Just a note - FlightForms 8710-1 is a great program (which you can read more about and download below), but your Safelog logbook program also generates laser-quality 8710-1 forms but is also a complete electronic logbook, so you might want to consider Safelog instead. Safelog costs only a little bit more than FlightForms 8710-1 does. Interested? Safelog Home Page.

FlightForms 8710-1:

You must bring a completed FAA Form 8710-1 (Airman Certificate and/or Rating Application) with you for most FAA checkrides. This form needs to be carefully filled out and signed by both you and your instructor (when applicable). If the form is filled out neatly and accurately, it will reflect well on you as an organized pilot and you will be that much closer to a successful checkride. FlightForms 8710-1 produces "laser quality" filled out 8710-1 forms and stores them for you for easy reference for later checkrides.

		a Sampling of FlightForms 8710-1 Screenshots shows how easy this program makes it to fill out your application forms. Other screens (not shown) allow you to store and retrieve past 8710-1s, and, in the Flight School edition, to organize pilots/applicants by CFI, Program, etc. Click here to see (the front side of) an 8710-1 form created with this program (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) or click on individual screenshots for a closer look. You are welcome to download the Trial Versions of FlightForms 8710-1 from below

You might ask--what's the big deal? Checkrides are so infrequent that it really isn't much of a bother to fill out another 8710-1 form by hand. Well, yes and no. Consider some of the fields that the 8710-1 requires--for example, Night Take-off/Landing Pilot in Command. Can you easily extract this from your logbook? For most of us, the answer is no. While the FAA encourages us to do our best with such fields, it does require (except in the case of correcting a mistake on a previously submitted 8710-1 form) consistency--the numbers you submit should be increasing from form to form. Suprisingly, because of the slightly odd nature of some of the required fields, this is easy to mess up unless you keep a copy of each 8710-1 you ever fill out. Furthermore, the 8710-1 form should be flawless. In some cases, people have been denied admission to checkrides because of seemingly minor errors on their 8710-1. If you use this program, it's easy to make professional looking changes quickly.

FlightForms 8710-1 comes in two editions:

The single download below contains both the Personal Edition and the FlightForms edition trials. If you decide to register (purchase) the full software, a registration code will be emailed to you shortly after purchase. Please note: as you will be issued a personalized registration code and have ample time to evaluate the software before purchase, the registration process is non-reversible (ie, no refunds).