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Anyone know of any good sites or apps that will improve my aircraft recognition? I have Jane's aircraft recognition guide and a few other books as well but I find myself searching the web when I have downtime and I would rather put my free time to better use. I'm especially interested in...

I'm having a bit of trouble piecing together information I read in the Jeppesen PPL, Rod Machado, Gleim and the Private Pilot ground school textbook. I thought that the RPM set referred to amount of revolutions of the prop but perhaps it is that of the engine as well? It makes sense, the...

Very early in my exposure to GA, I remember hearing 2 pilots talk about the weather conditions right before we went up; they predicted exactly how the ride would be. After we landed, I asked the pilot how he knew exactly what to expect and he spouted off some sort of memory aid: " If the...

Hey again, I've just moved on to Airspace Classification, and I'm getting kind of caught up on the definition for Class A airspace. I understand the airspace extends from 18 k MSL... but I don't remember reading or learning about " Flight Level" What exactly is FL 600? I've scoured all of...

I'm pretty early in my training and as I'm reading PHAK, I feel... a little like an idiot. The concepts are explained pretty clearly. But I'm never really sure that I "get" it. So, The plane has a left tendency during take off, one reason is because the descending propeller meets the...

I know the consensus is to not have your flight lessons too far apart (i.e One lesson Once a week.) What is your opinion on 3 lessons on consecutive days of the week? ( Fri, Sat & Sun) With the rest of the week "off". Do you think that many lessons that close together for a complete...