Training Resources

Below is a list of required and/or recommended resources to either help you learn to fly or learn to fly better.

• Required for Precision Windsports Sport Pilot program:
  • King Schools Sport Pilot Exam Course or ASA Sport Pilot Test Prep CD-ROM or book
  • Sport Pilot Practical Test Standards for Weight-Shift
  • FAR/AIM (latest edition) from ASA. This FAR/AIM combo book includes Part 103 and the new Sport Pilot regs and is a must have reference manual for every pilot. Available from Adventure Productions.
  • Weight-Shift Control Flying Handbook
  • Precision Windsport's "Preparing for the Practical"
• Recommended:
  • Rod Machado's "Private Pilot Handbook."  Even though you are going for your Sport Pilot certificate in a trike most of the chapters of this book are relevant and Rob's explanations are among the best I've seen. (Relevant chapters are 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 17)
  • Learn to Fly and Ultralight Trike
  • Weather to Fly 2" DVD by Adventure Productions --  an excellent way to learn about weather as it relates to light aircraft operations.
  • "Comm1 VFR Radio Simulator" by Comm1 -- an interactive computer program that allows you to practice your radio procedures on the ground.  It's fun and it's easy.
  • "Deep Inside your Rotax 2 Cycle Engine" DVD by www.HomebuiltHELP.com — an excellent look inside your 2-stroke engine. 
  • Rotax 912 Introduction DVD -- does just what the title says, introduces you to the Rotax 912 engine.