Product Description

Phil Stone, a business management consultant, describes his experience gained while following an increasingly popular route to obtaining the Private Pilots License (PPL): the intensive course. He travelled from the UK to Florida and learned to fly in near ideal weather conditions and at a huge saving in cost by comparison with UK courses. This account of his experiences is not intended as a technical manual. It is intended as a practical guide to the physical and emotional aspects of the endeavour and has been written in order to help potential pilots try to understand exactly what they are about to undertake and hopefully prepare them for the pain, anguish and despair that they will sometimes feel, as well as the elation of achieving the various goals along the route to a Private Pilot's License.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #103575 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 84 pages

Customer Reviews

A very good insight into the 3-week intensive PPL course
If any of you are planning on embarking on this new way of getting your Private Pilot's License (PPL) - the 3-week intensive course - this book is a great way of seeing an example of how the course is taught, what problems you are bound to face on your way and also the elation of achieving various goals along the way. But I must stress though, that this book is not intended to teach you about the various technical aspects of flying, although it does contain a few tips on what to do if you decide to book yourself onto a flying course, such as what flying equipment to purchase and navigational tips. Each of the 21 days of the course are described in detail, and the book is written almost like a day-by-day diary by the author, up until the final day where he passed his final flying exam. As an aspiring private pilot, I have found this book to be very helpful, and it has given me an idea as to what to expect when I decide to do the course myself.

Instructors view
Learning to Fly in 21 Days
This book is a excellent read if you are thinking about doing a Intensive flying course, this book is written as a diary with each day covered on the ppl course.
It gives you a very good overview of what to expect, so this book saves you money because I now know that one of the best things to do is, take all of your written flying exams before you start the course.
As some one having single flying lessons in this country this book has given a great deal of insight into flying each day for hours. There is very little technical information but this is fine it's giving you a guide on what to expect, its not meant to be a training manual. You do feel for the guy as he suffers the up and downs of a intensive course, the great thing about this book is it's a good read anyway.
Thanks hope this is useful.