Pilot Knife

Friday, 06 November 2009 10:28 Last Updated on Friday, 06 November 2009 10:28 Written by Hoboken 0 Comments

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The private pilot license exam is actually not that difficult if you properly prepare yourself for it. There are schools, study guides, and programs all designed to help you ace the test the first. Here's the problem though - if you've ever used test guides before, you'll know that they usually aren't very thorough. They may go over a couple things, but in the end you need to supplement them with a couple more guides. This can be very stressful, and you'll end up wasting a lot of valuable time just making sure you're not leaving anything out.

You don't need to be worrying about that stuff when you're trying to pass the exam. You need to make sure you have the necessary subject matter to past the written portions. You need to have sufficient knowledge about navigation, air law, meteorology, human limitations and performance, and aircraft general. Whether you want to be a helicopter pilot, a single engine Cessna pilot, or a multiengine commercial aircraft pilot, there is a huge amount you need to know. It can be pretty daunting and time is factor in this as well. That being the case, you should remember to study quickly. You can't give yourself hours to complete a practice test when in reality you only get a fraction of that to complete it.

So how can you possibly pass the exam on your first try? And how can it really be an easy thing to do? In my opinion, the easiest way to prepare for a test is to know what's going to be on it ahead of time. No, that doesn't mean you have to cheat, but for a guide to be valuable it needs to include questions and answers that are either identical or very close to the ones you'll see on the test. Otherwise, you won't feel fully prepared on test day.

Though Gleim makes good study guides, they don't really offer this. They leave off some very importnat information and you end up needing to search for more. That's why I think PPL Exam Pro is the very best in private pilot training preparation. You can check out my full PPL ExamPro review here and I'm willing to bet you'll be pretty satisfied with it. You'll just need this one resource and you'll be set.

Mark J Sinclair writes about the PPL exam and can show you the best way to get your private pilot license on the very first try.