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"Geo. Anderson" wrote in message . ..
7) Rod Machado's Instrument Survival (first edition; there is now a new one) I felt was very weak. But then I am in the 1% of pilots (apparently) who find his humor very tiresome. His Private book was good enough that I endured the cuteness and all the exclamation points, but the instrument book was not. IMHO, anyway. I'm with you on that. I can't stand Machado's books. I tried to read his private book when I was studying that, and felt like he was trying to talk to an elementary school kid. I glanced through his other ones and saw enough that turned me off enough that I didn't attempt to read any more of them. I was pleasantly surprised when I've watched his videos, though. I thoroughly enjoyed his humor in those. They are not study material, though, just aviation humor videos. As for my study material preference, I really like Kershner's books for an overall understanding. A good question bank with answers is good for preparing for the written, and ASA's Oral Exam Guides are great for the checkride oral. |
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Hallo Thomas,
I would recommend a CD-ROM software training course, if that fits your learning style. The one from Jeppesen is very good, IMHO, providing you with explanations and a real "course", not the questions only. With regard to books, in addition to what's been said, I'd recommend - Bob Gardner's Complete Pilot - Rod Machado's Instrument Flying book, if you can stand the humor - Peter Dogan's course book. He is the founder of P.I.C.'s ten-day IR courses. An excellent basic book These books are more geared towards IR training in general, not so much getting through the written. Oh, re the King videos: They are really hard to stand for people that don't like the King-type personality. One minute makes me scream and want to destroy things. But that's just me... -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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Oh, re the King videos: They are really hard to stand for people that
don't like the King-type personality. One minute makes me scream and want to destroy things. But that's just me... Let's all keep a watch on Thomas GRIN ;0) -- -- =----- Good Flights! Cecil PP-ASEL Student-IASEL Check out my personal flying adventures from my first flight to the checkride AND the continuing adventures beyond! Complete with pictures and text at: www.bayareapilot.com "I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery - "We who fly, do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet" - Cecil Day Lewis - |
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I would recommend a CD-ROM software training course, if that fits your learning style. The one from Jeppesen is very good, Yes, I agree. Forgot to mention that in my post above but Jepp's fast paced little lectures followed by questions are a nice diversion from slogging though test questions fed to you by a computer and sitting staring at a book. The Sporty's DvD course is good for the same reason but it really takes a long time to go through it all. The nice thing about all the CDROM and DvD courses, Jeppesen, Sporty's, and King are that you can buy them on eBay, use them for as long as you want and then resell them for about what you paid. I think I actually made money reselling my Jepp and Sporty's discs when I was done with them. Geo. Anderson |
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I would also recommend "Instrument Flying Made Easy" available through
http://www.genehudson.com/ghft/. Possiblely the best practical reference for procedures for basic attitude instrument flight. Luke. "Thomas Borchert" wrote in message ... Hallo Thomas, I would recommend a CD-ROM software training course, if that fits your learning style. The one from Jeppesen is very good, IMHO, providing you with explanations and a real "course", not the questions only. With regard to books, in addition to what's been said, I'd recommend - Bob Gardner's Complete Pilot - Rod Machado's Instrument Flying book, if you can stand the humor - Peter Dogan's course book. He is the founder of P.I.C.'s ten-day IR courses. An excellent basic book These books are more geared towards IR training in general, not so much getting through the written. Oh, re the King videos: They are really hard to stand for people that don't like the King-type personality. One minute makes me scream and want to destroy things. But that's just me... -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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"Geo. Anderson" wrote in message ...
The nice thing about all the CDROM and DvD courses, Jeppesen, Sporty's, and King are that you can buy them on eBay, use them for as long as you want and then resell them for about what you paid. I think I actually made money reselling my Jepp and Sporty's discs when I was done with them. yeah.. thats what I did.. a $300 king course for $60 I'll throw it back up on ebay when I'm done |
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little 'nuances' in the chart zymology
Hmmm.... I never knew that I could write in foreign languages g,,, perhaps I meant chart symbology -- -- =----- Good Flights! Cecil PP-ASEL Student-IASEL Check out my personal flying adventures from my first flight to the checkride AND the continuing adventures beyond! Complete with pictures and text at: www.bayareapilot.com "I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery - "We who fly, do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet" - Cecil Day Lewis - |
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