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Flight training advice
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wrote 5 years 16 weeks ago
Hi I'm a Private Pilot, Instrument Rated and currently wrapping up my Commercial SEL and MEL ratings... I'm not a CFI, but through 2 written exams and ground schools, and studying for the Commercial, I would agree that you can't beat one on one instruction...It allows you to ask questions that otherwise you would have to research and look up, that said however, I am huge fan of the Gliem Test Preps..I use those for every course..I know your not just looking to pass an exam and are talking the entire ground school, so my advice would be to take the traditional ground school, but backing yourself up with the DVD courses would be a great way to supplement your training. I'd try both methods and see which ones work for you. I have heard excellent things about the King Schools series and of course Sporty's (R. Collins is in it!)You could probably order one tape or something from which ever DVD course you like and see if you learn anything out of it, call me old fashion, I lean to the traditional ground school. Best of luck and happy flying.
Is Flight Simulator the Enemy?
from Airsioux
wrote 5 years 16 weeks ago
Of course it's not the enemy! I started flying on those MS Flight Sim as young as I can remember and have had every update since '95. If anything it only influenced me more that flying was for me. By the time I got into the cockpit and began training I already knew how to work a VOR, basic foundations for calls to ATC, how patterns work, and how to roughly navigate. Granted it's not a real simulator, much less even close to the real thing, but for people who can't afford the real thing or are not of age, it's great tool to use to learn some basic principles or at least get a small taste of what it might be like. There is a large barrier however between flying a 172 in real life and tooling around in a CRJ shooting approaches into Julianna. I think it's as useful as tool as the person flying wants to make it, but there is no substitute for the real thing by far...But who's to say its not a great way to kill time if you can't fly, or want to live out a fantasy as a 747 captain, or do some aerobatic stunts...I think it can only be dangerous if the people who use Flight Sim seem to think that they can pilot a plane safely without any other aid, and most reasonable people don't think that. But come on, its an airplane toy! Live a little, enjoy rediscovering your 8 year old self.
How to encourage ADS-B
from Airsioux
wrote 5 years 16 weeks ago
I'm not going to pretend I know everything about ADS-B, nor the Garmin Systems, however I'm currently in my commercial training and have flown with ADS-B since I started working on my private, as part of a test program with FAA. I'm not sure what you mean by the 430 not being compatible, but I do know for a fact it will load/transfer flight plan information from the 430 on to it. It is a very nice tool especially when flying long cross countries over northern Minnesota, and North Dakota. The rest of the planes in the fleet are equipped with it as well, It seems to work well for the most part, there have been a few instances that we have picked up traffic information off of it, before notified by ATC of traffic conflict and/or before we have had visual on it. The altitude information it displays is quite helpful, how ever it also can pull up radar echoes which really helps especially on longer flights. I know the FAA drags their feet with new technology, but this one is definitely progressing, and they already have them out testing, besides this little device if used properly with good training, and is not solely relied upon could really make an impact, I would rather them get it right then rush it on the market. That said, there has been more then a few times where we have traffic picked up on the ADS-B and the altitude/velocity information gets dropped, hopefully they will get the bugs worked out soon. This is a great piece of equip, GA will really benefit from all it can do.
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