Which ground school subject first?

[116i]

Great forum guys!!
Im stuck at work offshore for 3 weeks with very little to do and Im starting my PPL(A) lessons when I return.

Im looking at studying towards my ground school exams while im out here, one bloke who flys told me to study towards Air Law first.

Is this correct before I buy a book on my iPad!!!

Cheers

[Dark Helmet]

I did Air Law first: just to get it out of the way and because, at my school, it was required before going solo.

However, it is a very dry and tedious book so I would suggest studying navigation or flight performance and planning at the same time. This will keep your interest levels up!

[Whiskey Bravo]

Air Law first... most schools seem to require it before sending students solo. I didn't find it too bad as a subject. It is a little dry, but if you break it down it is just a lot of facts that are fairly easy to remember and repeat for the exam.

[mad_jock]

Take air law and human performance and also aircraft general then swap between all three just to keep your interest up.

Air law by itself is a baw ache and dull as sin but with other different subjects its not to bad. If you can walk into the school ready to sit those 3 when you start training it will take alot of stress off you and make you a star with your instructor.

[PPRuNeUser0179]

Hey there 116i!
Doing my PPL for Heli's.
Did my first exam in December last year (2012).
Chose to do Flight Planning first.
Second exam was HP (Just wrote it last week.)
I prefer getting the "big" subjects out of the way first.IE:Principles of Flight
Aircraft in general
Meteorology
But do what you think would be best for yourself.
Different strokes for different oaks!;)

Happy studying :ok:

[116i]

Thanks guys, great info! Air law sounds boring as hell!!

How long do they stay valid for? Do they expire after say 2 or 3 years like a car theory does??

[Grob Queen]

Hi, I studied Met and Air Law alongside each other. Met to keep my interest up, as many of the others say here! I took Met first last September (2012), then Air Law and then Comms written in very soon afterwards. I am now studying for Aircraft Tech.

IMHO, Met was difficult - but very interesting, Air Law was easy, just boring and a facts remembering exercise. Comms written was interesting, and fun, the best exam i've ever taken!

Aircraft Tech next...now here we ARE talking hard slog...well for this un physics/un maths minded Student anyway!

Good luck:ok:

GQ

[MacSki]

For me it was air law first then navigation. I found that a good sequence and it was nice to do a 'theory' type exam (boring!!) followed by a practical one (interesting!!) ie navigation.

Some pilots I have spoken to struggled and still do with nav but I never did. Don't know if this is because it was drilled into me early in my flying hours and i then had many hours practice when outside the circuit. I'm sure it helped.