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Quick note: This may take a few posts and I'll likely edit a few things as I go. So bear with me.
Ok I'm going to try to cover what I can here and I might be spotty in some places but hopefully this will help. The exam was done with a DPE in Council Bluffs IA.
11/17/2015 Oral Exam: This was about five hours or so with some breaks in between. I got there about a hour or so early to set everything up. The DPE and I went through the usual administrative paper work then on with the test. Things that were covered:
- The learning process, defense mechanisms, RUAC (Rote, Understanding, Application, Correlation). I think we also covered learning plateaus and types of practice.
- Professionalism: What it is to be a professional flight instructor/pilot. Should be fairly self explanatory (be fair to students, just go through the motions, etc.).
- Aerodynamics: How an airplane flies, left turning tendencies (be sure you can explain gyroscopic effect, P-factor, corkscrew effect).
- Cross country planning: Does a student need hood time before doing a solo XC, solo XC endorsements. Also know the Pvt. and Comm PTS tolerances for way points. Also wanted to know how familiar I was with a sectional (air space, symbols, etc).
- Teaching maneuvers: Takeoffs and landings (normal, short and soft feild), traffic pattern operations, eights on pylons, stalls. Also he was a huge proponent of Operation Lights on. Oh speaking of traffic pattern operations really talk through runway incursion avoidance. What you can do to avoid it (ahem airport diagram, looking for traffic).
- Bi-annuals: What is needed. What document should can a CFI reference for a bi-annual (Conducting an effective flight review).
- MX: Discuss MELs, aircraft registration (make sure you have AC 45-4 handy), as well as being able to talk through a special flight permits.
- Weather: Is winds aloft a forecast or what the winds are currently doing? Also talked through METARs and TAFs. Not sure I can remember anything else about this.
That was about it for the oral. Unfortunately I was not able to fly as the ceilings were a bit low.
On my iPad I had the following documents on hand:
Aviation Weather (really didn't needed but nice to have...)
The FOI
My Binder
Quick reference guide for airport markings
Pilot's Handbook for Aeronautical Knowledge
Conducting an Effective Flight Review
Proposed Rule making for the CFI check ride to be used as a bi-annual
Aeronautical Chart User's Guide
NORAD Intercept Procedures, ADIZ, and TFRs (didn''t need to use this but nice to have on hand).
GNS 430 User's guide (did not ask about this but had it on hand anyway).
AC 00-30B: Clear Air Turbulence
AC 45-4: Aircraft Registration Plates
AC 60-11: Test Aids
AC 61-65e: Endorsements
AC 61-67c: Stall/Spin Training
AC 61-134: CFIT
AC 91-51A: Icing (did not ask about this but nice to have on hand)
AC 91-73A: Runway Incursions (a must have)
AC 120-27D: Weight and Balance
8130-6: Application for Airworthiness certificate.
Pvt - CFI PTS
Ferry permit application
CBF airport document.
On my paper documents it was my binder, airplane flying handbook, a few of the ACs (I'd have to go home and look).
Ok I'm going to try to cover what I can here and I might be spotty in some places but hopefully this will help. The exam was done with a DPE in Council Bluffs IA.
11/17/2015 Oral Exam: This was about five hours or so with some breaks in between. I got there about a hour or so early to set everything up. The DPE and I went through the usual administrative paper work then on with the test. Things that were covered:
- The learning process, defense mechanisms, RUAC (Rote, Understanding, Application, Correlation). I think we also covered learning plateaus and types of practice.
- Professionalism: What it is to be a professional flight instructor/pilot. Should be fairly self explanatory (be fair to students, just go through the motions, etc.).
- Aerodynamics: How an airplane flies, left turning tendencies (be sure you can explain gyroscopic effect, P-factor, corkscrew effect).
- Cross country planning: Does a student need hood time before doing a solo XC, solo XC endorsements. Also know the Pvt. and Comm PTS tolerances for way points. Also wanted to know how familiar I was with a sectional (air space, symbols, etc).
- Teaching maneuvers: Takeoffs and landings (normal, short and soft feild), traffic pattern operations, eights on pylons, stalls. Also he was a huge proponent of Operation Lights on. Oh speaking of traffic pattern operations really talk through runway incursion avoidance. What you can do to avoid it (ahem airport diagram, looking for traffic).
- Bi-annuals: What is needed. What document should can a CFI reference for a bi-annual (Conducting an effective flight review).
- MX: Discuss MELs, aircraft registration (make sure you have AC 45-4 handy), as well as being able to talk through a special flight permits.
- Weather: Is winds aloft a forecast or what the winds are currently doing? Also talked through METARs and TAFs. Not sure I can remember anything else about this.
That was about it for the oral. Unfortunately I was not able to fly as the ceilings were a bit low.
On my iPad I had the following documents on hand:
Aviation Weather (really didn't needed but nice to have...)
The FOI
My Binder
Quick reference guide for airport markings
Pilot's Handbook for Aeronautical Knowledge
Conducting an Effective Flight Review
Proposed Rule making for the CFI check ride to be used as a bi-annual
Aeronautical Chart User's Guide
NORAD Intercept Procedures, ADIZ, and TFRs (didn''t need to use this but nice to have on hand).
GNS 430 User's guide (did not ask about this but had it on hand anyway).
AC 00-30B: Clear Air Turbulence
AC 45-4: Aircraft Registration Plates
AC 60-11: Test Aids
AC 61-65e: Endorsements
AC 61-67c: Stall/Spin Training
AC 61-134: CFIT
AC 91-51A: Icing (did not ask about this but nice to have on hand)
AC 91-73A: Runway Incursions (a must have)
AC 120-27D: Weight and Balance
8130-6: Application for Airworthiness certificate.
Pvt - CFI PTS
Ferry permit application
CBF airport document.
On my paper documents it was my binder, airplane flying handbook, a few of the ACs (I'd have to go home and look).