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Advanced Ground Instructor practical test

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A friend told me recently that the AGI knowledge test covers questions on all categories including parachute, glider, helicopter, etc.  I'm only interested in teaching ground school for fixed wing single and multi-engine land.  Besides getting a copy of the AGI test prep and memorizing the questions, what other way is there to study these other types?  They single out on the other tests, why not this one.  Most importantly, if I don't study the questions pertaining to these other types, what are my chances of passing the test? Note:  I do not have to take the FOI as I previously was a CFI but let it expire when getting a commercial job long ago.  The local FSDO office confirmed this for me.  

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  1. Wes Beard on Jun 14, 2015

    The AGI certificate allows you to teach and sign students off to take the knowledge for all certificates. Just to be clear this does mot all you to sign off instrument knowledge tests.

    Since the FAA is giving you this privilege, they are going to test you on it. You should be familiar with the airplane flying handbook, rotorcraft flying handbook, balloon flying handbook, glider flying handbook and the pilots handbook of aeronautical knowledge.

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  2. Kris Kortokrax on Jun 14, 2015

    This same question was asked back in January. Two people responded that they had taken the test recently and there were no nonairplane questions.

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  3. Steve West on Jun 14, 2015

    Kris, thank you for your reply. I apologize for not “searching” my question before posting it.

    Wes, Kris’ answer trumps yours! I knew about the instrument portion. As far as the FAA giving me this privilege, as you call it, maybe they should separate the bridge construction engineer from the lawn maintenance. There is no way I would attempt to teach ground instruction in anything except my field of expertise, especially helicopters. Had one ride in one when I was plunked from the Atlantic after ejecting from my very sick jet fighter, broke my back when my parachute failed to deploy correctly, and the ride in that thing was, to say the least, very uncomfortable. Never been in one since and do not plan on instructing about them or the others.

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  4. Kris Kortokrax on Jun 14, 2015

    Steve,

    When I answered the question in January, I made a statement similar to Wes’.

    There are in fact no category or class ratings on a ground instructor certificate and one could theoretically teach a ground school class concerning helicopters, gliders, lighter than air, powered lift, etc.

    Most of the info in a ground school course would be generic in nature (weather, flight planning, regulations, radio navigation). Some of the aerodynamics is specific to category/class.

    At one point in time, I took a knowledge test for DPEs in helicopters. There were questions on the test concerning gyroplanes and gliders.

    It is possible you might see non airplane questions, but not necessarily likely, as the two other posters indicated in January.

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  5. Daunless Aviation - www.FAATest.com on Jun 23, 2015

    Sometimes, asking whether there are non-airplane questions on an AGI test (or general-principle but airplaney questions on a helicopter ATP test for that matter) is like asking individual hikers if there are bears in the woods. Unfortunately, some respondents overgeneralize from their singular experience and conclude that “because I didn’t see any bears in the woods on my trip, there must be none.”

    As others have correctly pointed out, such non-airplane questions are theoretically fair game and we (as test prep makers) have direct experience of knowing that such questions have indeed from time to time appeared in AGI tests; we duly include them in our preps and get the occasional praise from those who go in skeptically but then end up seeing them and the occasional flames from those who, well, end up seeing no bears in the woods. But in practice, I think it’s safe to say that most takers can and indeed should focus on airplane material, as they are quite likely to see this and only this.

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