Thinkin I may add inst. rating, and wondering the best route.
Thanks gary

I always like the King stuff the best.

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I did one of thre couses once It was fine. Little pricey I thought. But, may be like most things, where ya get what ya pay for??? I've seen a couple others, one from Sporty's an an outfit called Gleims.

I used Gleim. Cheap (relatively) and effective. Suggest getting a reference book too. Gleim stuff helps with the written, not a lot more IMO.

Flynengr

I used Sporty's for my private certificate years ago. I liked it.

I thought I'd try Kings' for my instrument a while back.

After a while I wanted to push my thumbs through my eyes with weary boredom. My gosh they talk sloooooooow

Wished I'd gone with Sportys. Instead I put the DVD player on 1.5x and sometimes 2x speed. This served to force John and Martha to talk like a normal person and I finished the course in less than a decade

On the other hand I did really well on the written and oral. Never said they don't know their stuff.

Hey Gary,
My only experience is with King. I used them for my IFR. Like mentioned above, they talk slow, it goes on and on. Not that I'm knocking it, I had to back it up more than once. My written went well. I even continued on and used them for my commercial, and CFI. The IFR was the most fun by far. I'm sure you'll do well with and enjoy whatever you choose.
Good Luck,
Tom

Gleim was my favorite.

don't own it, rent it.... cheap IFR for Kings or Sporties SmartFlix.com

Yo Gary-

I've got the Sporty's CD's and a mess of instrument books. A years rental will cost you 12 pbr's.

-Brad

Gary,

I just bought the Sporty's instrument pilot course on DVD - my New Year's resolution this time out is to get my IFR rating this year. Don't have a way to compare Sporty's with the others, based on my own experience. However, a good friend bought the King course last year and he never finished it .. he said it was too dense and boring. I asked my CFII for a recommendation for ground school, and he told me one of his recent IFR students had bought both King and Sporty's DVD courses, and had highly recommended Sporty's over King.

Take it for whatever it's worth.

Duane

Gliem.

That said, the King course is just superb if you have trouble going to sleep.

bumper wrote:Gliem.

That said, the King course is just superb if you have trouble going to sleep.

Ya & you defiantly won't be day dreaming looking at Martha

I used the king stuff for my private, and I still feel like punching Mr. king in the nose.

Sportys or Gleim for me

Does anybody use Microsoft Flight Sim to practice some IFR flying?

58Skylane wrote:Does anybody use Microsoft Flight Sim to practice some IFR flying?

Yes. AFTER I received the rating.

Did King online course past 2 weeks. it took me about a week and a half, + 6-7 practice tests online. Got a 93% yesterday on instrument written.

once&futr_alaskaflyer wrote:

58Skylane wrote:Does anybody use Microsoft Flight Sim to practice some IFR flying?

Yes. AFTER I received the rating.

Is it really good practice for the real thing? I heard from others that it is.

I'm working on getting my flight sim back up and running tonight or by the end of the weekend.

I used Sportys for my private. King for instrument. I like them both. I like the online version over DVD. Online use any Internet pc. The info doesn't get old like DVDs. Continual updates.

I liked the Gleim. However, I'd also suggest a weekend written test prep class. A lot of the stuff on the IR written test is pretty arcane and the weekend seminars give a you a lot of tools and insight into how to handle the sometimes silly questions. I took one and got a 97 on the written. The one question I missed was a head-slapping gimme on holding pattern entry. "Let the Garmin do it" was not one of the choices.

YB

Hey Brad
That's funny, I just happen to have an extra 12 banger in the fride(of PBR ). I'll try and get together withya later in the week.
Thanks Gary