PPL exam resources
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I’m a brand new PPL student so I hope my ignorance doesn’t offend to many, but, I was wondering if anybody would be so kind as to tell me if there is any resources out there that could help me prepare for my written exams. Things like past exams, quizzes or presentations would all be very helpful.
Will
I’m a brand new PPL student so I hope my ignorance doesn’t offend to many, but, I was wondering if anybody would be so kind as to tell me if there is any resources out there that could help me prepare for my written exams. Things like past exams, quizzes or presentations would all be very helpful.
Will
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Get a copy (in book or CD Rom) form of the PPL Confuser (so called because it is not in the least confusing), which provides exam questions and answers with explanations (some of which are clearer than those found in standard textbooks such as the Thom seriers). You can use it as a primary teaching aid, and not just for revision, by working through the exam papers until you consistently get good results.
NB: I did the old CAA exams and so have no knowledge of the recently published JAA version of the Confuser but as I gather that the exams themselves have not changed dramatically I assume that the JAA version is OK. Also highly recommended for general reading: Stick and Rudder by Langewiesche and Flight Without Formulae by Kermode, both available on Amazon or from pilot shops.
NB: I did the old CAA exams and so have no knowledge of the recently published JAA version of the Confuser but as I gather that the exams themselves have not changed dramatically I assume that the JAA version is OK. Also highly recommended for general reading: Stick and Rudder by Langewiesche and Flight Without Formulae by Kermode, both available on Amazon or from pilot shops.
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There is a whole range of books by Trevor Thom and another set by Jeremy Pratt. These cover the complete syllabus for PPL and a bit more.
The consensus seems to be that the Jeremy Pratt books are slightly better because they are a little more readable.
Check out the Pilot warehouse or Amazon books
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The consensus seems to be that the Jeremy Pratt books are slightly better because they are a little more readable.
Check out the Pilot warehouse or Amazon books
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I would go along with the general thread that Jeremy Pratt's PPL series is better than Trevor Thom, in that it is easier to read and has fewer mistakes in the Air Law section (as Angus Deyton says "Allegedly").
However, I would personally stay away from the PPL confuser as I am given to understand that it contains most of the actual CAA questions and model answers.
I think the exams are there to make sure that the stude has the minimum level of knowledge to enable them to aviate safely in the presence of others without killing themselves or endangering those around whilst they (and all of us) learn to become better pilots. If the stude studies for the ground exams with the phillosophy of learning 'parrot fashion' the questions and answers likely to come up so they can get the bit of paper, I don't know that I'd want to be in the same area of airspace as the person when they are in 'control' of the aircraft on their own.
Perhaps a better way of preparing for the ground exams is to use the questions at the end of the chapters in either Pratt or Thom along with the Question and Answer books that are available. There is one with cross references to Thom and a similar one for Pratt.
Good luck with the studying - I'm glad I don't have to do Air Law again (although on second thoughts maybe it would be worth a look to chide me into realising just how much I've forgotten!)
However, I would personally stay away from the PPL confuser as I am given to understand that it contains most of the actual CAA questions and model answers.
I think the exams are there to make sure that the stude has the minimum level of knowledge to enable them to aviate safely in the presence of others without killing themselves or endangering those around whilst they (and all of us) learn to become better pilots. If the stude studies for the ground exams with the phillosophy of learning 'parrot fashion' the questions and answers likely to come up so they can get the bit of paper, I don't know that I'd want to be in the same area of airspace as the person when they are in 'control' of the aircraft on their own.
Perhaps a better way of preparing for the ground exams is to use the questions at the end of the chapters in either Pratt or Thom along with the Question and Answer books that are available. There is one with cross references to Thom and a similar one for Pratt.
Good luck with the studying - I'm glad I don't have to do Air Law again (although on second thoughts maybe it would be worth a look to chide me into realising just how much I've forgotten!)
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I agree that you should not simply seek to parrot the answers, but I would say that the Confuser can be a genuine aid to focussed study, because of the clarity of the explanations given to support the answers. I found the explanations in the Tech and Met sections particularly useful, the ones in the Nav section less so. Anyway, my point is simply that bit of do-it-yourself Socratic teaching method can be helpful.
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There was a thread, not so long ago..... http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/For...ML/000404.html
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