Northstar VFR

DECEMBER 31, 2024

These are typically a discounted lesson which is hands-on and allows you to fly an airplane for the first time, see what a typical lesson is like, and make sure the CFI is a good fit for you. Any subjects youre deficient in will be covered during the oral exam of your checkride. How much does it cost to become a pilot?

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CFI Academy

MARCH 28, 2025

For the FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) Airplane Single Engine (ASE) checkride, the demonstration stalls are specific maneuvers that you, as a CFI candidate, must perform and explain to demonstrate your instructional knowledge and ability. There are indeed four demonstration stalls youll need to master for the CFI checkride.

Aileron

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 24, 2025

What the FAA does require is demonstration of proficiency in multi-engine operations during a practical test, also known as a checkride. To qualify for the checkride, you must receive: Ground instruction from an authorized instructor that covers the unique systems and flight characteristics of multi-engine aircraft.

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Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 10, 2025

A Korean War-era airplane will always hold a special place in our hangar. Im hoping to take my checkride on the 15th after logging a few more hours of training. Once Job finishes his training, well be bringing it back to Indiana. This one is special to me, as my dadwho passed away about two years agoserved in the Army during Korea.

Ferry Flight

Flight Training Central

MARCH 17, 2025

These codes indicate specific areas that need improvement before your checkride. PA = (private pilot airplane) identifies the applicable ACS XI = Area of Operation (Night Operation) A = Task (Night Preparation) K1 = Task element [knowledge (K), skill (S), risk management (R)]. The four elements of the coding system are: PA.XI.A.K1

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WayMan

MAY 6, 2025

Before you fly solo or take your checkride, you need to know how to safely load an aircraft. Here are the basic ideas you’ll need: Empty weight : What the airplane weighs without fuel or passengers. Center of gravity (CG) : The point where the airplane balances. This guide What Is Weight and Balance in Simple Terms?

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Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 24, 2025

A multi‑engine rating is an FAA‑issued class rating add‑on that lets a certificated pilot legally fly twin-engine airplanes. We help verify that you’re ready before scheduling a checkride with an FAA examiner. Pass a practical test (checkride) with an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner, including oral and flight portions.

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Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

Flying a single engine airplane, under IFR, in the clouds, in a non-radar environment and without an autopilot, adds a great deal to the pilots work load. After all, I had just aced my checkride. With three airplanes, we departed Springfield for Fairfield, Iowa to compete in an NIFA competition against five other schools.

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Air Facts

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Friday Photo: Afternoon Stratus Enveloping the Golden Gate Bridge Air Facts Journal The view: Karl The Fog eating the Golden Gate Bridge The pilot: Jim Hopp The airplane: American Champion Citabria The mission: Returning home from a checkride The memory: My student had just passed her Private Pilot checkride in the airplane.

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Flight Training Central

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Many training airplanes also include an autopilot in the panel, but it’s not something you’ll use much during primary training. After the checkride, though, there’s a real benefit in learning how to incorporate the autopilot into your flying.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 31, 2025

FAA endorsement: Yes Course length: 20 hours; learn at your own pace Subscription access: Lifetime Cost: $279 Other available courses: Private Pilot Made Easy ($279) , Commercial Pilot Made Easy ($279) , Radio Communication Made Easy ($149) , Airplane Maneuvers Mastery ($149) , Multiengine Rating Mastery ($99) , Garmin G1000 Made Easy ($149) , Checkride (..)

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CFI Academy

JUNE 2, 2025

Pass a Practical Test (Checkride) for Reinstatement If your certificate hasn’t expired, consider adding another instructor rating (e.g., Pass a Checkride for an Additional CFI Rating Once power is set, the next step is to adjust pitch to maintain altitude. Instrument Instructor (CFII) or Multi-engine Instructor (MEI)).

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Northstar VFR

JULY 6, 2025

That experience really cemented for my student—and reinforced for me—that NWKRAFT isn’t just for checkride day. Why it matters: A heavily loaded airplane on a short, high-elevation runway in summer heat may not perform the way you're used to. It’s there to keep you out of trouble in the real world. Let’s break it down piece by piece.

NOTAMs

Air Facts

MARCH 5, 2025

After busting a major milestone in their training (the initial solo or any of the three checkrides they had to pass in the T-38 syllabus), students would get one or two extra flights with an experienced IP. It took several attempts, but the controller earned his pay that day; Ali made one OK landing. he didnt solo); so, he was sent home.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 30, 2025

FAA endorsement: Yes Course length: 35 hours; learn at your own pace Subscription access: Lifetime Cost: $279 Other available courses: Instrument Rating Made Easy ($279) , Commercial Pilot Made Easy ($279) , Radio Communication Made Easy ($149) , Airplane Maneuvers Mastery ($149) , Multiengine Rating Mastery ($99) , Garmin G1000 Made Easy ($149) , (..)

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CFI Academy

MARCH 28, 2025

For the FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) Airplane Single Engine (ASE) checkride, the demonstration stalls are specific maneuvers that you, as a CFI candidate, must perform and explain to demonstrate your instructional knowledge and ability. There are indeed four demonstration stalls you’ll need to master for the CFI checkride.

Aileron

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Here’s the tricky part: if you have trouble passing checkrides or face medical issues, you could find yourself grounded before your career takes off. One failed checkride doesn’t just mean a bad day; it could throw your whole training timeline off track. This situation can leave you with a substantial debt.

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Flight Training Central

MAY 26, 2025

Here we’ll highlight the various maneuvers you’ll practice during your flight training and be expected to demonstrate during your Private Pilot checkride. Welcome to the latest edition of the Flight Maneuver Spotlight series.

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Plane and Pilot

APRIL 16, 2025

Seems a quaint idea now that I get to fly a lot of very different airplanes, but it meant something at the time. My logbook declares that I graduated to the mighty Cessna 172 a few days after passing my private checkride, but 10 days after that was my first flight in a Cherokee. I dont even remember why.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

If you dream of flying small airplanes on weekends or piloting commercial airliners with hundreds of passengers, you need certain pilot licenses to reach your aviation goals. Private Pilot License : Take a checkride to receive your license. Checkride : $400-$600. Which License(s) Should You Get? Medical exam : $100-$200.

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Flight Training Central

APRIL 21, 2025

Here well highlight the various maneuvers youll practice during your flight training and be expected to demonstrate during your checkride. Study them while on the groundorprint them for quick reference in the airplane.

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Flight Training Central

JANUARY 20, 2025

Sporty’s F light Maneuver Spotlight series highlights the various maneuvers youll practice during your flight training experience and be expected to demonstrate on your checkride. Study them while on the groundorprint them for quick reference in the airplane.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 24, 2025

A commercial multi-engine rating is a class rating add-on that allows a certificated pilot to fly twin-engine airplanes for compensation or hire. It’s a key step for pilots who want to work in charter operations, corporate transport, or as flight instructors teaching complex and multi-engine airplane instruction.

Checkride

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

The FAA requires a minimum of 40 flight hours , but most students log 50 to 70 hours before they’re ready for the checkride. Checkride fees : Range from $500–800 for a PPL exam. Practical checkride : Typically $500–$ 800, depending on the location and examiner. Exams & Certification Written exam : Around $175–200.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 24, 2025

To earn a Part 61 certificate, you need the required flight hours, pass written exams, and complete a practical test or checkride. Testing includes FAA written exams and checkrides, and there’s a biennial flight review requirement. At Leopard Aviation , we operate under Part 61. Do I need both Part 61 and Part 107 licenses?

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AOPA

JULY 21, 2025

Latest News Magazines Videos Podcasts Webinars Media Room Contact Us Newsletters Training & Safety Training & Safety Embark on a journey of continuous learning: from prepping for checkrides, perfecting instrument approaches, to proficiency flights. The airplane flies correctly." The airplane goes together very quickly.

Tail

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Turns: Students practice shallow, medium, and steep turns to develop a feel for how the airplane behaves when banking. This develops an understanding of how the airplane reacts at low speeds, a critical skill for safe takeoffs and landings. Their goal is to prepare you not just for checkrides, but for a lifelong aviation career.

Pilot

Flight Training Central

JULY 21, 2025

Here we’ll highlight the various maneuvers you’ll practice during your flight training and be expected to demonstrate during your checkride. Study them while on the ground or print them for quick reference in the airplane. Welcome to the latest edition of the Flight Maneuver Spotlight series.

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AV Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Some of them seem funny to us now, like the fact that most of our airplanes had no radios or, God forbid, transponders and ELTs, while other facets of the 1970s are tragic. Everybody took the same checkride and succeeded or failed based on their knowledge, experience, and skills. I began my flying life in the early 1970s.

Flight Deck

CFI Academy

AUGUST 16, 2024

This hands-on training is crucial in preparing you to instruct others and helps you develop the practical teaching skills required for your FAA checkride Once you’ve successfully completed your training, you’ll receive the necessary logbook endorsements and FAA Knowledge Test results to earn your CFI certificate. Hold an Instrument Rating.

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Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

A great option for that is taking an interactive ground school, such as the private airplane pilot course on Pilotinstitute.com. As a flight instructor, you can train pilots, conduct flight reviews, and issue endorsements required for pilot certificates, ratings, knowledge tests, and checkrides. Multiengine land. Single-engine sea.

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Pilot Institute

MARCH 7, 2025

Do your landings to a full stop in a tailwheel-equipped aircraft if youre flying a tailwheel airplane. Well, it typically goes the same way your checkride does. Perform these takeoffs and landings in an aircraft of the same category, class, and type (if a class or type rating is required). Who does this apply to?

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Air Facts

JULY 7, 2025

From then until my checkride, I would stick strictly to what I needed to know to pass the FAA’s standards. I wasn’t always sure how regurgitating these terms would prove that I could actually fly an airplane. On checkride day, I faked the language well enough to pass the oral exam. To play it safe, I decided to narrow my focus.

Rudder

AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

The airplane came to rest about 1600 feet from the Runway 31 threshold and about 250 feet right of the extended centerline. The accident airplane was the last one among a group of five, and two landings had been performed without incident. The private pilot was fatally injured. Subsequently, its pitch attitude increased.

Final Approach

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Your flight instructor will use his or her judgment to deem you ready for a checkride, or practical test. Time Frame In Part 61 schools, getting your pilot license mostly depends on your schedule and how quickly you can make progress. Because of this, the duration of training varies greatly from one person to another.

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Air Facts

MARCH 10, 2025

Their peripheral vision and hand-eye coordination barely work for pickleball, let alone landing an airplane.” Its true that the Private Pilot ACS now allows EFBs to be used on checkrides, but show up to a checkride with your nav log on an EFB, and you’ll get the same questions you’ll get with paper.

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Ask a Flight Instructor

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Are any GPS approaches considered equivalent to a Precision Approach as required for the checkride? Since I have a perfectly good airplane I really don’t want to have to pay for time in another aircraft if I don’t have to. I have a tandem seating setup with no instruments in the back.

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