Audio tapes for PPL training

[Pilot16]

Hi
Has anyone got any of the PPL training tapes sold by Transair?
Are they any good? Im planning to buy Radio Telephony, any comments on them is much appreciated!

regards.

[Evo]

I got the Transair RT tapes and listened to them in the car on the way to work. I never found them very useful - they aren't bad, but I dont think they taught me much. Try them if you're still confused after reading CAP413 and they might help.

Best thing to do is real RT - trying to persuade an overworked Farnborough Radar to let you through their overhead works wonders...

[Aussie Andy]

I borrowed them from a mate. With hindsight, could've done without them - think of them as "nice to have" not "must have" - but at the time I think they boosted my confidence ahead of the R/t exam. Sorry, don't still have them to lend...

[Select Zone Five]

I didn't use tapes to study but I know someone who did and his tapes told him to say Q codes phonetically? I used the real world experience of listening in on a scanner! ssssh!

I am a big fan of experience rather than theory...probably why I didn't go to University

[NotAnotherUsername]

Dont know about the RT ones as I never used them but the morse code one was good - and no, don't panic, you dont need it for the PPL !

[iainpoll]

Go and spend an afternoon in the radio room at Stapleford, usually very friendly, especially if you fetch the tea! I'm sure you would learn more about RT from that, I did!

Good luck,

Iain