For those of you who self studied... What did you use?

Just go to an aviation supply store and look through the available study
packages. I did that for my Instrument Instructor test and still got 100%
on the exam. Sometimes you will have to do a little convincing if you want
to use a school's facilities to take the exam. They say if their failure
rate gets too high they will lose their certification. Since I didn't go
through their program I had to assure them I would get a good grade. They
only charged me for administrating the test itself.

I did it the same way for my Commercial, ATP, Ground Instructor, CFI, etc.
(written exams only)

As a note, I got my Commercial/Instrument as a then-current Air Force pilot
by just taking the civilian regulations/procedures written exam. The
problem: I was then only current in the B-52 so they issued me a
multi-engine certificate. I couldn't afford to rent a multi-engine for
private trips so I had to go to the fixed base operator in Minot, ND to get
single engine privileges on my license. (early 1960s)

The FBO guy was surprised. He'd seen lots of guys with single engine rating
applying for multi engine ratings but never the reverse like me.

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"Anthony L" wrote in message
news:0dyic.14841$YP5.1090710@attbi_s02...
Hello everyone...pretty simple question. I am interested in doing
self-study for my ground school. I feel like I would do better at my own
pace, and I have a lot of experience working with industry certifications
at
home, so I don't think I will lose any quality training.

I have read about many different companies that sell self-study packages.
I
have received paperwork from Sporty, King, and some other one's via email.
Does anyone have any comments on the different packages? Anyone want to
recommend one over the other, or are they all just about the same? Any
specific packages you would suggest, maybe comeplete with practice tests
and
such?

Thanks from a new Student Pilot!
Anthony