Private Pilot Glider Checkride Overview:

Private Pilot Glider Checkride Made Easy helps you prepare for your Practical Test by providing you with hundreds of sample questions and answers, tips, and suggestions on how to prepare for your checkride. It also provides you with dozens of useful tips on how to conduct yourself and how to handle sticky situations which may develop during the checkride. In short, Private Pilot Glider Checkride Made Easy guides your review as you prepare for the checkride. It also teaches you what to do, and what not to do, during the checkride.

Private Pilot Glider Checkride Made Easy contains all important features of the FAA-published version of the Practical Test Standards. The new information I provide for you makes it much easier for you to prepare for the Practical Test and to demonstrate your knowledge and your airmanship to the Examiner on the Big Day.

Author:  Bob Wander

CONTENTS
Introduction
How To Use This
Notes To Glider Flight Instructors
YOUR CHECKRIDE: Oral And Flight Test
Preflight Preparation
Preflight Procedures
Airport & Gliderport Operations
Launches & Landings
Performance Airspeeds
Soaring Techniques
Peformance Maneuvers
Navigation
Slow Flight & Stalls
Emergency Operations
Postflight Procedures
APPENDIX: Final Approach For Your Checkride
Common Errors (or, How To Flunk Your Checkride)
Checklist For Checkride Day
For Further Reading
About Bob Wander
The Soaring Society of America (SSA)