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Navigation:  Visi-Hold (Never wonder about hold entries) | IFR Checkride Reviewer | General Aviation Human FactorsGetting the Most From Your Flight Training | Reseller 

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Get the entire product collection at the deepest discount!  As an introductory offer to get you started, this provides you a $635 retail value for $335.  Free Priority Mail shipping to US Addresses.
5 units Visi-Plotter™  $75 value
5 units Pilot's Rules of Thumb™  $20 value
5 units Visi-Hold™  $50 value
5 copies Safer Approaches $40 value
5 copies Learning IFR Enroute Charts $50 value
5 copies Instrument Rating Checkride Reviewer $100 value
5 copies Using the NASA Form (PocketLearning) $60 value
5 copies Winter Flying (PocketLearning) $40 value
5 copies Aviation Acronyms (PocketLearning) $50 value
5 copies Getting the Most from Your Flight Training $75 value
5 copies Pilot's Radio Communications Guide $75 value

       
                      
January Special

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Aviation Acronyms (PocketLearning)
A complete pilot resource for aviation acronyms and contractions for every sector of aviation.  Written by a pilot for pilots, this book provides instant answers to weather reports with confusing codes and aviation material with undefined acronyms.  This book has been in constant publication since 2004 and is frequently updated.  For free lifetime updates, register your book (instructions included).  90 pages. Designed to fit in your flight bag, size 5" x 8"  Retail price: $10 (Free Shipping to US addresses). ISBN-13: 978-1468069501

Introductory Price - January Special - 10 copies $60

Regular Price - 10 copies - $67

 
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Cover - IFR Checkride Reviewer









Includes:
IFR Checkride Reviewer
Visi-Hold™
Instrument Rating Checkride Reviewer - Best Seller
5th Edition. Finally, instrument rating help!  This 220-page review package is designed to help you to get through the Instrument Checkride.  Includes  Visi-Hold™ (see below) as a bonus.  This package can be used as a self study guide or by flight instructors to provide IPC/Checkride preparation.  Designed to fit in your flight bag, size: 6" x 9" Retail price: $20 (Free Shipping to US addresses). ISBN: 978-0-9823940-0-7  ...more information

1 copy $25
5 copies (22%off) $78 10 copies (33%off) $134

"I am now recommending it to my students as the best single book to buy to prepare for the checkride." Kevin





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Pilot's Radio Communications Guide
This 70-page review guide is designed as a quick reference guide or radio communications training self study guide. This covers VFR & IFR radio communications. Build your confidence by knowing what to say and when. Designed to fit in your flight bag, size: 3.6" x 8.5"  Price: $15 (Free Shipping to US addresses).  ISBN: 978-0-9823940-7-6  Sent First Class with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number.  More Information, free preview

1 copy $15 5 copies (22%off) $59 10 copies (33%off) $101

 


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Getting the Most From Your Flight Training
This 170-page book is the essential guide to becoming a better pilot, paying the least, getting the most, and finishing as quickly as possible. Includes sections on Becoming a Better Pilot, Ground & Flight Instruction Tips, and Earning Certificates &  Ratings. Size 8.5" x 6" Price: $15 (Free Shipping to US addresses).  ISBN: 978-0-9823940-8-3 

AOPA says, Mention the phrase "save money on flight training," and you've got a student pilot's attention in a hurry. Darren Smith, a CFII and ATP who has written several books about flying, is the author of a book that purports to help you become a better pilot while paying the least, getting the most, and finishing as quickly as possible. Smith includes advice on getting started, how to select a flight instructor, getting into the airlines, and an introduction to radio communications. The nitty-gritty advice on saving money is found in the sections on ground and flight instruction. 

1 copy $15 5 copies (22%off) $59 10 copies (33%off) $101



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Learning IFR Enroute Charts
This 40 page guide helps the Flight Instructor or Instrument Student with  IFR Enroute Symbology.  It uses a unique IFR Chart Extract to teach symbology.   It includes all symbology you need to know for your Instrument checkride or Instrument Proficiency Check.  As a bonus chapter, Instrument Approach Procedure (plate) symbology is also included. All of which you need to know prior to your checkride. Retail price: $10 (Free Shipping to US addresses).  ISBN: 978-0-9823940-3-8  

1 copy $10 5 copies (22%off) $39 10 copies (33%off) $67



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Using the NASA Form (PocketLearning)
Practical advice and tips using the NASA form when you’ve violated the FARs.  This 48 page guide will walk you step by step through filing a NASA safety report.  It will tell you the techniques and traps to submit a good report AND keep your pilot certificate unblemished.  You only have 10 days to submit your report, so this is the tool you want to have ahead of time.  Designed to fit in your flight bag, size: 5"x8" Retail price: $12 (Free Shipping to US addresses). ISBN: 978-1468096262

1 copy $12 5 copies (22%off) $47 10 copies (33%off) $81





Winter Flying (PocketLearning)
Quick tips & techniques so you can get the most out of your winter flying - safely.  Includes information on Winter Preflight, Induction Icing, Carb Icing, Airframe Icing, Tail Stalls, Hypothermia Strategies for Reducing the Risk, Winter Survival Kit, Aeronautical Decision Making, and the Personal Minimums Checklist.   Designed to fit in your flight bag, size: 5"x8" Retail price: $8 (Free Shipping to US addresses). ISBN: 978-1468035070

1 copy $8
5 copies (22%off) $32 10 copies (33%off) $54

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Aviation Acronyms, Contractions, & Mnemonics (PocketLearning)
A complete pilot resource for aviation acronyms and contractions for every sector of aviation.  Written by a pilot for pilots, this book provides instant answers to weather reports with confusing codes and aviation material with undefined acronyms.  This book has been in constant publication since 2004 and is frequently updated.  For free lifetime updates, register your book (instructions included).  90 pages. Designed to fit in your flight bag, size 5" x 8"  Retail price: $10 (Free Shipping to US addresses). ISBN-13: 978-1468069501

1 copy $10
5 copies (22%off) $39 10 copies (33%off) $67
 

Aviation Quotes (PocketLearning)

1 copy $10
5 copies (22%off) $32 10 copies (33%off) $54







 Flashcards                                          Amateur Radio Flashcards
Guaranteed Pass Helicopter Flash Cards






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Free Priority Mail ShippingGuaranteed Pass - Helicopter Flash Cards
This package includes 240 easy to read, soft yellow cards -- not flimsy paper -- which will help you pass your FAA written and oral (checkride) helicopter exams.  Card size approximately: 4.25" x 2.75" - a stack of cards approximately 2" high.   Includes all helicopter subjects. Sent USPS Priority Mail  with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number, arrives in 2-3 days.   Price: $25 (Free Shipping to US addresses).  ISBN: 978-0-9823940-2-1  

1 unit $25 5 units (22%off) $98 10 units (33%off) $168
Doc MacKinnon (about the Helicopter Flash Cards): "Truly worth every cent! Clear, concise, & ideal for the busy student."  More flashcard learning products at gpflashcards.com



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Free Priority Mail ShippingGuaranteed Pass - Glider Flash Cards
This package includes 250 easy to read, soft yellow cards -- not flimsy paper -- which will help you pass your FAA written and oral (checkride) glider exams.  Card size approximately: 4.25" x 2.75" - a stack of cards approximately 2" high.   Includes all glider subjects. Sent USPS Priority Mail  with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number, arrives in 2-3 days.   Price: $25 (Free Shipping to US addresses)

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1 unit $25 5 units (22% off) $98 10 units (33%off) $168
Doc MacKinnon (about the Helicopter Flash Cards): "Truly worth every cent! Clear, concise, & ideal for the busy student."
More flashcard learning products at gpflashcards.com



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Free Priority Mail ShippingGuaranteed Pass - LTA/Balloon Flash Cards
This package includes 250 easy to read, soft yellow cards -- not flimsy paper -- which will help you pass your FAA written and oral (checkride) LTA/Balloon exams.  Card size approximately: 4.25" x 2.75" - a stack of cards approximately 2" high.   Includes all LTA/Balloon subjects. Sent USPS Priority Mail  with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number, arrives in 2-3 days.   Price: $25 (Free Shipping to US addresses).  

NOT AVAILABLE - PLEASE DO NOT ORDER - COMING SOON!
1 unit $25 5 units (22%off) $98 10 units (33%off) $168
Doc MacKinnon (about the Helicopter Flash Cards): "Truly worth every cent! Clear, concise, & ideal for the busy student."
More flashcard learning products at gpflashcards.com



 


Free 1st Class Mail ShippingVisi-Hold - Know Instantly
Never wonder about holding entries again!   Works with standard holds and non-standard holds (left turns).   The Visi-Hold™ package comes complete with Visi-Hold™ template, directions, and two articles on holds: All About Holding and Holding Simplified.  You'll pay no less than $14.95 for a complicated sliderule holding pattern calculator made by ASA. That's not even including shipping!  Those of you who know what real IFR is like know that you can't fool around with a sliderule while the airplane is bouncing around. Instead, get the original Visi-Hold™, helping pilots know the holding pattern entry since 2000. Price: $10 (Free Shipping to US addresses). ISBN: 978-0-9823940-6-9   Sent First Class with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number.
... more information & free support
1 copy $10 10 copies (22%off) $78 20 copies (33%off) $134


Free 1st Class Mail ShippingSafer Approaches
Safer Approaches will teach you how to conduct Instrument Approach Procedures to a higher standard of safety and precision. You will learn:
- Four Fundamentals of Safe Approaches,
- How to virtually eliminate possibility of CFIT of Controlled Flight Into Terrain,
- How to perform a Constant Angle Non-Precision Approach (CANPA),
- How to calculate a Visual Descent Point (VDP),
- How to practice building your flying precision.
What's inside the package?
1.  The Safer Approaches publication, 14pp.
2.  The Stabilized Approach Descent Rate Table, a
plastic 4" x 6" kneeboard sized IFR tool that will eliminate the mental math applying these techniques during your IFR flying. 
Price: $8 (Always free Shipping to US addresses)Sent First Class with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number.
1 copy $8 10 copies (22%off) $62 20 copies (33%off) $107
 


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Free 1st Class Mail ShippingPilot's Rules of Thumb - the ultimate VFR/IFR Checklist
The ultimate checklist that every pilot needs.   Ten years in development, this is a product that pilots of all levels of experience can immediately use.  This tool covers 30 normal and non-normal situations and has 9 special tools that  you'll use on every flight.   This high-quality plastic ruler/checklist measures approximately 3.75" x 9".  Click the picture to see a larger picture of this tool or click the link for more information.  Price: $4 (Free Shipping to US addresses).  Sent First Class US Mail.
... more information & free support
10 units (22%off) $31 20 units (33%off) $54 50 units (44%off) $112
100units (50%off) $200
 
                                        
Visi-Plotter - Simply the Best Flight Planning Plotter Made

This is the only VFR plotter invented by a CFI for pilots.  It includes innovative features that provides temperature conversion, flight planning scratch pad area, and a no-mistakes course protractor that even beginners won't be confused by.  It provides scales for sectional & WAC charts, and it even has inches & MM measurements.

The Most Accurate
The Visi-Plotter navigational plotter is created from a calibrated hot stamp.  It is the most accurate way to create a plotter.  No other plotter on the market uses this production method because its more expensive than the silk screen method used by every other manufacturer.

You'll pay no less than $21.95 to get a basic VFR plotter shipped from the typical online pilot store.  It won't include a tutorials on flight planning like Visi-Plotter.  It won't include online support like Visi-Plotter. Instead, get the original Visi-Plotter, helping pilots since 2000.  With Visi-Plotter, you'll get the best made plotter in the industry, a tutorial on flight planning, and online support.  Price $15 (Free Shipping to US addresses)
... more information & free support

1 unit $15 5 units (22%off) $59 10 units (33%off) $101

       
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