If you want a quick reference to many aspects of PPL theory, you could of course go to our own Downloads page for course materials. There are also some free resources available, of which the FAA’s PHAK (Pilot Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge) is second to none. You can download individual chapters, or go the whole hog and download the entire document.
Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
Instrument Procedures Handbook
The New Zealand CAA publishes an excellent series of flight instructor briefings, including more advanced topics of interest to PPL’s such as mountain flying, night flying and instrument flight.
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For training and continued development, there are a number of handy Android app’s which you might care to examine. |
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VOR ADF RMI HSI Sim. Helps understand tracking to / from NDB’s and VOR’s |
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Hold entry visualiser – does what the name implies |
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Sportys E6B All the functions of a whizz wheel on a simple phone app. |
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Flight Computer Sim – an app which simulates the uses of our old faithful whizz wheel. Handy for brushing up the technique. |
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SNOWTAM decoder – chances are that you may not recognise a strange string of digits in a METAR as a SNOWTAM. Even more likely, you won’t know how to read it. This app tells you how! |
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Aviation Flight Time Calculator – struggling to add up those logbook times? This little app will help. |