Private Pilot Witten Exam debrief - Tips to PASS!

Thank you. Your advice made the difference for my study habits.

Awesome thank

Thank you for posting this.

Russ, I've been following your journey from the start. I wanted to come back here to this video to let you know, I followed your advice and scored an 88 today on my Knowledge Exam. Thank you!

Definitely some sound advice! Thank you for this! I'm about a month into my lessons and my instructor wants me to take my written exam soon. Before I do, he wants me to get three consecutive 90% or above to get his endorsement. I'm STRESSED but I'm trying not to give up.

Timely message. Thank you. Don’t wing it. Point well taken

Thanks for the info. I’m using Part time pilot ground school and it is a lot to read and learn, but I’ll get it

Thank you very much for being real! Student pilot.

Weight and balance is taking empty weight from the maintenance log and furthermore information from the poh and add the numbers up to have your take off weight and subtract gallon per hr from toc and in-flight to tod to gain approach weight

this video is very informative, im new to your channel and im looking to optsin my written exam this year. ill be colling you tomorrow to gain some help on how i can make this happen.

And also good to know old way of vfr navigation using rules of thumb by scale about 30nm and whizz wheel

MKC AND KCI are my area I use par 141 complete AsA kit ppl including charts for my area and I use skyvector and aviation weather
Gov for old school vfr nav and I use sportys online courses for prep as well as I get back into aviation poh tells you the numbers for weight and balance airplane specific important for performance and weather in fuel consumption and true air speed as well as indicated airspeed

Hey Russ,

Thanks for the insight! Looking to take my written here in a month. Just wondered what prep software if any you used for practice tests?

Thanks for the good info in the video!

I could really use your help!

Great content! Love your videos. But I have a question. What are some programs or different funding I could look into to get started?

I’m going to take mine Monday and I know some questions you have to memorize because they’re wrong. for example one talks about the maximum wind to stay under a certain crosswind and the answer is 24 but when you plot it is closer to 20 and 20 is an option

Thanks Russ, I have my Part 107 and I am trying to figure out how to go about getting my Part 61. What are the ABC's of getting a part 61? Do you need a recommendation to take the written exam or can you take it on your own? I have absolutely no clue of how to go about this. Congratulation on passing the exam.

Thank you for this… I’m studying now and this was helpful!

You do a nice job Russ! My brother in law lived in Doylestown for years, he is now in Upper Eddy, his daughter is minutes from PennRidge. I have never flown into doylestown. I would love to take you up in my 1962 182E.

My mistake on the privates written is as follows. When we studied glider towing, I thought, I will never do that so I don't need to pay attention to it. I had 3 questions on glider towing on my private pilot written test.

Thanks!

my cfi told me the same...get 3 90s and ill check you off for your written.. so far I've gotten a 85, 83, and 78 just still stuck on those questions that require multiple calculations with figures charts and graphs and I feel you I still suck at weight and balance! Looking to get over the hump and hopefully pass my written asap and take my check ride here shortly! thanks for the great tips!!!

just took my exam today and got a 97!!!

I’m at the beginning of my aviation journey, should I study for the exam before taking the actual flying lessons or should I do it all together?

Just got it done today with a 95% will start my PPL classes tomorrow 🙏🏼✈️

You hit the nail on the head brother. A great study tool I used was an app call Private Pilot Test Prep 2022 was a great tool because you can take it with you anywhere and it had two sides so one was the exam side set up exactly like the real exam even seen a lot of these question on the actual exam. Then on the other side is the study part where it would ask the question then you can answer, and it would tell you right away if it's wrong but also it gave explanations on every question, and you can break down the question by subject each subject had about 70 questions on 11 different subjects. Really recommend for anyone taking the exam was a huge help.

Thanks man you was a help and made me feel better about failing today but I will continue to study until I strengthen in my weak areas

Did u do any ground school online like king school ? If so did it help much ? Or can you do all your studying from just there ?

Took it my first time and recently got my results. Not exactly what I wanted but I score in the early 80s. Some of the questions I have never seen!

I have ten hours and I have the sportys flight school and I’m terrible at studying and I don’t know what I should be studying any advice?

Great video, thanks! 92% great job!

I’m 18 years old and want my private pilot’s license. I’m doing a load of research on what to expect when I go in and tackle my dream. any tips for me anything would help

Thank you, Thank you!!! The one last thing I need to do before I move forward.

Once again Russ you come thru with knowledge, and helpful tips. Especially for those of us who are non pilots. Are you going to Sun' n Fun? GOD BLESS!! Nothing like a good hump day video, to get thru the mid week. Keep them coming.

This is a very humble thing for you to put out there. Nobody, especially guys, like to admit when we fall short- but we do and hopefully someone else can learn from it. Those three tips you mentioned are the same ones I harp on with my students, especially when they're having a hard time "seeing" a concept. 90% of the people on this planet are visual/kinesthetic learners, so trying to visualize airspace doesn't always come naturally. Great helpful video!

Hey I used to sherpherd air and king air faa practice test. I passed my private and instrument faa written

Nice video, I do have the book, other books I think are a must to have is the Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Airplane Flying Handbook, Aeronautical information manual study Guide for the private pilot. And I'm going to practice, practice. I'm having taken it yet, but I will take the exam in the next 3 months.

You need to become a CFI

the examiner will really focus in on any shakey areas.For me also airspace.

Great that you are doing this. I really wish we had met earlier. OK, I had the advantage when I took my PPL written in that I had already taken my Part 107 (unmanned) exam earlier that year and it was actually at the same testing center, so I knew what to expect. Also, every center is different, so it might be advantageous to call them to be sure what you can and cannot bring. Heck, they even took my Apple Watch :) For me, I took two different ground school courses pretty much simultaneously. They were Cessna Private Pilot by King Schools (provided by the flight school) and Private Pilot by Pilot Institute. I had already started the PI course and was surprised when the school gave me the other course as part of the tuition. Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I did both. Just a note PI was the one I liked best. PI also required you to score 80% or better at least twice on the full practice exams before they would issue your certificate that you need to take the FAA written. Here is what I learned when I took my written. Most importantly for me was pick up a current copy of the testing supplement, that way you won't be blind-sided by a book you may have never even seen. Lots of answers can actually be found in the front of that supplement (airspace, etc.) and if you know what the book looks like you will be further ahead. Think about some kinds of flash cards, where the question is on the front and answer on the back. Make your own if you want, especially for areas you are weak on (for me it's weather, always the dang weather). Both PI and King Schools provided online flash cards with their curriculums, and you can buy them online as well. When you take practice tests, please, please, please do not try to memorize the question/answer. I guarantee you that the same type of questions will be asked, but they may be 'very differently worded' that what practice exams offer. The real key here is to try and understand the material, not just what answer goes with what question :) Take your time; this is not a race. If you are not 100% sure of an answer you can skip and mark it for review at the end. What I did was keep a running tally of all the questions I know I nailed, the ones I was not sure of and the ones that I was pretty much guessing. That way I pretty much knew where I stood as far as results (you need 42 correct answers out of the 60 for the minimum 70% passing grade). I think I went back and reviewed all my answers twice before I finally submitted my final answers. This got me a 92% on my PPL written, which disappointed me because I got a 97% on my Part 107 :) :) :)

What in the Wednesday is going on here !!!!

I'm a "TERIBLE" written test taker!

👍☑️ Russ can fly, making Wednesday's interesting again!! LOL