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Good Prep Program for Students
- By Big Bud from PLUMAS LAKE CA USA on Sunday, November 25, 2012
- Pros: The ability to do topic specific practice exams and the way the program explains right and wrong answers is very helpful
- Cons: Price. You can buy Sporty's Study Buddy iPad app for only $9. It does almost the exact thing.
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If you have the Jeppesen Private Pilot text book and you have the asa 2012 Private Pilot Test Prep manual, you have everything that is in the Gleim software. So why buy the software too? Because it puts you into the test mode vs reading questions from a book and then answering them, and then checking the answers and then going back and focusing on what you're deficient in .... it goes on and on.
The Gleim looks almost exactly as the FAA test does. This helps you get the feel of what you will be doing in the exam. It also allows you to study specific areas and do mini tests. You can then do practice exams that mimic the real thing. I ended up doing several practice topic exams until I became proficient in that topic and then would move on. I then did about 10-12 full practice exams before I sat for the real thing and it help immensely. I ended up getting only 2 questions wrong ... which was my own fault because the questions that I got wrong I simply misread or accidentally clicked the wrong button. No need to rush ... if you are prepared for the exam it will probably take you between 30-45 minutes and you have something like 2.5 hrs. - Was this review helpful to you? Yes No 7 Other people found this review helpful.
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Excellent prep questions
- By Joseph from Austin TX USA on Tuesday, June 01, 2010
- Pros: Provides the reason why the answer is correct
- Cons: Would like it if the graphic would be drawn out for you when you are working charts.
- Review: Liked the product. It provides you the reason behind the right answers. Also liked the fact that you can review all your missed or flaged questions.
- Was this review helpful to you? Yes No 4 Other people found this review helpful.
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It helped me score 93%.
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lots of good info
- By A Customer from lakeland FL USA on Friday, September 11, 2009
- Pros: straight to the point
- Cons:
- Review: It was very helpful all the way up to the course plotting. Then I became lost and could not find the information needed to answer the questions.
- Was this review helpful to you? Yes No 3 Other people found this review helpful.
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extremely helpful
- By whirlwind from Madison WI USA on Tuesday, April 10, 2012
- Pros: actual questions from faa tests, covers all aspects of material
- Cons: some questions were repeated too much
- Review: I was very pleased with this product. I bought it a couple weeks before I took the FAA written test, and studying with it beforehand paid off. What I retained from using the prep software boosted my score at least 10 points than if I hadn't used it. I wish I would've used this from the beginning of my flight training. highly recommended.
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Excellent Study Aid
- By A Customer from TN USA on Monday, February 18, 2008
- Pros: Just like the actual test
- Cons: needs to come with paper version of charts etc.
- Review: I used this along with the ASA Book and had no trouble passing. I recommend buying a copy of the test supplement so that you have a hard copy of the charts, etc used on the test.
- Was this review helpful to you? Yes No 3 Other people found this review helpful.
I'd be lost without this.
- By Joel from Los Angeles CA USA on Saturday, April 12, 2008
- Pros: Ease of use, flexibility, realistic environment reproduction.
- Cons: Figures/illustrations are poor in quality
- Review: For anyone who wants to learn all of the material on a written exam, or those who just want to ensure they're knowledge is updated, this software is great. It is particularly helpful for those who like to sit down at their computer and have it "quiz" them. The flexibility of the quizzes is outstanding. Randomization, mimicking CATS, or standard FAA section order--it does it all. It is even possible to print them, for a standard sit-down test. (Sans computer.) The one area that really annoys me about this software, however, is that the charts utilized are of very poor quality. When looking at graphs, for example, it is almost impossible to read any of the text, despite the ability to change the zoom level. (That only distorts the text more, adn causes the lines to be come jagged.) The digitization of the figures should have been done at a higher quality. The results when printing them are a bit better, but still not nearly as good as figures from other course prep. materials.
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Effective , time efficient tool
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Excellent resource for the smart consumer
- By Rob from Northeast Pennsylvania on Tuesday, June 05, 2007
- Pros: many questions on the practice test were exactly as they appear on the FAA written test.
- Cons: If you were not computer savy, you may have some trouble getting started.
- Review: This product is user friendly, clear and concise, and helped me pass my written on the first try.
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