Updated as of Sept 9, 2017
There are a few items I would have like to have had going into flight training. Here is a list and an explanation of why each one is important. I did have many years of home simulator time and that really helped. Instead of starting at the very beginning I already knew a lot of information to include what all the instruments and controls did.
First and foremost I wish I would have loved to have the "answers" to everything in the private pilot training. The Airman Certification Standards is all of the standards that have to deal with the limitations of maneuvers that will be taught and later will have to demonstrate to the examiner. This book can be downloaded from the FAA website here. Look for the Private Pilot - Airplane and download that one. At first, it may seem just like a whole bunch of words but this is all of the parameters of passing the practical exam.Finally getting through pilot school there are some things I wish I would have known before starting. I knew it was going to be expensive and I had enough funds to pay for it all with out taking out any loans. I am thankful for that but towards the end, funds started to get low and need to make some changes to our spending until I graduated.
Also, the current FAR/AIM is needed to look up regulations. These regulations are something that the examiner can and will ask. There is a page towards the front of the book listing the most common regulations that a Private Pilot would have to know. I would recommend finding all of them and writing a note next to the reference of what that rule is about; then highlighting the main parts in the paragraph. This helps for a quick look up of information, also it allows for a better understanding of how the book is organized.
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