On Oct 22, 4:15*pm, vontresc wrote:
With the upper-midwestern soaring season just about done, I was
looking for something to do during the winter, and decided to start on
my CFI-G rating. This will be my initial CFI rating so I will need to
pass the FOI, and CFI exams.

What books would you recommend besides the obvious FAR/AIM, and test
study guides?

Thanks

Peter

I agree, the Aviation Instructors Handbook is good. I wish every
schoolteacher that sucked in my educational experience had read it.
I've been working on a FOI oral test prep book forever and if you find
the material especially challenging I'll share what I have with you.
Multiple choice is one thing, knowing what you are talking about is
quite another. I also have quite a few lesson plans and syllabi from
many operations to compare.

ASA test prep books are all I used for the writtens but you might
prefer computer based stuff. Typically, I believe that anything
better than 70% on the writtens is showing off, at least I say that to
students to get them over the hump, but in the case of the cfi you
want to get as close to 100 as possible.

Reading lots of Derrick Piggot on teaching gliding will not help you
much with the FAA checkride but it will make you a better more
confident instructor,

Of course, you are already doing the best things you can to prepare to
be a great CFIG; owning your own glider, flying cross country, and
hanging out with the SSA Master Instructor and his lackeys. Hopefully
we can do more of that hanging out this winter.

Oh and 1 more CRITICAL thing. Commit to memory the entire script of
this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anhvm4NNwBA