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Not really. Sheppard Air is the most straightforward way to pass in my experience. They have the actual question database that you study. I've tried to cheap it out on some tests, but did not do as well as when I used shep.

During low levels in a C-130 over the Dead Sea in Jordan, the altimeter read -1,030. The instruments surely didn't break.

I thought I was gonna be clever and post this, but the very first poster already beat me to it

I have one because I already had most of the parts laying around from feeding FR24 and Flightaware. It wasn't much help where I live because not many planes out here have ADS-B out. The FAA has been blocking traffic data to those of us that don't fly a compliant airplane so I was only able to...

This happens to be the same technique some of the ACMI carriers have to resort to when flying cargo on the B744, etc to some remote strips out there that don't have Jeppesen 10-9 diagrams published.

I'm surprised to learn that n48967 is still chugging along. I took my first lesson in it in 2007.

It shouldn't be too big of a deal to run a light single with a 65 KIAS approach speed at 110 KIAS all the way until base, then pitch up, pull the power and dump the flaps. You might even be able to do a slip. Most Class B airport runways are 9-10k+ long. C172 and Cherokee type planes only need...

I used to rent an M20J locally all the time

Too bad...The other islands are where the real magic is at! Which airport are you flying out of? If you have two hours, that's plenty of time to do a lap around the perimeter of Oahu, which takes roughly 45 mins in a single. Then go ahead and cut through the center and fly the center of...

Do some research, find the regional that has a junior base where you plan on living after retiring, because you'll be sitting lots of reserve there and you don't want to commute to that. They are all desperate, so you'll get hired pretty quick at the place of your choice. From reports of other...

Here in Hawaii, it's a tank top, board shorts and a snapback hat turned backwards that says "Aloha." Anything else is overkill, and ridiculous IMO if you're paying for it. You should be able to wear whatever you want, as instruction costs a lot of hard earned cash. Even the instructors wear...

The "W" simulator should work. It is similar enough to the non-"w" that you will be able to get by.

Shep has an iPad app now.

If pilots and ATC both stuck to the standardized phraseology, a lot of the ambiguity we experience on the airwaves today wouldn't exist. There have been quite a few well documented aviation disasters that had using non-standard phraseology as a contributing factor that lead to deaths. The...

Grissom is a joint use civil/military facility, meaning that it has a civilian side which you are referring to. If you land at a pure Air Force Base without authorization, Security Forces will be happy to put the muzzle of an M4 to your back and sic the K9 on you. It will make their 12 hour...

Go read the PTS, download the Sheppard Air guide for the written study and go get yourself the single engine ATP! If you have $5k you can go take the CTP and rack up a few ME hours to get your ME ATP. Or even better, go get 25 hours ME time and apply to any regional. You'll get a free ride...

That's to be expected, since they do UPT for new pilots it's one of the busiest fields in the USAF. If you visit an operational base, which do have their busy periods, but there is still lots of downtime to where you can do practice approaches. The training bases like Columbus just go non-stop.

Part 141 knocks it down significantly.

I got my PPL out of HNL, so I was in the Class B soup right from the getgo. HNL is one the medium-busy class B airports, so it's not as bad as the ORDs and JFKs to get in and out of. You also learn to plan flights in off peak periods if you can. I'd estimate my PPL took about 5-8 extra hours...