Ground School?

[Arnie7781]

Guys, I'm a potential student looking for info about Ari's ground school, or the lack of ground school if that's the case. I have no previous flight experience, so I'd be starting at the bottom. Thanks for you help.

[greaper007]

What do you want to know about ground school? To my knowledge the only thing you have to do ground school for is your instrument rating and fundamentals of instruction.

I've done ground school at Ari and at my previous college. Ground school sucks in my opinion. It just doesn't fit with my style of learning. However, for something like your instrument rating ground school isn't bad because it cuts out a bunch of the pic x-country requirements.

Ari-Ben doesn't have very much ground school at all. Just enough to fulfill the part 141 requirements. The majority of your learning is self study.

[Arnie7781]

So, it's more of a "here's the book, now go study," as opposed to a structured class?

[SmitteyB]

Yes, except for the Instrument Rating and CFI Fund, like stated above. Unless you go to a university, you're going to find all self study approaches to learning. That goes for ATP, Ari, SkyMates, etc.

Keep in mind that self study doesn't work for everyone.

[Arnie7781]

Thanks for the posts, guys!

In regards to the lack of a structured class, I'd kind of like to learn a little on my own before I go down to the Aviator in July for the Pro Course. Someone suggested the following books:

FAA Airplane Flying Handbook, FAA Instrument Flying Handbook, FAA Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, and FAA Aviation Weather.

Can anyone tell me if these are the actual textbooks you use at the Aviator, or just a good personal starting point?

Any other general advice about starting at the Aviator is also greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

[Lima_Charlie]

[ QUOTE ]
Thanks for the posts, guys!

In regards to the lack of a structured class, I'd kind of like to learn a little on my own before I go down to the Aviator in July for the Pro Course. Someone suggested the following books:

FAA Airplane Flying Handbook, FAA Instrument Flying Handbook, FAA Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, and FAA Aviation Weather.

Can anyone tell me if these are the actual textbooks you use at the Aviator, or just a good personal starting point?

Any other general advice about starting at the Aviator is also greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

[/ QUOTE ]

Hopefully those books are part of the core study material, but if they are not, you should definitely make sure you have them on hand and are reading them. You should also look for the Private Pilot Manual that the school uses. It should be either the Cessna PPL or Jeppesen PPL handbook, I would think.

[WebWA11]

I talked to Ari and those are the books that you should be reading to prep for the school. Another good one is the newer FAA Instrument Flying Procedures Handbook. Hope this helps.

[SmitteyB]

Those are the exact books Ari will stack in front of you when you enroll...You NEED to read them, you will go nowhere without knowing the stuff.

[thaina09123]

I'm not sure if you have any flying experiences but if you are starting from Private Pilot, I would suggest that you take Private Pilot ground school by your airports.

Not that self-study is not do-able, but some interaction in the "classroom environment" might help you understand it better than reading it on your own.

[kailuaboy]

Everyone has their preference on ground class... personally, i study better with self-study. I HATE ground classes.

[SmitteyB]

I'm sorry, but isn't the girl in my avatar gorgeous?

[kailuaboy]

hell yes!!..lol

[moxiepilot]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm sorry, but isn't the girl in my avatar gorgeous?

[/ QUOTE ]




mmm.