Here are downloadable versions of tests and links to reference materials. You can complete the tests anywhere you like, not just at the club!
Blank Answer Sheet
Use for all tests.
- USAF Aero Club Knowledge Exam Record, AF Form 1584C (Aug 97)
The Air Force requires hardcopy of graded/signed answer sheets to be kept in each member’s folder. However, prior to printing, you can complete and sign the form electronically with the Fill & Sign feature of Adobe Reader DC. A tutorial on Fill & Sign is here.
Annual Standardization Exam
Complete both:
- AFSVA/SVPAR Annual Standardization Exam (1 Apr 2020)
- KAFB Supplementary Questions 36-50 (May 2020)
References, in rough order of appearance in test:
- SOP Kirtland Flight Center Standard Operating Procedures (Jan 2020)
- AFMAN 34-152 Air Force Aero Club Operations (5 July 2019)
- (supersedes AFI 34-117 and AFI 34-117 KAFB Supplement)
- DAFI 34-101 Chapter 10. Aero Club (7 March 2022) supersedes AFI 34-101 (16 April 2019)
- NTSB Part 830 Notification and Reporting of Aircraft Accidents …
- 14 CFR Part 91 General Operating and Flight Rules
- (check out “Search” in the left pane)
- 14 CFR Part 61 Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors
- FAA-H-8083-3A Airplane Flying Handbook
- FAA-H-8083-25A Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (PHAK)
- FAA AC 00-6B Aviation Weather
- AIM Aeronautical Information Manual (PDF or HTML versions available under “Manuals”)
Annual Instrument Exam
- Annual Instrument Test (1 Aug 2019, updated Jun 2021)
References for Instrument exam in rough order of appearance:
- U.S. Terminal Procedures Publications (issued every 56 days. SW-1 contains New Mexico)
- FAA-H-8083-15B Instrument Flying Handbook (2012)
- IFH Errata, Addendum, and Addendum B
- AFH 11-203 vol 1 Air Force Handbook 11-203 Volume 1, Weather for Aircrews (12 Jan 2012)
- AFH 11-203 vol 2 Air Force Handbook 11-203 Volume 2, Weather for Aircrews – Products and Services (23 October 2020)
- AC 00-45H Aviation Weather Services, Change 2 (6 March 2019)
- 14 CFR Part 91 General Operating and Flight Rules
- Flight Information Program (FLIP) publications require a DoD login to access online, but the information might be found in other online documents.
- FLIP General Planning
- FLIP Flight Information Handbook
- FLIP Terminal IAPs
- Enroute Charts (various, for example skyvector.com)
- AIM Aeronautical Information Manual (PDF or HTML versions available under “Manuals”)
- FAA-H-8083-25 Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (PHAK)
- AFMAN 34-152 Air Force Aero Club Operations (5 Jun 2019)
Annual CFI Exam
- Annual CFI EXAM (1 Apr 2020)
References for CFI exam in rough order of appearance:
- FAA-H-8083-9A Aviation Instructor’s Handbook
- 14 CFR Part 61 Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors
- 14 CFR Part 91 General Operating and Flight Rules
- FAA-H-8083-3A Airplane Flying Handbook
- FAA AC 60-22 Aeronautical Decision Making (13 December 1991)
- AIM Aeronautical Information Manual (PDF or HTML versions available under “Manuals”)
- AFMAN 34-152 Air Force Aero Club Operations (5 July 2019)
- (supersedes AFI 34-117 and AFI 34-117 KAFB Supplement)
T-41C Aircraft Qualification Exam
- T-41C Aircraft Qualification Exam (undated)
- References for T-41C
Cessna 182Q Aircraft Qualification Exam
- Cessna 182Q Aircraft Qualification Exam (undated)
- References for C-182Q
Cessna 182RG Aircraft Qualification Exam
- Cessna 182RG Aircraft Qualification Exam (undated)
- References for C-182RG
Night Operations Test
- Night Operations Test (undated)
References for the Night Operations test, in rough order of appearance:
- AIM Aeronautical Information Manual (PDF or HTML versions available under “Manuals”)
- 14 CFR Part 91 Subpart C §91.205 Instrument and Equipment Requirements
- 14 CFR Part 61 Subpart A §61.57 Recent flight experience: Pilot in command.
Mountain Flying Test
- Mountain Flying Test (undated)
References for mountain test:
- Mountain Flying website by the late Sparky Imeson (1945-2009) covers much of the material from his High Mountain Flying videotape.
- Mountain Flying course by AOPA (was to be deactivated sometime in 2020, but still up as of 2 May 2022)