Aviation Instructor's Handbook FAA Plus Student Pilot Guide FAA

TWO Aviation Handbooks combine into one book! Aviation Instructor's Handbook: Designed for ground instructors, flight instructors, and aviation maintenance instructors, the Aviation Instructor’s Handbook was developed by the Flight Standards Service, Airman Testing Standards Branch, in cooperation with aviation educators and industry to help beginning instructors understand and apply the fundamentals of instruction. This handbook provides aviation instructors with up-to-date information on learning and teaching, and how to relate this information to the task of teaching aeronautical knowledge and skills to students. Experienced aviation instructors will also find the updated information useful for improving their effectiveness in training activities. Chapters include: Human Behavior; The Learning Process; Effective Communication; The Teaching Process; Planning Instructional Activity; Assessment; Instructor Responsibilities and Professionalism; Techniques of Flight Instruction; Risk Management; Appendix: References; Developing a Test Item Bank; Certificates, Ratings, and Endorsements; Personal Minimums Checklist; Flight Instructor Endorsements; Relationships of Decision-Making Models; Glossary; Index PLUS: STUDENT PILOT GUIDE: Before you begin flight training, it is important to have a basic understanding of the responsibilities, safety regulations, and issues applicable to such an endeavor. This includes the choice of a flight school, selected study materials, study habits, and the role of the instructor, student, and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Also publication is intended to serve as a guide for prospective student pilots and for those already engaged in flight training. This guide presents in “how to” fashion, general procedures for obtaining FAA student pilot, sport pilot, recreational pilot, and private pilot certificates. Contents: INTRODUCTION, Role of the FAA, Flight Standards District Offices (FSDOs), Choosing a Flight School, The Role of the Instructor, What Flight Training Requires, Instructor and Student Relationship, Medical Requirements, Knowledge Tests, Preparing to Study for the Knowledge Test, Study Materials, Suggested Study Materials, How to Obtain Study Materials, How to Study for the Knowledge Test, Study Habits, When to Take the Knowledge Test, Where to Take the Knowledge Test, The Knowledge Test Content and Format, Practical Test Standards, Most Frequently Asked Questions, Student Pilot Flight Training, Student Pilot Requirements: Medical and Student Pilot Certificates, Sport Pilot, Recreational Pilot, and Private Pilot Knowledge Tests, Sport Pilot, Recreational Pilot, and Private Pilot Practical Tests.