Best & Most Cost Effective Way To Get Your Private Pilots License In San Diego California.
Ground Schools
King Schools Private Pilot Ground School & Written Test Prep — I used this one for my private pilots license
Sporty’s Private Pilot Ground School & Written Test Prep — I used this one for my IFR
Aviation Medical
You need to create an account on FAA MedXPress — You will apply for your Student Pilot certificate through here.
Right now you only need a 3rd Class Medical. You don’t need to waste the money on a 1st class until you are ready for your Commercial Pilot Certification. you need to do Private, Instrument and multi before. 1st class you need to do every year, the 3rd you only need to do every 5 years because you are under 40 years old.
FAA Medical Examiner ← This is the one I use. He is cool and easy.
Flying Club To Join
Plus One Flyers — Largest Club in the USA Here is their Fleet at Montgomery. They are at 4 or 5 airports now.
Aircraft to use: I would start with a Cessna 172N model once you learn how to land and fly. I would also do some training in a low wing Piper Archer 160 or 180. This will come in handy when you do your commercial because you need to learn how to land both high and low wing. don’t let the Instructors tell you otherwise.
Flight Instructors
They will need to be a member of the club. Here are the ones I recommend. Dave Eby, Charlie Platt, Jacob Wick, Pawel Miko, Roelle Nogra, Brett Livingston, Gabe Wisdom. You can see the whole list on the Plus One Flyers Website at https://www.plusoneflyers.org/instructors/
Items You Will Need
Flight Bag — Leather One or Non Leather One
General Aviation Headset that is ISO Compliant — I use the Bose A20 they have the new Bose A30
iPad Mini 4 refurb this is all you need.
Ram Mount to connect ipad to yoke in airplane to hold it in front of you
iPad Mini 4 Soft Case
ADS-B Stratux Receiver for Aviation Weather and Traffic — Internal WAAS GPS, AHRS, Battery Pack, Suction Mount, Antennas, SDR — This makes ForeFlight work on the iPad
ForeFlight Software/app for iPad — get the performance plus it just makes life easier.
Handheld Emergency Radio with navigation
2023 FAR AIM Book — You will need this for regulations they are updated every year once you get your Private Pilots License you can just buy the App for ipad and it updates every year but for the test you need a hard copy with tabs.
2024 FAR AIM Book not out till september
Private Pilot Study Guide Poster — this helps alot
Sporty’s Electronic E6B Flight Computer for Pilots you can use this or pay for subscription on the ipad they have an app
VFR Paper Charts you need 2 VFR TAC and VFF Sectional
Oxygen Saturation & Pulse Monitor
Red Headlamp for your night flying you can’t use white it messes up night vision we only use red light
Charger Adapter with Voltmeter the ipad used the qc3 port everything else will use the other ports
Apps & Sites
Live ATC — Air Traffic Controll — download the app on your phone you can also listen on the web.
Flight Plan — make an account here
Zulu Logbook I would make an account and add your flight hrs from you hard book to this it will make life easier when you apply for jobs and doing it now will save you hours trying to go back and do it later.
Gov Aviation Weather Website you will use this a lot.
If you have any additional questions let me know.
