Tuesday, November 29, 2011
GREAT PRACTICE TOOL TO HONE YOUR COMM SKILLS
by MARK from SIMI VALLEY CA USA 
Pros: HELPS TO HONE COMM SKILLS IN ALL AIR SPACES
Cons: WISH I COULD SHOOT FROM THE HIP AND GET A REACTION WTHOUT PROMPTS
Review: While there is nothing out there that is responsive to your voice inputs, this is the closest thing to the real thing to help you communicate the right way with ATC, or other traffic UNICOM,MULTICOM, class A,B,C,D,E, OR G airspace, FSS, towered or non-towered etc. This program covers all the scenerio's from emergency to normal with all the correct terminology. I've been using this program since the moment that I received it. As a result of using this program...my comm skills have become more fluent and correct, and so has my confidence in using the radio's and talking to ATC. I fly out of Van Nuys Ca. "KVNY" a very busy airport, so there is a lot of radio interaction with ATC and So-Cal APP. with mode C active. To sum it up...the money I spent on this program was well worth it, and there is no way I could get as proficient at communications in such a short time without this program. SAFE FLYING TO ALL!

Monday, October 10, 2011
Great tool!
by Anita from Palm beach gardens FL USA 
Pros: Teaches solid communication skills - helps eliminate 'mike fright'
Cons: Price
Review: I have tried other communication courses and this is by far the best for nailing standard radio communication phrases and techniques.

Friday, June 03, 2011
Not worth the price.
by Kasper from IrvineCAUSA 
Pros: Contains a lot of realistic audio
Cons: The interface is a constant source of frustration.
Review: I was very exited to try this cd, unfortunately it failed to live up to my expectations. Let me get right to the point. The interface is horrible. The interface consists of a list of situations you can play through, and for each situation there are a number of steps you must complete in order to get to the actual radio communication. This gets exceedingly tedious. There is no way to jump to the part of the exercise that is relevant to you, the only choice is to go though it from beginning to end. Even if you previously started an exercise that you had to abort, you can't jump back to the point where you left it, you have to do the whole thing from the beginning.

If I want to practice radio communication, the interface forces me to spend 80% of my time looking up frequencies in various publications and setting the radios. There is no way to bypass this and it is a waste of time. Don't get me wrong, it's great that this cd allows you to practice looking up important information, but it should be optional. You should be able to practice whatever you're having problems with and the other stuff should not get in your way. At the moment this is not the case.

In addition to the poor interface design I also experienced technical hiccups. It happened several times that the push-to-talk button was released before I released the mouse button, or that I was told to 'read the entire text next to the button' even though I had done that.

Such problems would be something you could live with if the product was free, but for $100, this is unacceptable.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Great Product!
by Jacques from Timmins, ON, Canada 
Pros: Offers a playback of your voice after each exercise so that you can hear what you sound like.
Cons: Ocasionally the voice recognition is too sensitive or ot sensitive enough (but only very occasionally)
Review: It met my expectations exactly and does what they say it does very well. It really does help you get over mic fright and lets you focus on flying instead of worrying about radio work.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010
nice, but limited
by Dan from Edgewood WA USA 
Review: I suppose I expected a more complex program than what this turned out to be. Perhaps it's not realistic to create something better at an affordable price. This program does an acceptable job at presenting various communication scenarios, but each one has only a single example to work through. Everything is script driven, including your verbage, so at no time do you have to actually come up with the words on your own. Additionally, the interface is clearly several years old. It would be nice if it had been updated, though everything seems to function just fine.

Sunday, October 10, 2010
by Chris from Weymouth MA 
Review: Very useful, highly recommended during training to get comfortable with radio technique.

Monday, August 23, 2010
Helpful, but could be better.
by Michael from Whitinsville MA USA 
Pros: Recording and Playback is good.
Cons: Obsolete interface. Not enough variety of scenarios.
Review: The product is helpful, but I feel it could be much more. The user interface is outdated, and there isn't enough variety to the scenarios presented. The ability to record yourself and compare that to a professional pilot is very helpful though.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010
A definate "Must Have" for every pilot
by A Customer from Lawton OK USA 
Pros: Good overall system that covers most any situation
Cons: Poor voice interpretation at times, not enough scenarios
Review: I have not had the opportunity to fly in some time, so when I got back into it, the thought of communicating with ATC with new phraseology was a bit intimidating. After using ths simulator, the CFI commented on how well I communicated during all aspects of the flight. The CD installs easily (I have Vista Home Ed - 64 bit system) and the program walks you through many scenarios. There were times that I could have said anything and the system would accept my response, then there were some times I said the responses perfectly but the system did not understand. Even with these small "technical difficulties", I would recommend this product if you want to learn to communicate quickly and easily with ATC or other pilots. Wish it had more scenarios to practice...it seemed a little quick, but works effectively.

Monday, June 21, 2010
A big help!
by Christian from Del Mar CA USA 
Pros: interactive, listen to your own voice and improve it next time
Cons: nothing !
Review: A big help for student pilot. One of the most difficult part of starting to fly is mastering radio communication. This simulator helped me a lot. It makes it MUCH easier to get familiar and even comfortable with that part of flying. This program explore all of what we need to know and forces you to practice, improve and master the technique.

Monday, June 14, 2010
Best product on the market
by Fred V from Norcross GA USA 
Review: I believe it is the best product on the market. With this product you wil gain confidence. It is not cheap, but it is worth the money.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010
OK Product With A Few Drawbacks.
by Timothy from Fort Lupton CO USA 
Pros: Easy to use
Cons: Does not run in windows enviornment. Limited content.
Review: I think this product is of value to the novice pilot suffering from "mic fright". It covers the basic situations one might encounter in different airspaces. I wish it had more phrases to practice. The feedback part of the program works well. I have MS Vista and the program ran fine although not in a window. It's organized fairly well. I just wish the program had more content. At $90.00 I think it should contain more "beef".

Thursday, April 01, 2010
Needs Some Serious Updating
by Mike from Saint Louis MO USA 
Review: While this product does help the fledgling student pilot and perhaps helps certificated pilots to brush up on their comm skills, the graphics and interface are so outdated that it takes away from the overall learning experience. It is not intuitive, and clunky at best. At the price of nearly $100.00 it is clearly overpriced when most instructional DVDs a a third of the price. Perhaps the producers should take a look at the superior quality of Sporty's PPL series as a model and redo it. Then the cost would be justified and the learning experience enhanced.

Monday, March 01, 2010
Very good product, but a tad pricey.
by William from Okatie SC USA 
Cons: It often didn't think I spoke the whole phrase and I had to repeat it being careful to hold down the mic button extra long.
Review: It gets a little tedious after a while, but all-in-all I think it is helpful in reacclimating an older pilot into the current communication styles.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
A little antiquated
by A Customer from Pasadena CA USA 
Pros: Informative, Effective
Cons: Antiquated, Old Software
Review: This product works quite well. It introduces the user to all types of ATC scenarios and instructs you on proper radio opperations...it just does it in a 1990 software environment. :/

Monday, February 08, 2010
by shaun from fontana CA USA 
Review: This has been a tremendous help in comunication skills.  Comm1 IFR is next on my list.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010
by John from Paso Robles CA USA 
Pros: Informative and simple
Cons: Only problems were with my mouse not keying up at times
Review: I was very pleased.  It was just what I wanted.  I had been out of the system for years and needed familiarization and repetition...

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Useful tool!
by Pam from SantaCruzCAUSA 
Pros: Good learning tool and great way to get to know the terminology.
Cons: Can't seem to record my voice.
Review: I like this product overall. I am not sure whether I have loaded it properly, but seem to have to put the disc in every time to use it, which I would prefer not doing.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Extremely useful tool for the student pilot
by A Customer from Buffalo NY USA 
Pros: Simple, well organized, concise.
Cons: Tuning the radio is a nuisance.
Review: For a student pilot, the product exceeded expectations. The program is simple to follow and presents the material in a standardized rationale format. It is an introductory product that will get the student pilot off and running. More experienced pilots can also use this product to bolster their radio knowledge. Having the opportunity to practice the calls live is essential in building confidence. Adding some interactive practice flights to towered and non-towered airports would increase the value of this product.

Monday, August 24, 2009
Misleading Product Name
by Richard from Los Angeles, CA 
Pros: Good contents
Cons: Not really a simulator. Requires CD in drive all the time.
Review: This software is by no means a radio simulator. It is not much more than a recording of the the radio communications training. It does have a good coverage of all aspects of the airplane communications though. The software is kind of primitive. It requires the CD to be in the CD-ROM drive when running, so it's noisy and slow plus incovenient. It blocks the screen when running. The window can not be minimized. So it's hard to access other programs.

Friday, August 14, 2009
I would buy again
by Charles from Snellville GA USA 
Pros: clear, concise, gives practice
Cons: cost a little high
Review: Met and exceeded expetations. Learned a great deal about airspace also.

Friday, April 17, 2009
The best Airplane talk learning tool available
by David from Flagler Beach FL USA 
Review: I actually understood it and found it very very useful as a new pilot.

Monday, April 13, 2009
Good Product, Could Use some some improvement
by Stephen from Cullowhee NC USA 
Pros: Good Information, Good teaching tool, An example of almost every possible scenario
Cons: Could use multiple examples for more complicated topics (clearance delivery, class B airspce), no good self-review method
Review: This product does what it advertises, and has helped me with my towered communications. As a new pilot that spends most of my time flying in uncontrolled airspace, venturing into Class B and C airspace was intimidating. Using the practice found in this product, I feel much more comfortable than I would have without it. My one complaint is their presentation method works very well for teaching, not for reviewing or making sure the student has really grasped the information. Each communication has a "scripted" response that must be selected and read back verbatim. While this method is excellent during the learning phase, it does little to insure complete comprehension during review or extra practice.

Monday, March 30, 2009
Great product for beginner or for a "brush up"
by Ken from Plano TX USA 
Pros: Works great
Cons: The interface could use a little updating
Review: Good idea for any student pilot or a more seasoned pilot that wants to brush up on thier radio communication skills.

Monday, November 10, 2008
by Santiago from Capital Buenos Aires Argentina 
Review: Very good for training. As a spanish speaker, I can say this product really helps me to train on understanding radio controllers jargon.

Thursday, May 15, 2008
Help me in improve radio communication a lot.
by Chumanus from Bangkok Thailand 
Pros: Good simulation lesson.
Cons: Screen does not adjust according to screen resolution.
Review: Easy to install. Good lesson arrangement and pratice simulation lesson. I have improved a lot. My mic fear is gone.

Friday, August 31, 2007
I would recomend Comm1 to any student pilot, even if they had a great CFI
by Frank W. Dicorte from China Spring, TX  
Pros: covers every aspect of radio conversation in all airspace.
Cons: I am sure there are a few but not to my knowledge
Review: The Comm1 Radio simulator surpassed all of my expectations. I highly recommend you purchase the Flight Simulator headphone adapter also, it makes the simulator much more enjoyable.
I have had my Private pilot Certificate for many years, and never have had the confidence to make me feel at ease talking on the Radio. Comm1 has given me the confidence to fly into a controlled towered airport.

Friday, August 10, 2007
Comm1 VFR Simulator is Colorful
by Dan Patterson from Mansfield, TX 
Pros: Builds Confidence, Great Training Aid, Colorful
Cons: Priced too high for what you get
Review: Comm1 seemed to help a bit with my radio skills, by reducing the fear I have talking to the control tower, and making me feel more confident in my transmissions.
I think the price for what you get is probably not very good, but it is a great training aid.

Tuesday, March 06, 2007
by R22 Student Pilot from Brooklyn, NY 
Review: I am currently training for my VFR Helicopter rating and Comm1 VFR training program has been a great help. I use the program before every flight lesson and I found out that it has help me focus more on my flying instead of my radio communications. One thing that I wish that they would improve on Comm1 is to allow me to pick an airport so that all example and training scenarios are of my home airport and region. Besides that, it is a great program that gets me into flying mode when I am getting ready to train on the weekends.

Thursday, February 15, 2007
by C-152 Pilot from Marlboro, NJ 
Pros: Step by step structure, make it very easy to follow.
Cons: Exercise not flexible enough.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
by Rather B. Flyin from Baltimore, Maryland 
Review: This software helped me out tremendously with my radio calls when I first started flying, especially since I fly from an non-towered FBO located right in between B.W.I and Washington-Regan airport which are both class B's. I can't stress enough to student and private pilots how great of an investment this software is!