Question on FAA knowledge test endorsements.

I wrote:
Simple question (for everyone but me!):
[ Elided for brevity. ]

I just want to thank everyone who has responded here or privately for their
helpful replies. I have read them all. I haven't acknowledged them all
individually, so I'm using this post to cheat and acknowledge them
collectively - even for any that may appear in the future.

On Nov 20, 9:57*pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
Simple question (for everyone but me!):

Is the CFI endorsement to take a private pilot test for a specific category
(e.g. airplane, rotorcraft, glider) or a category and class (e.g. airplane,
single engine land) or some other classsification (e.g. fixed-wing), or not
category or class specific?

Any properly rated CFI can sign you off to take the private glider
knowledge test. This would either by a glider CFI or a Basic Ground
Instructor. I think you'll find that almost *all* of us CFIs are also
either Basic Ground Instructors or Advanced Ground Instructors and can
sign such things off.

-Robert

At 22:15 23 November 2008, Jim Logajan wrote:
I wrote:
Simple question (for everyone but me!):
[ Elided for brevity. ]

I just want to thank everyone who has responded here or privately for
their
helpful replies. I have read them all. I haven't acknowledged them all
individually, so I'm using this post to cheat and acknowledge them
collectively - even for any that may appear in the future.


You might want to look at www.checkride.com

Their test preparation software served me well in getting through the
Commercial(G) and CFI(G) Knowledge Tests recently. You probably need to
use it in conjuction with a text book though. The software is tailored to
glider exams and is very reasonably priced - particularly by comparison
with the test fee and instructor hourly rates in a commercial
environment.

They also offer an endorsement service so that if you can score repeatedly
high scores on their practice tests they will mail you a written
endorsement to take the real thing. That sounds like what you need. See
http://dauntless-software.com/script/signoff.asp

I'm not sure whether I approve of this idea or not, but it is a valid
endorsement. You are not going to get the FAA certificate by just learning
the right responses to each question because the oral exam which forms part
of the practical test is much tougher.

Good luck!

Paul