CFI-G Book suggestions

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

"vontresc" wrote in message
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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?

I went to my local junior college and took the CFI course. Even though you
will be the only CFIG candidate in your class, the material is much the
same. (of course, for the FOI it is exactly the same.) For that course, I
don't remember having anything past the FAR/AIM and the Q&A guide as
textbooks, but that was a few years ago.

As always when I am preparing for an FAA test, I take practice tests on the
Internet until I am consistently getting the score I want. (IMO, don't even
think of anything less than 90%) After you have done that, taking the actual
written test becomes a non-event.

Getting a very good score on your written should result in an easier time at
your oral, which is your *REAL* CFI test. The flying part should be a
non-event. By the time you take your oral, you should have a compact
library of appropriate books and know what is in them. Have your FAR/AIM
tabbed so you do not fumble when looking up answers. Take your books to
your oral, they will serve as your "lifeline".

Good luck!
Vaughn (CFI-G)

Hi Peter,

A few items come to mind.

http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...rCheckride.htm
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...repwareCFI.htm
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...estPrepCFI.htm
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...Instructor.htm
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...rsHandbook.htm

Other Test and Checkride Prep books
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...de_Preparation

Other "instructional books"
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books...#Instructional

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"vontresc" wrote in message
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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

You would do well to get--

FAA-H-8083-9A "Aviation Instructors Handbook"
FAA-H-8083-13 "Glider Flying Handbook"
AC 00-45F "Aviation Weather Services"
AC 00-6A "Aviation Weather"

The Aviation Instructors Handbook is surprisingly good, and as a bonus, the
FOI test is generated from this material.

The above documents are the source of the required information--can't do
better than that!

Good luck---you will need all the information you can get and all your
ingenuity to be able to teach someone to fly---.
--
Hartley Falbaum



"vontresc" wrote in message
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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

Glider Flight Instructor Manual

The Glider Flying Handbook 2007 edition

Preventing Launching Accidents
Preventing Landing Accidents
Preventing Stall Accidents

From your favorite commercial glider operator who appreciates your
support
or
www.eglider.org

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

I have the Glider Pilot Ground School (Seymour) books here as well as ASA
Written test guides (the best deals on these are now a combination set of
software and paper books, ASA TEST PREP TESTWARE (Download) Combinations.
http://www.wingsandwheels.com/page43.htm
The FAA PTS is the one you really want to look at as this is the Bible for
Examiners and applicants showing what can and has to be tested for, these
also give reference as to where the correct answers that the Examiner is
looking for..whatever is on the PTS has to be addressed in a real practical
exam...the PTS is also available on line for free from FAA website, just go
to http://www.faa.gov/ and search under PTS
Good luck! What soaring really needs is more willing and competent CFI's!
Tim Mara
CFI(G) and formerly FAA DPE
Please visit the Wings & Wheels website at www.wingsandwheels.com


"vontresc" wrote in message
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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

Thanks for that link. Goofy is a renaissance man.

Oh, High, high, up in the sky
There goes my partner
bye bye!



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

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

I put together an online resource for CFI materials, here

http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john..._Programs/CFI/

I especially recommend the "FAR notes." Here I tried to put in plain
English the FARs that we need to know and teach as glider pilots,
without all the category III and other stuff.

John Cochrane