Sport Aviation Publications reprints the most current FAA Practical Test Standards in this series of cockpit-sized guides. This is the Sport Pilot Practical Test Standards for Weight Shift Control, Powered Parachute, and Flight Instructor (FAA-S-8081-31). This guide is the one used for the Sport Pilot Flight Instructor check-ride for CFI-S, subpart K. The FAA Practical Test Standards are used by instructors, students, and examiners to prepare for, review, take, or issue the check-ride. Each PTS is written by the FAA and details the type and levels of skill and knowledge that must be demonstrated before an examiner can issue a certificate or rating to an applicant, and describes background study and reference materials.

This Flight Standards Service manual has been published by the Fed. Aviation Admin. (FAA) to establish the standards for the knowledge & skills necessary for the issuance of a Sport Pilot Certificate. It is the standard that shall be used by FAA inspectors & designated pilot examiners (DPEs) when conducting sport pilot & flight instructor with a sport pilot rating practical tests or proficiency checks. Charts & tables..

This is the official FAA Sport Pilot - Weight-Shift Control, Powered Parachute, Flight Instructor: Practical Test Standards FAA-S-8081-31 (Changes 1, 2, 3, 4). Effective as of 2017, current in 2021. The Sport Pilot Practical Test Standards for Weight Shift Control, Powered Parachute, and Flight Instructor has been published by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish the standards for the knowledge and skills necessary for the issuance of a Sport Pilot Certificate and a Flight Instructor Certificate with a Sport Pilot Rating. FAA inspectors, designated pilot examiners, and flight instructors shall conduct instruction, proficiency checks, and practical tests in compliance with these standards. Flight instructors and applicants should find these standards helpful during training and when preparing for the practical test or proficiency check.

Previously printed as two separate guidebooks and now combined into one, this manual guides student pilots, flight instructors, and FAA-designated examiners through the final test in acquiring a pilot license. Detailed and up-to-date information is provided regarding knowledge requirements, understanding physiological conditions such as dehydration, spatial disorientation, and hypoxia, and skill requirements for takeoff and landing, bank angles, and airspeed. This reference, which has been updated by the FAA to match their new and revised regulations, includes clear definitions on tolerance of altitudes, airspeeds, headings, and banks that must be maintained to demonstrate each maneuver successfully.

This manual covers the oral and practical exams required for pilots of light-sport aircraft (LSA), other ultra light vehicles, and flight instructors of these vehicles, in accordance with the new Sport Pilot License recently mandated by the FAA. Detailed and up-to-date information is provided for both knowledge requirements such as physiological conditions (dehydration, spatial disorientation, and hypoxia), flight planning exercises, and skill requirements for takeoff and landing, bank angles, and airspeed. The tolerances for altitudes, airspeeds, headings, and banks that must be maintained to demonstrate each maneuver successfully are also defined.