Helicopter Pilot Oral Exam Guide

ASA’s Oral Exam Guide Series is an excellent study tool for students and instructors alike. Arranged in a question-and-answer format, this comprehensive guide lists the questions most likely to be asked by examiners and provides succinct, ready responses. Use when you’re gearing up for the Practical Exam, as well as for a general refresher. FAA references are provided throughout for further study.

This second edition of the Helicopter Pilot Oral Exam Guide by Ryan Dale has been updated to reflect the latest regulations and procedures. This invaluable resource serves as a supplement to ASA’s Oral Exam Guide Series. When used with the corresponding oral exam guide, this book prepares students for the oral portion of their private, instrument, commercial, flight instructor, or ATP helicopter checkride.

Ryan Dale is a helicopter CFI who enjoys people almost as much as he enjoys flying. Ryan was working towards his instructor certificate when he saw the need for more resources for aspiring helicopter pilots. He wrote the Helicopter Oral Exam Guide and Helicopter Maneuvers Manual to help other pilots pass exams and reach their goals in flying.

Ryan Dale holds both airplane and helicopter instructor ratings and works for a regional flight training company that trains pilots in their King Air 300 airplane and simulator. He also manages the helicopter simulator program that trains pilots for inadvertent IMC and brown/whiteout scenarios.