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FAA Private Pilot (ASEL) knowledge test · PAR

Pass your Private Pilot written. Learn to fly.

Don’t just memorize…actually learn

A two-part study guide plus a combined volume, animated lessons, 411 flashcards and 645 questions. Every rule cited to the FAR/AIM.

Plan it on paper.

Courses, checkpoints and airspace, sketched the way you'll draw them in ground school.

Then read the real chart.

Captioned lessons walk you through an actual FAA sectional, symbol by symbol.

What's inside

Everything for the Private Pilot knowledge test

Study guides, flashcards and practice quizzes that follow one another, chapter by chapter, plus short animated lessons for the hard parts.

Part 1, Part 2 and a combined guide

17 chapters and over 100 illustrations, in PDF and EPUB.

Animated lessons

About a minute each: stalls, spins, load factor, airspace, weather and the sectional chart. Captions on screen.

411 flashcards, 645 questions

16 chapter decks, 515 practice questions and a 130-question mock. Every answer explained.

Cited, not guessed

Rules and numbers are checked against the FAR/AIM and the FAA handbooks.

Flight path to wings

Seven steps from first lesson to Private Pilot

The FAA minimums under 14 CFR part 61, in order. Your instructor signs you off at each step.

  1. 1

    Get a medical certificate

    At least third class, from an aviation medical examiner, before you solo. 61.23

  2. 2

    Get a student pilot certificate

    Apply through IACRA with your instructor. Age 16; read, speak, write and understand English. 61.83

  3. 3

    Solo

    Pre-solo knowledge test and training with your instructor, then the solo endorsement. 61.87

  4. 4

    Pass the knowledge test (PAR)

    60 questions, 2.0 hours, 70% to pass; minimum age 15. Needs an instructor endorsement. 61.103

    Test Ready covers this
  5. 5

    Log the flight experience

    At least 40 hours: 20 with an instructor and 10 solo, including a 150 NM solo cross-country. 61.109

  6. 6

    Pass the checkride

    Oral and flight test with an examiner to the Private Pilot ACS, within 24 calendar months of the knowledge test. 61.39

  7. 7

    Earn your wings

    Private Pilot certificate, airplane single-engine land. Age 17. 61.103

Accuracy

Every answer shows its source

Original questions written from public FAA material, so you learn the concept.

How long do you have to pass the practical test after passing the knowledge test?

24 calendar months. The knowledge test must be passed within the 24-calendar-month period before the month you complete the practical test.

14 CFR 61.39(a)(1)

Pricing

One-time prices. No subscription.

Full Program

$39.99

Part 1, Part 2 and the combined guide, plus animated lessons, flashcards, quizzes and timed mocks. Pass guarantee.

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Study Guide

$24.99

All 17 chapters in one complete volume, PDF and EPUB.

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Flashcards & Quiz Kit

$19.99

411 flashcards and 645 questions, chapter by chapter.

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Part 1 Study Guide

$14.99

The Airplane and the Rules, Chapters 1 to 8.

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Part 2 Study Guide

$14.99

Flight Planning and Decisions, Chapters 9 to 17.

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Don’t just memorize…actually learn

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