Re: Online Ground School - opinions?

[Tony Verhulst]

> be ready to pass the FAA test next spring when operations resume.
>
> Searching for instructional material, I found :
>
> http://www.falcontrainingsystems.com/ggs/
>
> and was curious what opinions might be out there? Has anyone used this
> training material before? It appears to me that I could not only be
> ready to take the written test but have already passed the written test
> by next spring with this material.
>
As a flight instructor, I was given free access to the site several
years ago. I like the concept and implementation. I feel that their demo
"tour" accurately represents to course that they are selling. I wrote a
review of it as part an article for the Greater Boston Soaring Club
newsletter (hence the several local references, sorry). The article can
be found at http://home.comcast.net/%7Everhulst/GBSC/student/ktest.html.
The article is about 3 years old and a bit dated. The price has
increased to $99 (up from $79) and has been significantly revised.

Tony V.

[Mike Stramba]

Jeremy > wrote in message >...

My .02. You can find almost all of the training material you need
for *free* on the net. You could use the GGS "table contents" as a
guide, or go to the FAA or Transport Canada sites and get a "Study
Guide", that will tell you what you need to study.

Second option, is the libraries, 98% of "glider" ground school is the
same as power-aircraft material. The other 2% can be filled by
reading a glider specific book.

You could probably pass the written after a few weeks of intensive
reading/study.

Mike

> Greetings.
>
> I am getting into the Soaring sport at the wrong time. I live in Central
> Ohio and in a few months it's going to be getting cold and it seems that
> most of the glider schools shut down at the end of October. The local
> soaring club (10 minutes away at Wadsworth Airport (3G3), the Soaring
> Thunderbirds, recommended that I purchase two instructional books, and
> be ready to pass the FAA test next spring when operations resume.
>
> Searching for instructional material, I found :
>
> http://www.falcontrainingsystems.com/ggs/
>
> and was curious what opinions might be out there? Has anyone used this
> training material before? It appears to me that I could not only be
> ready to take the written test but have already passed the written test
> by next spring with this material.
>
> Also, are their any other programs like this? Maybe coorespondence or
> something?
>
> Thank you for any input.
>
> Jeremy