After booking my first lesson I thought it was wise to start reading up prior to getting behind the yoke.
I found a good PPL study pack here:
http://shop.pilotwarehouse.co.uk/product6620023.html
For £175 you get the following:
- Air Pilot Manual Volume 1 – Flying Training
- Air Pilot Manual Volume 2 – Aviation Law & Meteorology
- Air Pilot Manual Volume 3 – Air Navigation
- Air Pilot Manual Volume 4 – Aeroplane Technical
- Air Pilot Manual Volume 6 – Human Factors
- CRP Flight Computer
- 16″ Chart Scale
- 5″ Square Protractor
- Pilot’s Logbook
- 1:500,000 Chart of your area
- Double Radio Telephony CD
- Pilot’s Flight Board
- Flight Log Pad
- Pilot’s Flight Case
- Chart Marker Pen Set
Kudos to PilotWareHouse. One day after I ordered the PPL Study Pack it arrived at my work. My first thoughts were “Where the hell is book 5″ until I realised you don’t get book 5.
Perhaps the most amusing item is the CRP Flight Computer. Excuse my naivety here but I have no idea what this does. I’ll ask my instructor during my first lesson.
When I read I would get a computer I kind of expected something to arrive that was made out of plastic, maybe with a screen and possibly with an on/off button. Well, much to my amusement, the CRP is made of cardboard. In all seriousness though, I’m sure it plays a vital part in something-to-do-with-flying.
