Rod Machados Private Pilot Handbook 3RD Edition

This is absolutely wonderful! The pictures and diagrams are clear and concise and very informative!!! Love reading this handbook!

Quick shipping, Thanks it kept me current with the private pilot class.

Great book full of useful knowledge. The author’s style and goofy jokes helped me retain the information being communicated.

There is a lot of helpful instruction in this book. But Machados lame, tiresome, sophomoric humor is so annoying, so every-page persistent, as to make this book, despite its quality content, all but unreadable. If there ever was a writer who thinks hes funny and isnt, Machado is the one. Youre a captive audience for this failed class clown. He inflicts his stupid jokes on you constantly, and there is nothing you can do to escape them. You cant stop reading, and he cant stop making a fool of himself.

Only a few days into it, but it meets the expectations of the CFI who recommended it. So far it’s very thorough, yet is presented well for us newbies who aren’t yet pilots.

My 16 year old son was taking an online flight academy and was getting no where fast. I purchased this book after reading the reviews, and he absolutely loves it. Yes, the humor is a bit much sometimes but it holds his attention and he is making substantial progress now. I HIGHLY recommend that you order the audio files to go along with the book. The audio/book combination is working wonders for my son, and his practice test scores are proof. Beyond that, he can explain back to me the concepts that he is learning.

While the overall instruction was very helpful, the one line humor was distracting and time wasting. I think Ron is a very good instructor and able to easily make some very difficult material easy to grasp though I would hope the next edition doesnt have as much of his night club material.

Probably the best aviation training purchase I’ve made. Everything you need to know in one book presented very well.

I love that Rod made this book so fun. I believe you must be of sharp wit to get his humor. But this book is a giant stand-up teaching you how to fly. But I only gave it 4 stars because the humor is a double edge sword. When Im not in the mood for shinnanigans, and just wanna get to brass tax, I still have to read this book rather than skipping to the meat and potatoes to be sure I keep the context of his lecture properly. So if you have the excitement of Ben Stein, do not buy this book.

The book came in good condition. There was no rips, tears, or ink issues. It looked basically brand new. I am glad I bought my book from here with such a fair price.