Hello All!
Since before I started flight training, I have been using the Gleim Aviation Private Pilot Test Prep. Here, I will show you some of my thoughts on it. Overall, I think it’s a great program. I love how you can customize practice tests. You can control what kind of questions you see in a test, and as well as how long the tests are. The practice tests are the main thing I use it for, but it does have some other functions as well. You can access text ebooks for review, as well as take full practice tests simulating the FAA Knowledge Test. I primarily use it for the Study Sessions so I can review specific concepts that I have learned at a flight lesson with my instructor. The only complaint I would have about it is that to me, the dashboard and test prep just kind of looks a little dated to me. But overall, the information the program presents is good and current. It’s a good program for any student pilot to use to study, as well as for any pilot to use to keep current on information.
On Saturday, I went to an EAA Chapter 122 fly-in with my instructor, who is the chapter president, in his L-16 Champ. I really enjoyed talking and socializing with everyone there, and I think I hit it off with everyone quite well. I wore my FMA shirt, and I told everyone there about the FMA and me and my scholarship. It’s a great flying community, and I will definitely be going back to all the future meetings and fly-ins I can make. I got to meet John Rathmell (hope I spelled that correctly). He runs Sport Flying USA, a company who handles sales of all Bristell aircraft in the US, and it’s also the company who subcontracts Jon Still and his company, Still Flying LLC, who trains me. John Rathmell brought his Bristell 915IS, which is pretty much the same airplane I fly, just with a turbocharged engine that produces about 35hp more than the plane I fly. On the way back to Carlise (N94), John Rathmell formed up on our right ring and flew formation with us all the way back to N94, before breaking off and heading home. (Just so everyone knows, Jon Still and John Rathmell ARE in fact both trained in formation flying and are ex-military pilots. As I’m sure everyone knows, formation flying should never be attempted without proper training and experience). It was awesome! Nothing like an old warbird and a beautiful new Bristell flying together. I got some awesome pictures and a video that I’ll put in this post.
So long for now,
Jake
