I have to say, when I first started reading "The Ultimate Private Pilot Book" by Mr Machado, I thought I had made a terrible mistake in my choice of methods for gaining the knowledge part of learning about flying. The book is hyped as funny and an easy way to learn. However, at first, I found Mr Machado's humor to be very punny and not so funny. I hear he is an incredible speaker on aviation topics, and I think he must write in the same way he presents his seminars. Probably works great in spoken word, but kind of gets in the way of trying to absorb lots and lots of technical information.
Then, about 25% of the way through his book, something changed. I started to find myself smiling from time to time at his quips. Sometimes actually snickering. OK, once or twice I laughed out loud! I found myself thumbing ahead a few pages looking for the funny sidebars and anecdotes about flying experiences he or his students had.
The topic of flying is not easy reading. It is highly technical in nature and there is a ton of things to learn, (and more importantly, to be able to remember). In review, Rod Machado has done a wonderful job of taking a difficult subject and presenting the information in a way that is somewhat enjoyable to read and absorb. Once you get used to his unusual sense of humor, the book is really quite a great way to learn to fly. But if I ever get to the point of having an inflight emergency and turning to my instructor and having nothing more to say than the words, "Bad Thing!"... I hope he pushes me out of the plane!! Read the book ... you will understand.
One suggestion for prospective student pilots: Read about 100 pages or more before you actually start your flight training (in the air, I mean). It makes so much more sense when you read about the theories and practises of flying, and then go out and do it. Also, after you have scared yourself in flight training a few times, it makes alot of his stories so much funnier.
All in all, I have to give it a "thumbs up". Good job, Rod.
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