Walk into your checkride oral knowing the answer, and why.
An 86-page, fully illustrated study guide built Task by Task from the ACS your examiner tests you against. Every topic broken into what the DPE is looking for, the knowledge behind it, and realistic examiner questions with model answers.
You've put thousands into your training. The oral decides whether it pays off on the first try.
A failed checkride isn't just a bad day. It's a second examiner fee, more airplane rental, more instructor time, a new endorsement, and weeks of waiting for another slot.
Organized exactly the way your examiner builds the test.
Your DPE writes a plan of action from the ACS Areas of Operation and Tasks. This guide follows the same structure, so nothing on test day comes from somewhere you haven't studied.
What the ACS expects
Each Task's knowledge and risk management elements, translated into plain English.
Core knowledge
The regulations, numbers and concepts, with CFR references and tables you can actually study from.
Risk management focus
How the examiner turns facts into judgment questions, and the conservative answers they want to hear.
Examiner-style Q&A
Realistic questions with model answers. Cover the answer, say yours out loud, then check.
The questions that trip people up, answered the way a DPE wants.
Modern orals are scenario-based. Memorized facts aren't enough; you have to apply them. Every model answer shows the reasoning, not just the rule.
Q: ATC says "N12345, standby" when you call approach for Class B. Can you enter?
A: No. Class B requires an explicit clearance: "cleared into the Class Bravo airspace." Two-way communication alone is not enough.
Q: Your annual expired yesterday. Can you fly to the shop across the field?
A: No, not without a special flight permit issued by the FAA. The 10-hour allowance applies only to the 100-hour inspection.
Real pages from the guide.
Explanations, diagrams, tables and examiner questions, side by side on the same page, so you study each topic the way it gets tested.
The topics examiners love to draw out of you, drawn out for you.
Systems, airspace, weather, aerodynamics and airport operations, each as a clean diagram placed right next to the material it explains.
Every ASEL Area of Operation, plus the tools to run your own mock oral.
Area I: Preflight Preparation
All eight Tasks in depth: pilot qualifications, airworthiness, weather, cross-country planning, airspace, performance, systems and human factors.
Areas II–XII
Preflight procedures, airport operations, and the flight-maneuver knowledge examiners test at the table, including ACS standards.
4 mock oral scenarios
Hand them to your CFI or a study partner. Includes a rapid-fire correlation round, where memorizers struggle.
Quick reference
Every number you must know with its regulation, and all the mnemonics on one page.
Worksheets
Know Your Airplane and Personal Minimums, the two things examiners love to ask about.
Study plan & final checklists
What to do 4 weeks out, 1 week out, the night before and the morning of, including the paperwork that ends checkrides early.
Written by an instrument-rated commercial pilot.
AviRegs is written by an instrument-rated commercial pilot (ASEL and AMEL). Every section is checked against the current ACS, 14 CFR, the AIM and the FAA handbooks.
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Questions
Is it current?
Yes. It's aligned to FAA-S-ACS-6C, the current Private Pilot Airplane ACS, and reflects the BasicMed changes from the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024.
When should I start using it?
Ideally 3–4 weeks before your checkride. The built-in study plan works if you have less time, too.
Does it cover my specific airplane?
The systems section covers a typical single-engine trainer. The Know Your Airplane worksheet walks you through pulling your airplane's exact numbers from its POH.
Is this for Part 61 or Part 141?
Both. The oral exam is held to the same ACS either way.
How do I get it?
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