Customer Reviews

Private Pilot Manual

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I am a professional airline pilot, and log virtually all of my time in large, turbojet aircraft. I am also a current CFI, although I don't frequently exercise my Instructor privileges in single engine aircraft. Not long ago I was approached to assist in teaching a Private Pilot ground school and to do some tutoring on the side. I accepted more for the challenge than any other reason.

The selected text for the course was the "Private Pilot Manual" by Jeppesen Sanderson, and I must say that I was very impressed with the book. It is very complete and provides easy to comprehend explanations (normally with useful diagrams, charts, or photographs) that make learning relatively painless. It was an excellent refresher for me as well, as single engine VFR flying is not what I do on a daily basis anymore. I highly recommend this book to CFI's for their students, to any Private Pilot or Private Pilot candidate, or to any advanced pilot as a refresher of the basics.

The only complaints I have heard from students are in regard to the relatively high price of the book. My response is that this one book contains the best explanations of the most important concepts needed to pass your written, oral, and practical exams before becoming a Private Pilot, and is an excellent reference to be referred to in the days to come. Flying isn't cheap. Economy is a good thing, but you need to know when to skimp and when to spend. This book is an excellent investment.

This book is THE best textbook that any future Private Pilot can find. I have read many others and I find this one to be the best.

I'm a student pilot myself and this book as helped me enormously. The pictures are clearly drawn and emphasize the text. The book is filled with pictures and if you're a picture person (like me) you'll find this book easy to read.

Again, I highly recommend this book to any aspering pilot. We use this textbook here at Purdue University.

This is such a significant upgrade from Jeppesen's previous edition. Clear, concise, and graphically superior to any other book on the market (and I have most of them). I am a commercial pilot working on my CFI and have found it even more useful the second time reading it. If you want to pass your checkride get a reliable, knowledgeable instructor and get one of these books.

This is an excellent textbook to have accompany you through studies for the private pilot certificate.

Everything is well explained and backed up with very good pictures and diagrams.

It isn't cheap, but then again neither is flying. However I can guarantee that if you purchase this then you'll understand that you made a good decision soon after opening it.

As I flight instructor, I have recommended this text to all of my students. Jeppesen provides superior training products for all levels of flight training. If I were allowed only one reference to use for teaching, this would be it!

Overall the book was great, it gave me my pilots license but the 1 thing the book didn't do so well on was the weather section. I had trouble understanding the weather theory section so I had to refrence another book so I could learn about the weather. That's it, just the theory, the weather reports and forcast section was good.

This book is a must for pilots training for their Private Pilot Certificate. This book goes into detail about everything from the systems of the plane to learning to map a course, to basic manuevers. The graphics are clear and easy to understand, as the text is as well.

The Private Pilot Manual is fantastic. The only problem I had with the book, in the beginning, was the price. I was not quite ready to lay down that sort of money for a book that appears to have many much cheaper alternatives. I purchased this book used for thirty dollars, it has some wear but all in all is in great condition. It actually appears to have been signed by Chuck Yeager, though I have been unable to verify the signature. The use gives the book a much warmer feel.

Don't let all the pictures fool you, this is no children's book. Each colorful and often beautiful image is there to help clarify the topic that is being explained. To me it is very helpful to see what they are talking about. I have seen quite a few other books that just don't do this, they assume you understand.

The Private Pilot Manual is packed with useful and important information, like several of the FAA publications put together but more graphic intensive and a bit easier to read. Everything I would expect from Jeppesen. Each section ends with a summary and a list of key terms, as well as questions to help you burn the knowledge better into your mind.
A fantastic book, definitely one that every pilot or aspiring pilot should own. I now believe it is worth the full price, it is indeed a high quality text book.

I've had my hands on many textbooks on different subjects, but this is one of the best I've ever seen. The full color photos and illustrations are very well done and relevant. The PPL training content is thorough, but they also include little one page articles covering tidbits of aviation trivia and history that are entertaining.

It's the kind of book that you pick up to read a specific topic, but continue to read about other things that caught your eye along the way.

I think it's worth the price. You can probably resell it later, but if you pass the PPL checkride, you'll want to keep it as a reference.

This was an excellent book. Both the material and presentation was very professional and would be great for both a classroom or independent study for the written exam.

The only drawback and it was minor was that the coverage of the required FAR's was minimal, but since everyone buying this book should have a copy of the latest FAR/AIM, this should not be too bad.