textbook: From the Ground Up or Flying Beyond ?

[love2fly14]

Hi member,
I final made the decision to become a pilot, took forever to pull the trigger but better late then ever.
I'm about to register for ground school, will be taking it on-line with pilottraining.ca

I'm not sure witch to book buy?
Any Ideas were I can get it used?

They also recommend Weather Command, this one I was able to download it
Love savings.

[shurshot17]

I like from the ground up.

[flyinthebug]

To date, From the ground up seems to be the most complete initial book to own.

All the best with your training!

[snoopy]

A current copy of From the Ground Up will be useful to you in all stages of your pilot career. It is one of the reference books I'm currently using it to study for the ATPL-H exams in Canada - the third copy/edition I've owned in over 20 years of flying. It would just be nice if someone would produce it in indexed/bookmarked .PDF form (properly, not scanned!).

If you want some really great free reference materials to help you as you learn, look to the FAA (south of the border) website as they provide awesome reference materials free to everyone. Obviously some of the air law will be different, but airmanship and theory of flight are universal topics. http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies ... s_manuals/ Wish TC was as thoughtful and progressive.

Cheers,
Kirsten B.

[jump154]

Buy them both, and more besides. You can never read enough.

[Pop n Fresh]

This.

Buy them both, and more besides. You can never read enough.

From the ground up and the flight training manual are excellent and worth many re-reads.

[DanWEC]

I think FTGU + Air Command is a great combo. Of course combined with the purple FTU for a breakdown of each training excercise, and the TC-AIM for radio and procedures. Dat's about all you need.

I find that the weather section in FTGU sucks. A lot. I don't know why, maybe it's me, but it seems to be a bit disjointed, and a bad example of link/relationship. The Air Command manual has a much better progression of topics and as a result, is more effective as a standalone training tool to teach yourself.

[rt777]

+1 on Air Command for weather, I always had trouble with a few concepts and it cleared them up for me. Plus the workbook is great as well.