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Exam-O-Grams
"Jim Macklin" wrote in message ... Before the "web" the Exam-O-Gram was a method for the FAA to answer questions and clear up misunderstood questions from the limited number of written test questions. They are public domain and they can be reprinted and distributed for free or sold at a profit. But most are obsolete, dealing with airspace and other regulatory matters that have changed greatly in the past 30 years. But with a disclaimer, that states clearly that they are historical and may not be current or correct, why not, you can scan them to a PDF file and put them on a CD. I would love to see this material in pdf. or even better OCR as text or .doc Once in editable format it should be a simple matter to remove parts that are no longer correct. Happy landings, |
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Exam-O-Grams
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:04:16 -0400, Some Other Guy
wrote in : It's hard to find decent study material on the net. At least I've never found any. http://www.faa.gov/education_research/ http://www.faa.gov/pilots/training/ http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/ http://www.faa.gov/education_research/testing/ |
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Exam-O-Grams
The ExamOgrams are mostly obsolete or have been printed in
later FAA textbooks. I would spend your time and money on recent and current materials. "Some Other Guy" wrote in message ... | wrote: | Would scanned copies of these be useful to anyone? | | I think that's a terrific idea. | | It's hard to find decent study material on the net. At least I've never | found any. | |
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Exam-O-Grams
The main reason the FAA produced the ExamOgrams was because
they saw a pattern of missed questions on the exams they were then using. Most of what is in them is either obsolete or better done in later FAA texts and commercial texts.. "Private" wrote in message news:h1xPh.4962$DE1.1086@pd7urf2no... | | "Jim Macklin" wrote in message | ... | Before the "web" the Exam-O-Gram was a method for the FAA to | answer questions and clear up misunderstood questions from | the limited number of written test questions. | | They are public domain and they can be reprinted and | distributed for free or sold at a profit. But most are | obsolete, dealing with airspace and other regulatory matters | that have changed greatly in the past 30 years. | | But with a disclaimer, that states clearly that they are | historical and may not be current or correct, why not, you | can scan them to a PDF file and put them on a CD. | | | | I would love to see this material in pdf. or even better OCR as text or .doc | | Once in editable format it should be a simple matter to remove parts that | are no longer correct. | | | Happy landings, | | |
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Different show--"Aviation Weather" was a morning show specifically about
the day's aviation weather predictions. It also had small educational segments; I remember one about using VORs, which were relatively new to small airplanes then. I vaguely remember that it was a sponsored show, some FAA and industry combination, that lost the money. David Chris G. wrote: Actually, it was "AM Weather" and its last show was on February 3, 1995. I remember seeing it as a kid and being extremely bored by it. Now I would love it. Reference (heh, from 1995 of all things): http://www.balloonlife.com/publicati...5/avchannl.htm tom418 wrote: It is that old. Back in the mid '70s, there was a weekly PBS TV show on "Aviation Weather" and they frequently mentioned the "exam-o-grams" |
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Exam-O-Grams
wrote:
I was recently in a local used book store, and on their aviation shelf, there was a bound copy (if staples count as binding) of FAA publication AAC-45C, containing VFR and IFR "Exam-O-Grams". I went ahead and put the VFR ones online. The IFR ones will be along in a while; I'm not done scanning them yet. They are available as PDF files at http://www.birdbird.org/aviation/examogram/index.html . Please use the email address on that page (or this one) for feedback. Thanks! Matt Roberds |
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wrote in message ... wrote: I was recently in a local used book store, and on their aviation shelf, there was a bound copy (if staples count as binding) of FAA publication AAC-45C, containing VFR and IFR "Exam-O-Grams". I went ahead and put the VFR ones online. The IFR ones will be along in a while; I'm not done scanning them yet. They are available as PDF files at http://www.birdbird.org/aviation/examogram/index.html . Please use the email address on that page (or this one) for feedback. Thanks! Matt Roberds Thank you for your contribution and efforts. Am I the only one who is unable to retrieve the .pdf files? Timed out? Am I the only one who is unable to read black background? Is difficulty reading red or dark blue text on black background age related? (I think I am using good quality monitors.) IIRC we all used green and amber on black with our first PCs and that white background was considered to be a real benefit when it became available. Happy landings, Happy landings, |
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Private wrote:
Am I the only one who is unable to retrieve the .pdf files? Timed out? Looking through the logs, I see a mix of failed and apparently successful attempts from your IP address starting at about 23:15 UTC 4 Apr and ending at about 04:45 UTC 5 Apr. Were you able to download any of them successfully or did you always have trouble? (There is something on the server that might be causing that, but I'm trying to verify that it's the problem before I change it.) Am I the only one who is unable to read black background? Probably not, but you're the first one to complain. If I get more complaints I'll change it. Thanks! Matt Roberds |
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wrote in message ... Private wrote: Am I the only one who is unable to retrieve the .pdf files? Timed out? Looking through the logs, I see a mix of failed and apparently successful attempts from your IP address starting at about 23:15 UTC 4 Apr and ending at about 04:45 UTC 5 Apr. Were you able to download any of them successfully or did you always have trouble? (There is something on the server that might be causing that, but I'm trying to verify that it's the problem before I change it.) Thinking that your server was busy, I made several attempts during last evening and again this morning but none were successful. On occasion I would get other material (ie Outlook Express) appearing in IExplorer widow while attempting download of .pdf. I would later get a small error window saying "a file I/O error has occurred. The file connection timed out." The back button returns to your index page correctly, then the forward button results in "Error 403 - Forbidden etc etc." I have often downloaded .pdf files from several sources but have not experienced this problem before. Am I the only one who is unable to read black background? Probably not, but you're the first one to complain. If I get more complaints I'll change it. Thanks! Matt Roberds I have developed a personal aversion to black backgrounds (particularly with red or dark blue text) which is causing spontaneous rants. By highlighting the text on your site I am able to change the text color to make it more readable and on occasion have (used a technique learned from another objector here) copied text to Notepad or Word in order to obtain a white background. There have been some posts/threads here commenting on this issue. Since I am experiencing some age related vision loss, I wondered if this could be contributing to my problem. Thanks for reply, Happy landings, |
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I was curious too, and was unable to download anything. I also think
that blue on black is an atrocious design. Jose -- Get high on gasoline: fly an airplane. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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