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This course could also be approved under a Part 141 Air Agency Certificate. If you already hold a Part 141 Pilot School Certificate, you could add this course to your existing Training Course Outline. This could add additional benefits for your students in the area of VFR Cross Country training. Using Part 61 alone, the students in this syllabus must acquire a minimum of 50 hours of solo/PIC cross country time (a cross country is a non-stop flight of at least 50 NM), but there is no such 50 hour cross country requirement in the Instrument Rating coursework of Part 141, Appendix C. Using Part 141 you could eliminate many of the VFR Cross Country block or time-building lessons. The syllabus would then truly become a competency-based curriculum.

If your school is not already a Part 141 school, you could submit this syllabus together with a Training Course Outline that you develop and become a Part 141 school in order to take advantage of these student benefits. Put the potential savings from part 141 together with an FTD and the students time to train and cost to train would drop significantly, which would be a great selling point for your facility. The research indicates that students, who complete their training in less time and with less money, do so with less frustration and become lifelong customers!

The actual rule to use is Part 141.57 "Special Curricula" This rule essentially says that if you present the FAA with a syllabus that is equal to or greater than the rigor of the existing pilot requirements, then any different syllabus can become FAA approved.

Instructors will find examples of typical projects that should be included in labs in The Oral and Practical Exam Guide (ASA-OEG-AMT).

1. Use a pencil when entering estimates, preliminary, and variable information. Changes can be made, and errors can be corrected easily with an eraser.
2. Highlight areas of particular importance.
3. Use different colored pencils or pens while enroute to differentiate between estimated and actual numbers.
4. Take your time to write neatly. There is no point in writing down a radio frequency if you can't read it when you need it.
5. The sheet allows for up to 9 legs, but if you only need 4, use the space to your advantage. Spread things out, use two lines per leg, write larger, or record additional information that may be helpful to the flight.

When the Prepware v11 software was created, some “View Figures” buttons were inadvertently added to the newest questions. Unfortunately, this fact was discovered after production of the CD.

If you have Prepware Inspection Authorization v11 please ignore the View Figures buttons when they appear in a question. These buttons may even appear on questions that do not require any references at all.

The FAA expects IA applicants to know where to look for the necessary information. None of the questions on the IA test will have a prompt to tell you that you need to view a figure in the reference materials. Use the information from within the question to determine whether or not you need to reference a figure or table. If you do, then refer to the CT-8080-8D found in the Help menu in the top toolbar.

Select all, or the desired number of practice flights (.flt files), including the .wx files. Do not copy the parent folder, only the .flt and .wx files themselves. Once you select the desired files, select 'Copy'. Locate the 'My Documents' folder on your hard drive, and locate the 'Flight Simulator Files' sub-folder inside 'My Documents'. Paste both the .flt and .wx files into this location.

Open the Flight Simulator 2004 program, and from the toolbar click 'Select a Flight.' In 'Choose a category', select 'My Saved Flights.' The bruceAir flights will be listed in the 'Choose a Flight' section.

The actual files, .wx and .flt (both of them for each scenario) must be copied and pasted from the CD into the folder named 'Flight Simulator Files'. The 'Flight Simulator Files' folder is located in your 'My Documents' folder. If the files are pasted directly into the 'My Documents' folder, without going one level deeper (into the Flight Simulator Files folder) Flight Simulator 2004 will not be able to "see" them.

On Top is for instrument-rated pilots who want a versatile platform to practice instrument procedures in their own aircraft, practice decision making skills in IMC, and for use in orientation to approaches and routes as part of their preflight preparations. Perfect for the instrument-rated pilot flying high performance, twin, or various single-engine aircraft.

Instrument Refresher is for an instrument-rated pilot who wants to practice the maneuvers required for instrument currency and wants the ability to refine skills before taking an Instrument Proficiency Check with a live instructor. Perfect for instrument-rated pilots who don't get to fly on the gauges as much as they'd like and could use some occasional dual time.

If no disc symbol appears on your desktop when you put the disc in the player, open a New Finder Window, on the Devices list find and click on Prepware 2013 to see the Applications and Prepware 2013 folders displayed in the finder. Drag and drop the Prepware 2013 folder into the Applications folder to begin the Prepware installation. When installation is completed, remove the disc from the player before starting the program for the first time.

Consider the Private Pilot Knowledge Exam. There are 11 areas of concentration within the exam. Each of these areas has a different number of possible questions you could be asked on your test: Basic Aerodynamics (44), Aircraft Systems(45), Flight Instruments (57), Regulations (153), etc.
A certain percentage of questions will be drawn from each area. So, if 10% of your test questions are to be on Basic Aerodynamics, the system will choose 6 questions from the 44 questions in that section. Likewise, if 10% of your test questions are to be on Regulations, the system will choose 6 questions from the 153 questions in that section.

As you can see, even though the test is generated randomly, the likelihood of you receiving the same questions from the Basic Aerodynamics section is higher than that of the Regulations section.

To stay as current as possible, you should obtain updates, by choosing "Check For Updates" in the Help menu within Prepware. You can also sign up for email notification of future updates by visiting Test Updates - FAA Knowledge Exams

1. Confirm that your computer meets the system requirements for the version of Prepware you have (Prepware 2011 requires OS X 10.5 or higher)
2. Often times people move the program out of it's folder in an attempt to create a shortcut. If you have done this, you can try putting it back, and use your computer's Help menu to find out how to correctly create a shortcut. If putting it back doesn't work, you may need to call customer service.
3. Make sure the disk is not in the computer when you attempt to put in the activation code.
4. Double, and then Triple check your activation code. 95% of the time an activation code presents a red X, it is due to the code being entered incorrectly. Enter the code exactly as it appears, including the dashes, and with no spaces. If you received your code via email, copy and paste it into the box to reduce the chance of error.

For further assistance, contact customer service at 1-800-ASA-2-FLY or email support.

1) All versions of Prepware, with the exception of Prepware School, are licensed for one user who may install it on two machines. If this agreement is violated, you will be unable to register and obtain Updates.

2) When registering on a second computer, you must use the same first and last name, and email address you used to register the software originally. Also, the system is 'case sensitive', meaning you must use upper or lower case letters exactly as you did originally.

If you have been locked out of the Updates, contact customer support via Email, or by phone at 1 (800) ASA-2-FLY. Be sure to have your Activation code ready for prompt service.

The Prepware Apps for iPhone and iPad provide many, though not all, of the functions available in the full desktop version and is therefore best suited as a supplement rather than a stand-alone study program. This application also has test and study modes. Study mode allows you to choose an area of study, review all related questions, and receive immediate feedback as to the accuracy of your answer. Explanations are provided on demand, so you may review as you work your way through the study session. Test mode offers a set number of test questions, grades your test, and when completed, provides a review of all test questions, correct and incorrect answers, and a score. Performance History is not saved beyond the current test, as it is in the full desktop version, and completed tests cannot be submitted to obtain an endorsement.

To stay as current as possible, visit our Test Updates page. There, you can sign up for email notification of future updates, and also obtain the current updates.