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Up your chances of passing your checkride

By Janice Wood · May 15, 2009 ·

sportysSporty’s has created interactive Online Maneuvers Guides that explain the maneuvers required for the recreational, private, instrument and commercial checkrides. Adapted from the Sporty’s printed Maneuvers Guides, these online guides provide step-by-step instructions on performing each required maneuver.

Each maneuver begins with simplified objectives and standards for that maneuver followed by an easy-to-follow, detailed description. An informative full motion 3D animation accompanies most maneuvers so you’re able to visualize how each maneuver is to be performed prior to your flight. Multi-angle perspectives show the maneuvers from both inside and outside the airplane.

The Recreational and Private Pilot Maneuvers Guide covers takeoffs and landings, stalls, slow flight, ground reference maneuvers, emergencies and more. The Instrument Pilot Maneuvers Guide provides information on holding procedures, cross-country navigation, VOR, GPS, NDB and ILS approaches, holding patterns and more. The Commercial Pilot Maneuvers Guide includes power-off accuracy approaches, lazy eights, eights on pylons, chandelles, steep spirals and more.

All three Online Maneuvers Guides are available for $39.95. The Recreational and Private Pilot Maneuvers Guide, the Instrument Pilot Maneuvers Guide and the Commercial Pilot Maneuvers Guide are each available for $16.95.

For more information: 800-SPORTYS or Sportys.com.

About Janice Wood

Janice Wood is editor of General Aviation News.

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