Sport Pilot Talk

I'm taking some Gleim Sport specific study material and I'm coming across some questions I didn't think would be needing to know.

For example, there's a whole slew of questions about medical certificates. Is this actually part of what will be on the written test or are they feeding me extra info I don't need to know?

I am all for knowledge but right now I don't want to study material I don't need to know.

(I've noticed some other Gleim material I don't think is 100% correct which is why I am wondering about this. Specifically it was material that covered ELTs and talked about 121.5/243mhz ELTs and no mention of 406mhz ELT, so perhaps outdated material).

As a general rule Gleim is prepping you for questions the FAA is using on the test, for example the info on ELT's. As for the medical you can act as sport pilot PIC using a valid drivers license, but if you don't have one you need a FAA medical.

I did the Gleim Sport Pilot prep about 2.5 years ago and found the content to be identical with the FAA and the Gleim company to be very responsive to any customer questions or FAA changes. Test prep accuracy is their business, not just for aviation. Good luck!

I've found the Dauntless Aviation software to be the easiest, cheapest and best.

I have recommended the Gleim Sport Pilot test prep to my students with great results. One (exceptional) student scored 100%.

I also recommend Rod Machado's books for reference material.

great.

Right or wrong, to a certain degree here what is important is what is on the test, not what is accurate.

If you're referring to that chart of information on page 47 of the 2015 FAR/AIM - Yup. Some questions may come from there. Does a Sport Pilot need to know the duration of validity of a First Class Medical for an ATP under 40 years of age? I don't think so, but it is what it is.

I recently finished up the Sport Pilot (Airplane) Ground School course from King Schools, the DVD home version. I reviewed all of the practice questions (501), found 2 mistakes in their material, but overall was very satisfied. There were NO references to medical certifications AT ALL! My previous answer was based on the PPL Knowledge test I took 4 years ago, and medical cert was on it. I just took the Sport Pilot Test, got 95%, and nothing regarding medical cert was on it. So I apologize for my ignorant answer. Good Luck with your studies.

designrs wrote:I did the Gleim Sport Pilot prep about 2.5 years ago and found the content to be identical with the FAA and the Gleim company to be very responsive to any customer questions or FAA changes. Test prep accuracy is their business, not just for aviation. Good luck!

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deltafox wrote:I have recommended the Gleim Sport Pilot test prep to my students with great results. One (exceptional) student scored 100%.

My school also uses the Gleim material, and I won't endorse my students for the knowledge test until they can do three Gleim practice tests in a row with scores above 90%. Most of them score in the 90s on the actual test. I too had one student score 100. Since remedial ground instruction on questions missed is required prior to the practical test, and a logbook endorsement to that effect is required, that student's endorsement read "I have given Mr. xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx ground instruction on all zero subject areas in which he was found to be deficient in his Sport Pilot Airplane knowledge test."

The DPE read that, laughed, and then made that student's oral exam much more cursory.

Ha! I'm going to file that endorsement away for use on future students.

I was amazed when I did my PAR that about 90% of the questions on the test were EXACTLY those which I'd reviewed in the Cessna/King study material. As a couple of responses above suggest, test prep is what these guys (Gleim included) do. The FAA has changed and added some questions but if you *understand* what's on the practice tests, you'll do fine on the real one.

thanks again
I thought it was interesting that the test material is not necessarily relevant to a sport pilot, but again that isn't the point (for practical purposes).


As far as Gleim goes, I've found them really fast , reasonable and helpful.

I asked them to "reset" the final tests because the local CATS testing center is closed. This way I can re-take them again when the testing center re-opens. They did it within 15 minutes of me asking through their web form.