Ground School

In the meantime, I was making what I felt was relatively good progress with my groundschool. There are 7 exams to be taken in total:
 
·         Air Law and Operations Procedures
·         Aircraft General Knowledge and Principles of Flight
·         Flight Performance and Planning
·         Human Performance and Limitations
·         Meteorology
·         Navigation and Radio Navigation
·         Radio Communications
 
There is a ton of information on the Internet, but I think most people recommend doing some book-based study as well. I’ve just purchased my books from http://www.proviation.co.uk I chose the AFE series in the end, having had a quick flick through them in a bookstore and noting that the layout and pictures were readable and in-depth. The total cost of the 6 books; 5 covering the 7 topics, and one Simplifier (formally the Confuser, essentially a Q&A) was just under £100 and I also bought a Cessna 152 checklist for £6. The books should arrive tomorrow – with free delivery!
 
The websites I have been using mostly are the following:
 
http://www.pilotfriend.com/ - free website with lots of very helpful information on flying and aircraft.
 
http://www.pplcruiser.co.uk/ - £20 for 3 months access to exam questions – very good layout and usability.
 
http://www.catsaviation.com/ - free for PPL course – varying prices for more advanced courses (ATPL, IR, CPL). Much more indepth although having read every part of the AGK section, there were still questions that when I found out the correct response, I didn’t recall having read about.