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Flight Instructor Checkride Prep Guide
CFI applicants preparing for the initial flight instructor practical test. $7.99 one-time · PDF guide · Keep access for life.
Prepare for your checkride
Bring your preparation together: the knowledge, decisions and flying topics to discuss with your examiner. Use this guide to work through the areas below and identify anything you still need to practice.
- Fundamentals of instructing
- Technical subject areas
- Preflight preparation and lesson planning
- Preflight procedures
- Airport operations
- Takeoffs, landings and go-arounds
- Fundamentals of flight and performance maneuvers
- Slow flight, stalls and spin awareness
- Emergency operations
- Postflight procedures
Sources
- 14 CFR Part 61
- 14 CFR Part 91
- Flight Instructor ACS
- Aviation Instructor's Handbook
- FAA handbooks
Using this guide
- Aircraft-specific numbers, speeds, limitations and procedures come from your AFM/POH, never from a study guide.
- Regulations change. The controlling text is the current eCFR, and the guide names the section so you can check it.
- A study guide is preparation material. It is not an endorsement, an approval, or a substitute for instruction.