Theory syllabus

[Cal92]

Does anyone have a link to some syllabi for the ppl exams for the uk?
ideally bullet points explaining the information i need to know, cheers :ok:

[riverrock83]

The syllabus is in http://easa.europa.eu/agency-measures/docs/agency-decisions/2011/2011-016-R/AMC%20and%20GM%20to%20Part-FCL.pdf
in the relevant section for the licence you are going for. Eg p39 for LAPL.
However if you're wanting to do the theory to get a flying licence then go buy the text books. You need to know pretty much everything it says in them. There are a number of different series of them which have been well discussed here before.

[Howard Long]

I very recently did all the CAA PPL exams, I think mylast one was aout a month ago. Be aware that there are currently seven exams, but from 1 September 2013 I believe it's nine, and there're some barely-comprehensible sittings rules coming into effect.

As RR83 stated, in general you purchase a stack of books (I used the Pooley's series, also known as Trevor Thom as he originally wrote them) and, predominantly with home study, you gain enough info to pass. For Pooley's, you need vols 1-4 and 6-7, vol 5 is for instrument flying and not required for the basic ppl.

It is easier if you are doing practical flying too: it makes better sense why certain things are worth knowing.

Typically, they make you take the Air Law exam first before letting you go solo some hours into your practical training. That, together with Met, were the hardest for me, but then I'd not taken an exam for 27 years so my brain is not that of a spring chicken. However, had I known then what I know now about exam revision technique, I could've done the lot in barely a month. The first two, air law and met combined took me about eight weeks, the remaining five took about two weeks for all five! Strangely I ever so slightly miss not having an exam to revise for, I really was geting quite good at it. I wish I'd have had the same mentality all those years ago when it might have been rather more important.

I would think trying take the ppl exams without any practical training might be quite hard. I am not sure really need to know all that's in the books, but most of it, yes, you do. Best way to know what you need to know? Use the various online, offline websites/apps and published Q&A books.

Cheers, Howard

[BillieBob]

in the relevant section for the licence you are going for. Eg p39 for LAPL.That is the syllabus for the LAPL(B) and LAPL(S). The syllabus for the LAPL(A) is the same as for the PPL(A) and starts on Page 115. Unfortunately, they have neglected to include about 75% of the Met syllabus.

[James1809]

If I were you, I'd try and get as many exams out of the way as possible before 1st September when the syllabus changes, bringing it from 7 exams up to 9, this is because Air Law & Operational Procedures becomes two seperate exams (it's only one at the minute) as does Flight Performance & Planning (hint: get these done first before they split it into two exams!). Also, after this date, you only have 6 sittings to pass all 9 exams, where a sitting is 10 days long, and you may only attempt each exam once in that 10 days (confusing, right?!).

I've just passed Air Law & Flight Performance & Planning, almost ready for Nav. exam as you need to pass Flight Performance & Planning and Nav before 1st September in order not to resit either of them to the new syllabus. It might be a good idea to invest in a PPL Confuser and the Oxford Aviation Training CDs, these have helped me massively so far.

The Information Notice about the changes coming in September can be found here (http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/srg_lts_IN%20PPL%20New%20Exams_v2_03052013.pdf) and includes the new syllabus after 1st September, good luck!