See how PAVE works

A short overview of the PAVE method and PAVE Oral Prep

Brief the IFR flight the way the examiner expects

The Instrument add-on to PAVE Oral Prep

This add-on covers what the Instrument oral adds to the PAVE Core: instrument currency and the IPC, IFR equipment and inspections, GPS and RAIM, IFR weather, alternates and fuel, enroute altitudes, approaches, missed approaches and lost communications. You review it on the route Van Nuys (KVNY) to Oceano (L52) to Lake Tahoe (KTVL) and back to Long Beach (KLGB).

Requires: PAVE Private Pilot Oral Prep (the Core) or the PAVE Instrument Bundle.

Companion to the book The PAVE Checklist: Organize, Understand, and Pass Your FAA Checkride Oral (Second Edition), sold separately.

What's included

About 1.6 hours of review built on the FAA's PAVE checklist: Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment and External pressures.

  • 15 narrated video lessons with animated explainers and captions

  • 3 module quizzes with explanations

  • Module 1: Pilot and Aircraft

  • Module 2: IFR Weather and Planning

  • Module 3: Enroute, Approach and Lost Comms

  • Requires the PAVE Private Pilot Oral Prep (the Core) or the PAVE Instrument Bundle

Course curriculum

    1. Lesson 1: Instrument Currency and the IPC

    2. Lesson 2: Privileges, Inspections, and IFR Equipment

    3. Lesson 3: Instrument Failures and GPS Approval

    4. Lesson 4: GPS Preflight, Automation, and Review

    5. IFR Pilot and Aircraft: Knowledge Check

    1. Lesson 1: IFR Weather Hazards, Icing, and Convection

    2. Lesson 2: The IFR Go No-Go, Departure, and the One-Two-Three Rule

    3. Lesson 3: Alternate Minimums, GPS, and IFR Fuel

    4. Lesson 4: Enroute Altitudes, the MOCA, and Filing

    5. Lesson 5: Planning the Flight to Oceano and Module Summary

    6. IFR Weather and Planning: Knowledge Check

    1. Lesson 1: Clearances and Departures

    2. Lesson 2: Enroute Altitudes, Holding, and Arrivals

    3. Lesson 3: Reports, Approach Charts, and Descending Below Minimums

    4. Lesson 4: Approach Lights, the Missed Approach, and Alternates

    5. Lesson 5: Lost Communications and the Oceano and Tahoe Legs

    6. Lesson 6: Cold Temperature, Human Factors, and Pressure

    7. Enroute, Approach, Lost Comms: Knowledge Check

    8. Next Steps: Commercial, CFI and CFII

About this course

  • $99.00
  • 19 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

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