Book?

[airdale]

I have Rod's book. There is too much corn for this material and the valuable stuff gets lost between the attempts at humor. ...

Yes. I find his humor to be very tedious but a lot of people like it. Despite the sometimes-stretched attempts at humor, I would put his book in my second tier of recommendations.

Agree on the Jepp stuff; expensive and expansive books sold profitably to defenseless 141 and college students.

Dogan is a little out of date but I liked that book a lot. As a complete novice I found his narrative of an actual flight to be very informative.

Lengel's "Everything Explained" is a worthwhile book to own, though it's not a text. (Why would you want to own only one book, anyway?)

Edit: Oops! Necropost. I didn't look at the dates!

 

[bobmrg]

So there is nothing like the Jeppesen PPL book?

Have you visited a pilot supply shop lately? Have you read the Sporty's catalog? Have you done a search on "flight training + text"? Looked at www.asa2fly.com? The Kings send me a catalog every month.

Bob Gardner

 

[cirrusmx]

faa literature in pdf and google. for the written gleim is good for quickly reviewing theory with their knowledge summaries and going through the test bank.

 

[EdFred]

I liked the Jepp books, still do.

 

[denverpilot]

I liked the Jepp books, still do.

They're the truest form of "textbook" out there. I have a couple floating around here. There's cheaper options that get to the point faster.

But they're great if you have a captive audience locked in a room a few days a week.

 

[Henning]

They're the truest form of "textbook" out there. I have a couple floating around here. There's cheaper options that get to the point faster.

But they're great if you have a captive audience locked in a room a few days a week.

Yep, read Jepp's book first, then use a study guide for the test.