Wed Nov 30, 2016 1:27 pm
#1501315
Hi everyone,
I'm new here, so I'll give a little intro:
I started flying when I was 16, and built up about 15 hours over a couple of years starting around 2008. I then hit the point where I needed to think seriously about taking the theoretical exams and flying far more regularly than I was able to at the time (due to school and more importantly money), so sadly I had to stop. I'm now 22, I've gone through university and have been working for long enough that I'm setting myself up to re-start training next year (possibly from scratch as it's proving hard to track down the confirmation of my previous hours from my old flight school, which may not exist any more!)
Anyway ... I'd really like to take the ground exams before I find a new flight school. This is so that I can arrive ready-to-fly with my medical and exam results and hopefully I can do all the flying intensively with no hold-ups. However, on the CAA website it says that I need a 'recommendation' from a flight school before I can take the exams.
So, is it possible to do the exams totally independent of a training organisation, or do I need to pick a flight school, get them to give me a recommendation, do the exams and THEN start flying? Also to expand on this, is it common to self-study or is it required to have formal ground school sessions?
Even if I have to take ground school, I'd like to self-study the theory as much as I can. I know that there are textbooks (in fact, I have a bunch that someone gave me during my previous lessons) but I'd like to get an Ipad app or similar online resources too so that I can study on the go and possibly during breaks at work. Does anyone have any recommendations for good apps/websites for EASA exam study?
Thanks very much for the help. I should also mention I'm in the UK and looking to get the EASA PPL.
I'm new here, so I'll give a little intro:
I started flying when I was 16, and built up about 15 hours over a couple of years starting around 2008. I then hit the point where I needed to think seriously about taking the theoretical exams and flying far more regularly than I was able to at the time (due to school and more importantly money), so sadly I had to stop. I'm now 22, I've gone through university and have been working for long enough that I'm setting myself up to re-start training next year (possibly from scratch as it's proving hard to track down the confirmation of my previous hours from my old flight school, which may not exist any more!)
Anyway ... I'd really like to take the ground exams before I find a new flight school. This is so that I can arrive ready-to-fly with my medical and exam results and hopefully I can do all the flying intensively with no hold-ups. However, on the CAA website it says that I need a 'recommendation' from a flight school before I can take the exams.
So, is it possible to do the exams totally independent of a training organisation, or do I need to pick a flight school, get them to give me a recommendation, do the exams and THEN start flying? Also to expand on this, is it common to self-study or is it required to have formal ground school sessions?
Even if I have to take ground school, I'd like to self-study the theory as much as I can. I know that there are textbooks (in fact, I have a bunch that someone gave me during my previous lessons) but I'd like to get an Ipad app or similar online resources too so that I can study on the go and possibly during breaks at work. Does anyone have any recommendations for good apps/websites for EASA exam study?
Thanks very much for the help. I should also mention I'm in the UK and looking to get the EASA PPL.