeks and their customer service for authors like me is terrible!This is not the typical 'questionanswerquestionanswer' textonly format. This book is often referred to as the Cliffs Notes for the private pilot checkride. This is the prep and study guide that will help you ace your checkride! Most material is presented in easytoflashcard and memorize charts, diagrams and mnemonics. The book begins by outlining the steps to take prior to your checkride under the latest ACS including hours, training, required logbook endorsements, and then explains the rest of the exam procedure which concludes with the debriefing. The study guide then goes into greater detail for each anticipated area of the checkride including: 1. checklists to memorize (and those not to memorize); 2. airspace and VFR minimums; 3. weather (reports, clouds, winds aloft, pressure systems, thunderstorms, the GFA weather chart website, types of fog, etc.), 4. navigation, including: types of navigation, lost procedures, VOR navigation, useful websites, NOTAMs, stepbystep instructions for completing a full navigation log, etc.); 5. safety & wellness (common inflight sicknesses, rules for scuba divers, indepth explanation of sensory illusions, etc.); 6. airport signs (including marshaling signals and a complete color runway diagram, etc.); 7. documents & inspections (learn an easier way to remember TOMATOFLAMES); 8. performance (including an explanation of leaning, and detonation vs. preignition); 9. communications (towered airports, airspace transitions, calling FSS from an RCO, Class C procedure, activating flight plans, requesting flight following, etc.); 10. passenger briefing (including a sample briefing for your knee board); 11. maneuvers, takeoffs & landings (including a onepage maneuver reference card, plus a onepage list of all ACS maneuvers, takeoffs, landings, etc. which should be used during your final 3 hours of exam training with your CFI); 12. special emphasis areas (although they are now incorporated into the ACS, you should still be familiar with these areas because they are inherently tested throughout the exam) There is also a quickreference flow chart for the risk management expectations; 13. the other things to study chapter is chockfull of the miscellaneous areas that you will be expected to know such as airspeeds, altitudes, stall/spin awareness & recovery, carb icing, slips, lapse rates, Vspeeds, unusual attitude recovery, SVFR, pitotstatic system, leftturn tendencies, a detailed engine diagram with fourteen questions you should be able to answer, and much more; 14. select FAR/AIM summaries (the select rules you should be most familiar with); 15. three fullcolor sectional chart quizzes (with answer keys); 16. a chapter on going the extra mile and finally a detailed list of what should (probably) be in your flight bag. You will notice that this book is not hundreds of pages, nor is it priced as high as other books on this topic. The length is purposefully limited because you cannot effectively study and memorize hundreds of pages prior to your practical test. In addition, the size is such that you can easily take it with you wherever you go and study when time permits.