tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13302704.post1062875944687770273..comments2024-01-29T07:42:51.201-05:00Comments on My Flying Blog: Ugh!Darrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12869292346706518122noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13302704.post-60344819036091261492007-01-10T09:22:00.000-05:002007-01-10T09:22:00.000-05:00Seems like all the aviation authorities throughout...Seems like all the aviation authorities throughout the world delight in putting together examinations with obscure and irelevant questions.<br /><br />My PPL test here in Canada included some doozies .. I vaguely remember something in the meterology section along the lines of asking about some obscure cloud name.<br /><br />My ppl ground school (2000) included only brief mention of GPS.<br />No real flight training on it, as only a couple of our planes had a GPS :) I bought the manual and taught myself the basics ..for VFR nav only.<br /><br />From reading the PPRUNE.org website, it seems that in the U.K. GPS is also not taught, and thought to be an "evil thing" :)<br /><br />Guess it's kinda like morse code, that was only recently removed from the radio amateur (HAM) testing.<br /><br />My commercial ground school was also a joke, basically a duplicate of the PPL ground school, just fullfiling the "hours" requirment for Transport Canada.<br /><br />MikeMike_Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642891567281013600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13302704.post-68947545441583338482007-01-10T09:07:00.000-05:002007-01-10T09:07:00.000-05:00I found that just drawing pictures was the most he...I found that just drawing pictures was the most helpful for me with solving these questions. They blow my mind, too. The presentation is just awful. I also can't read an altimeter display that's printed on paper.<br /><br />-C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13302704.post-361548266551518072007-01-09T22:47:00.000-05:002007-01-09T22:47:00.000-05:00Those I got, no problem. It the ones that require...Those I got, no problem. It the ones that require you to reference Figure 16. Oh, and the HSI questions are killing me as well!Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12869292346706518122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13302704.post-16055638318932080622007-01-09T22:28:00.000-05:002007-01-09T22:28:00.000-05:00oops indeed, I meant equal to the time, not double...oops indeed, I meant equal to the time, not doublePaul in the CA Deserthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195793218423685352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13302704.post-46848580876378878332007-01-09T22:10:00.000-05:002007-01-09T22:10:00.000-05:00seems like most of the answers to the ADF question...seems like most of the answers to the ADF questions is double the time between stations :)<br /><br />I'm doing practice tests as well. I got caught the other night by a question about the forces in balance for descending flight. I got it 'wrong' but the explanation included the phrase 'in level flight'. Oops.Paul in the CA Deserthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195793218423685352noreply@blogger.com