The private pilot regulations you need for your checkride, made easy.
50 of the most common checkride regulations, each explained the way I teach in my videos on social media, with a checkride question so you know how your examiner will ask it.
- 50 core regulations, all in one place
- Explained the way I teach in my videos on social media
- A checkride question for every regulation
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What is inside
Stop reading the FARs cover to cover
The regulations are thousands of lines long, and most student pilots do not know which ones matter for the checkride. This guide pulls out the ones that come up most and explains each one the way I teach in my videos.
50
Core regulations
The regulations that come up most often on the private pilot checkride, organized in one guide.
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Explained like my videos
Each regulation broken down the same way I teach it on social media: what it means and why it exists.
Q&A
A checkride question for each
See how your examiner is likely to ask about it, so you can practice answering out loud.
Who made this
Joeseph Beckmann, CFII / MEI
I am a flight instructor and the author of The Private Pilot Checkride Textbook. I teach checkride prep on YouTube and with students one on one, and I wrote this guide to help you understand the regulations instead of memorizing them.
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