"Jeff Shirton" wrote in message
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"Icebound" wrote in message
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I have a 1989 copy of From The Ground Up I paid $20 at the time. I saw
a updated copy for $50. I don't like the 1989 copy I have, I think it
is poorly written and doesn't explain the topics properly.

The latest version isn't any better...

I'm curious.

Can you point a specific section that you find "poorly written and
doesn't explain the topics properly", in the latest version ("Millenium"
Edition).

Well, my main reason for responding was the "poorly written" part.
It is dry, *oh* so dry, an absolute chore to read (and I love reading
about aviation). All the instructors at my FBO share the opinion of
the book.

But now that you ask about "doesn't explain...properly", now that
I think about, it seems to me that every time I would read something
in the AIP (Cdn. version of the AIM), and I wanted a clearer explanation,
I'd turn to "From the Ground Up", and find nothing but an exact same
copy of the text, the exact same wording. All they did was lift the exact
text of the AIP into FtGU. They could have at *least* paraphrased,
and added some commentary.


Well, then you are talking only about FTGU Part II Air Law, and the last 12
pages of part III Weather, about 42 pages.... against basically the first
357 pages of the AIP..

I consider that condensation of the really-important as a pretty *good*
accomplishment, unless there are actual errors.

It's a text. It should be up to the ground-school instructor to provide
commentary and explanation. Unfortunately, I actually found the FTGU text
far more useful at explanation than were the ground-school instructors.
Especially so with respect to the remaining sections on Weather, and the
section on Navigation.

I also have Machado's Private Pilot Handbook, which covers much the same
territory as FTGU, but not applicable in Canada as far as Air Law, of
course. But if you want commentary....
:-)