Sporty's PP training.
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I worked through it last winter when I came back to flying after a long lapse. I thought it was good. When paired with Sporty’s Study Buddy, that walks you through the practice tests & eventually covers all the questions, success on the real thing is all but guaranteed.
Some will bridle at “learning the test,” but your learning to spot the distractors & bait questions is an important part of taking any standardized question pool-based test.
The actual test of your being able to apply the information in the course will come during the oral before your actual flight test. All the written does is to ensure that new pilots are all starting off exposed to the same material & are playing with the same set of building blocks as the rest of us.
True understanding of the material only comes after hours of in-cockpit & chalk talk training from your instructor, combined with further study & reflection on your part.
Some will bridle at “learning the test,” but your learning to spot the distractors & bait questions is an important part of taking any standardized question pool-based test.
The actual test of your being able to apply the information in the course will come during the oral before your actual flight test. All the written does is to ensure that new pilots are all starting off exposed to the same material & are playing with the same set of building blocks as the rest of us.
True understanding of the material only comes after hours of in-cockpit & chalk talk training from your instructor, combined with further study & reflection on your part.
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I have been CFIing for..well..a while
I default to King school, I have never had it not do it’s job and get my student past the written and oral.
Recently I’ve been experimenting with gold seal, it feels a little more updated and so far so good.
No experience with sporties, other than I recall when they were just rebranding the king program, so they might have that going for them
I default to King school, I have never had it not do it’s job and get my student past the written and oral.
Recently I’ve been experimenting with gold seal, it feels a little more updated and so far so good.
No experience with sporties, other than I recall when they were just rebranding the king program, so they might have that going for them
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The issue with the aeronautical knowledge requirements for the private pilot certificate is the large volume of material you must learn.
You are using a self study curriculum produced by Sporty’s. The success of the program is dependent on your level of comprehension and your amount of self study.
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The Kings and Hal Sever (Sporty’s) both provided traveling weekend ground schools around the US. Once VCR came on the scene, it was the end of the traveling ground school.
I used Sporty’s for private pilot ground school. I scored in the upper 90’s and the questions missed were my fault, not the fault of the material not being covered. I highly recommend Gold Seal for IR but their ground school for PP should be as good.
Agreed... too many teachers are worried about HOW you learn not how MUCH you learn. Some think if it's not difficult they are not doing their job. WRONG! If a method can be used that teaches the material and it's easier bravo to whoever came up with it. My dad was a high school teacher. He took the students that did well to McDonolds... they always had a great time. Almost all his students passed they didn't want to miss out. Whatever works!
I don't know how many times I got a review quiz answer wrong only to find out I knew the answer I simply didn't read all the answers correctly
I just found out about King school.. I watched a lot of their stuff on youtube for the wiz wheel. Really good teacher
After a year + of flying very little with a broken bird, I started in on The Finer Points app and videos with Jason Blair and suggest it. Over the past few months I've tried to do at least a few lessons per week. Made it through the PPL which was a great refresher and certainly learned a lot. New ways of teaching things I'm sure since I got my PPL 25 years ago. I'm now about halfway through the IFR and it's great after having not flown much since getting my IFR cert.
Can't speak for how it would do towards a written exam, but I feel smarter and safer in the air because of it.
For my IFR written, I had done the Rob Machado course and can't really suggest it.
Can't speak for how it would do towards a written exam, but I feel smarter and safer in the air because of it.
For my IFR written, I had done the Rob Machado course and can't really suggest it.
I used sportys last year. The videos lessons were fine and gave me some good general knowledge that I backed up through experience with my CFI.
I read the PHAK and AFM and a ton of other material as the real basis of my study. Their bank of test questions is very helpful. The day before my written test I did a power session of the over 1000 questions they have available. Got a 95 on the written.
I didn’t use anything from sportys for oral prep. I focused on the books, the FAR/AIM and the oral prep books from Jason Shappert and Tahoe Flight Academy.
I read the PHAK and AFM and a ton of other material as the real basis of my study. Their bank of test questions is very helpful. The day before my written test I did a power session of the over 1000 questions they have available. Got a 95 on the written.
I didn’t use anything from sportys for oral prep. I focused on the books, the FAR/AIM and the oral prep books from Jason Shappert and Tahoe Flight Academy.