Required Materials

Student-Purchased Required Materials

This course requires students to independently procure several items to use for class, including the text and workbooks.

• Rod Machado’s Private Pilot Handbook
  $84.95 Physical Book / $49.95 E-Book

• Rod Machado’s Private Pilot Workbook
  $19.95 E-Book Only

• Mechanical E6-B flight computer
  $15.95 from Sporty’s
  You will be able to use this for taking the FAA test.

• Chart plotter
  $16.95 from Sporty’s
  You will be able to use this for taking the FAA test.
  

• Sectional charts - Green Bay and Chicago
  $9.00 each from Sporty’s

• 2024 FAR/AIM
   $0.00 eBook / $24.95 from Sporty’s
  All of the information is available for free from the FAA, but not in a single publication.
  
  FARs Volume 1 (Parts 1 - 59)
  FARs Volume 2 (Parts 60 - 109)
  (there is no Volume 3)
  FARs Volume 4 (Parts 200 - 1199)
  FARs Volume 5 (Parts 1200 - 1399)
  AIM
  

• (Optional) FAA Private Pilot Test Supplement
  $0.00 e-Book / $8.50 paperback from Sporty's
  The figures needed for quiz questions are included in the quizzes, but you can get your own copy of the test supplement if you want to see what it will be like for the real test. You can't use this copy for the real test, though, you'll be supplied with a test supplement by the testing center.

• (Optional) Test prep book, app, or website of your choice
  If you want to be really sure you'll pass the FAA test on the first try.

• Pencil, Pen, Notebook

Supplemental Materials

The FAA makes several handbooks available free for download. Many aviation publishers print hard copies of these free publications if you prefer that format.

Aviation Handbooks & Manuals

The Pilot's Handbook of Aviation Knowledge (PHAK) and Airplane Flying Handbook are of particular interest for private pilot study.