Video tip: Airman Certification Standards (ACS)
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The Airman Certification Standards (ACS) spell out the performance standards that you’ll need to meet during your private pilot test. This guide recently replaced the Practical Test Standards (PTS), and it’s important that you take time during your flight training to familiarize yourself with this document and use it to help gauge your progress.
This week’s tip takes a closer look at a few examples of the specific knowledge, skills, risk management elements and performance metrics found in the Private Pilot ACS.
The video clip below is from Sporty’s complete Learn to Fly Course.
As Sporty’s lead aviation course and video producer, Bret is usually flying an interesting airplane, and often with a camera rolling. He oversees the development, production and distribution of over 30 aviation courses from Sporty's, including the Private Pilot Learn to Fly Course. He is a flight instructor and check airman at the Sporty's Academy flight school and a senior captain on a Cessna Citation.
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