"...a bedrock book in your aviation library." — Richard Taylor, from the Foreword

Taking and passing an FAA Knowledge Exam is required for earning the Private Pilot and Recreational Pilot certificates. Using the FAA exam as the premise for learning, Gardner applies practical information so readers are not only prepared for the tests, but also for the cockpit. He augments the required aeronautical knowledge by giving specific tips and techniques, checklists and mnemonic devices, and sound advice from personal experience. A full-color foldout example of a sectional chart is provided inside the back cover for use with the numerous interactive exercises throughout the book. Each chapter lists useful aviation website links, and concludes with sample questions taken directly from the FAA tests. A comprehensive glossary and index are included as well. This practical application of the FAA Knowledge Exam is not available in any other text!

Included throughout the book are internet links for weather charts, flight planning, etc., and a new color section shows examples of online weather sources and more. This new tenth edition also incorporates the FAA’s latest initiative, the "FITS" (FAA/Industry Training Standards), including scenario-based training, single-pilot resource management, and learner-centered grading. This is a convenient, comprehensive source for this information—everything complete in one book!

With Gardner's approachable yet concise writing style, readers are able to quickly grasp the subjects, pass the required tests and checkrides, and gain an operational understanding of flight they can take straight to the cockpit.

The Complete Private Pilot works as a companion textbook to ASA's Virtual Test Prep DVD course for Private Pilot. An integrated Flight/Ground Syllabus for both Part 141 and 61 programs is also available to accompany the textbook.

Foreword by Richard Taylor. Softcover, glossary and index included, 360 pages, illustrated.

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Eleventh Edition, Published June 2011
Soft cover, 8.25" x 10.75", 384 pages

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Monday, October 25, 2010 by Ronald from clarks summit PA USA  Review: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 It is a very good book for first time pilots by Luann from East Patchogue NY USA  Review: Met my expectations, very informative and easy to read and understand. Friday, July 17, 2009 There are better ones out there. by Cap'n Wally from Carlsbad NM USA  Pros: Some of the text was fresh and contained ideas and facts not seen in other textbooks. Cons: Could have been more thoroughly proof read. Review: The book was just adequate for use in our ground school. Too many of the illustrations were simple line drawings. Particularly, the airspace illustrations should have been easier to interpret and, perhaps been combined. Too many of them were simply copied from the AIM and only in black and white. There were multiple errors in the text. Example: on page 4-4 Mr. Gardner states that a student pilot "cannot log pilot in command time because they are not yet rated in any kind of aircraft". This differs somewhat from FAR 61.51(e)(4) which states that a student pilot may log PIC time. Another (page 5-17) states that you must get a SVFR authorization through a FSS. One may get it from center or tower or ground control, or,.... but you get the picture. The only color illustrations were in appendix D and a sample sectional chart, plus some airport signs, at the very back of the book. A less congested chart would have been less confusing to the students. Friday, April 03, 2009 A good read for an engineering student by Kim P from Prattville AL USA  Pros: Up to date. Review: I bought this book for my son who is an engineering student. He wants to learn to fly and after reviewing several intro books on flying, I selected this book. Quite a few things have changed since I learned 20 years ago. The book is up to date with all the changes. I have to make my son leave the book at home to keep him from studying it and neglecting his college curriculum.