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From: david@infopro.UUCP (Icarus)
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Subject: Wanted: Advice on Ground School Courses and Texts
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Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 18:58:46 EST
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Having temporarily put off purchase of a Bell 222D until we can find a
one-stop source for chain guns, rockets, and armor plating, Susan and
I have decided to take flying lessons in ordinary aircraft (the kind
with wings that don't flap or spin). 

Like everyone else, we will have
to take some kind of ground school course. We could settle for the
filmstrip-and-cassette package they sell for $180 at our local Cessna
school, but figured we would ask you people who have already been
through it all. Is this type of course a waste? Are there better
cassette or even videocassette courses available? Is classroom
training better, a substitute, a useful addition,
or another waste? Does anyone maybe
have a set of recent cassettes they no longer need that they would be
willing to part with for a reasonable sum? Are there texts other than
the FAA "Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge" that you would recommend
or disapprove (limit this to just ground-school type texts please,
because we noted the general books listed a few months ago here)?

We don't just want to pass the exams; we want to understand what we're
doing. If you think it would be of general use, post your response, 
otherwise email would be fine. Thanks in advance for your help.
-- 
          Dave Fiedler
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