1Bourdon Test (ABQ)
Cross out every a, b, and q in a field of letters.
Try free DLR tasks in the browser: attention, memory, orientation, and instrument coordination.
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1Cross out every a, b, and q in a field of letters.
2Nine dials flash for a few seconds. Read the four critical instruments and enter their values in order.
3Find the outline hidden in a line figure and choose it before the clock runs out.
4Hear each row of tones, then check the boxes that sounded.
5A row of letters flashes up. Type the letters back in the same order.
6Hear a short run of numbers, then type them back in reverse before the pie runs out.
7Say whether this symbol matches the one from a few steps back. Shape, colour, and drawing all have to agree.
8Memorise four items and their numbers. One item comes back. Enter the number that went with it.
9Study an unfolded cube net and decide which 3D cube can be folded from it.
These modules are not part of the free practice.
Full version
Full versionA colour lights on the cue pad. Press the answer key that matches the rule for that colour.
Full versionMemorise three keys, then compare each triangle with the one before. Top is colour, right is direction, bottom is the number of marks.
Full versionCount the left or right turns on a route. It starts at a ring and ends at an arrow.
Full versionHear where the cross starts and how the cube tips. Choose the face it finishes on.
Full versionSteer the ball to the mark. The maze turns clockwise, so the way ahead keeps changing.
Full versionHold speed, heading, and altitude on the green marks. Press when three odd or three even numbers are called.
Full version
Full versionShort calculations on force, motion, pressure, circuits, gases and levers. The numbers change every run.
This free DLR preparation runs in the browser, with nothing to install. Each sample is the first level of the task, so you can see the controls and the pace before the full preparation software.
DLR is the German Aerospace Center aptitude battery. Lufthansa Group’s European Flight Academy asks applicants for a current DLR certificate.
This is independent practice built by ATC Preparation. It is not the official DLR test, and we are not affiliated with the German Aerospace Center or any airline.