Eight Top Tips for Acing your PPL Flight Test

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8 Top Tips for Acing your PPL Flight Test
Presented By Lindsay Green
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Table Of Content

• Introduction
• Read the Flight Test form
• Ground Studies
• Dont Fear Your Examiner
• Pre-Licence
• Have Your Paperwork in Order
• Talk Yourself Through
• Dont Worry About Being Perfect
• Take Care of Yourself and Relax
• Contact Us

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Introduction

• Nerves are great before the flight test, but
  uncertainty isnt. Remember, your instructor
  would not have scheduled you and let you go
  unless he or she was damned sure that you had a
  high probability of passing.
• Your flight test will typically take half a day
  to complete. You will initially spend some time
  on ground going through the KDRs (Knowledge
  Deficiency Report -Explained Later in this blog)
  followed by the flight on your planned route.

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Read the Flight Test form

• A great way to start your preparation for the
  flight test is by downloading the PPL test form
  from CASA website. Go through it front to back,
  top to bottom.
• This is the test form your examiner will be using
  during your test.
• The test form will tell you what you are required
  to demonstrate in order to pass the test.
• Make sure you are thorough with the ground
  components and flight components that are
  mentioned in the back of the form.

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Ground Studies

• In the case that you dont get 100 in your PPL
  Theory Test, you will be required to go through a
  knowledge deficiency report (KDR) outlining the
  answers you missed, this comes with the exam
  results.
• You will need to show that you know the
  deficient items well enough. Get into the
  books, google and know everything relating to the
  topic.
• Examiner may choose to test your knowledge
  outside the KDR within the syllabus. Be prepared
  and dont bullshit to an examiner!
• Remember, its not about just knowing the theory,
  its about understanding what, how and why and
  being able to put it in practical sense.

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Dont Fear Your Examiner

• Examiners are all too familiar with students
  nerves on the day of the test, and they try to
  put you at ease as much as possible, remember
  they were once sitting in your seat.
• This does not mean that they will let you get
  away with a friendly chat and a joy flight but
  remember the confidence your instructor has in
  your ability and take your exam as an opportunity
  to do your best.
• The examiner is well experienced and most of them
  will know your abilities on your very first
  take-off. Dont Take-off with balance ball way
  out!!!
• Maintain a calm and attentive mind throughout the
  test and youll be half way there.

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Pre-Licence

• Most of the flying schools do a pre-licence with
  a Senior Instructor before the test. Take this
  flight seriously and as a chance to find room for
  improvement from an outside source.
• Pre-licence will be a simulated flight test, most
  times tougher and with higher standards to make
  sure you can breeze through the flight test.
• Typically it will be organised with an unfamiliar
  instructor, to replicate your flight test.

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Have Your Paperwork in Order

• On the day of your test, dont come on time! Be
  there a few hours early, if you can.
• Check the weather, check your plan, weight and
  balance, call up aerodromes that need prior
  permission to fly into them, do a full pre-flight
  inspection of the aircraft, fill up fuel if you
  need to, carry refuelling card if you need to
  refuel, make sure the aircraft is clean from
  outside and inside!
• Carry a folder and arrange systematically
  weather, weight and balance, take-off and landing
  charts, notams, maps, ruler, flight computer.
• Last thing you want in your test is losing one of
  them in the cockpit, in flight ! Always carry
  spare pencils and rulers.
• Bring your Licence and medical, logbook for the
  test. Preparation is key!

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Talk Yourself Through

• Talk to yourself about the flight, literally.
  Visualise where, what and how are you going to
  climb, descend, join, see a feature in relation
  to your aircraft, change radio and talk to the
  controller if you have to.
• Talk to yourself on lost procedure, diversion
  procedure, and CLEAROFF check. Take advantage or
  your friends and family, anyone who will listen.
  Talk them step by step through your procedures.
• This will help boost your confidence on the day
  of the flight-test.

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Dont Worry About Being Perfect

• Last thing you want is to do is make a small
  mistake at the beginning. Dont fly yourself to a
  fail. If you have done something wrong, fix it
  and move on. Dont be stuck there, the plane
  isnt!
• Practically it is impossible to be perfect. If
  you look at the required competency for PPL, you
  will notice that they dont ask you to be spot on
  with height hold, heading hold, estimate etc.
• there are tolerances. So relax and have a good
  feeling about the flight, think about what all
  things that can go right rather than what things
  might go wrong.

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Contact Us

• Superior Labs Inc
• Address5783 Central Ave. 
• Hot Springs, AR
• 71913
• Phone[phone]
• Fax[phone]
• Email superiorlabsinc_at_gmail.com
• Resource https//goo.gl/nBefbp

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