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08-12-2014, 12:36 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
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PPL training DVD question
My wife Laura is ready to get her PPL, and is thinking of using the King school DVD course to do the ground school.
Anybody out there know if it is possible to install the King PPL ground school DVD on both a desktop, and laptop computer???
Or, are they protected so that only a single device can use them??
How about being able to run a used DVD, if we pick one up from another VAFer??
Thanks in advance.
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010 
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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08-12-2014, 12:49 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Estes Park, CO
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PPL
That's great. I've never used them but would recommend looking for local community college or university continuing education programs. I just enrolled my grandmanson in one at UT Austin. $129 plus $125 for materials. Class meets twice a week in the evening and he keeps the materials. I did it years ago and really liked the interactive learning.
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08-12-2014, 12:54 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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She already did a local course 6 or 7 years ago, and passed the written-----but she did not follow through and get the license, so that prior training is now kinda stale.
Now what she is looking for is an easy way to refresh on her own time, thus the question was specific to the DVD based course.
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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08-12-2014, 01:01 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 235
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Sportys DVD
Mike,
I'm currently using the Sporty's Learn to Fly DVD series. No problem using it on my laptop as well as my desktop.
It did not ask for a "key" or any other input that would give one the impression that the number of devices is limited or being counted.
I purchased the set from another VAF'er.
Mike
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08-12-2014, 01:05 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
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Thanks
Thanks Mike, good to know that Sporty's will work.
Anybody know about King??
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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08-12-2014, 03:31 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Southern Michigan
Posts: 1,964
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Originally Posted by Mike S
Thanks Mike, good to know that Sporty's will work.
Anybody know about King??
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I had the King/Cessna course and it was a real PITA to use. It was an interactive course and I had so many problems getting it unlocked that I ended up throwing it away ($300) and purchased a Sporty's course. That was about 10 years ago so maybe they have improved the software to work since then.
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David C.
Howell, MI
RV-10: #41686 Under Construction
RV-9A: #90949 Under Construction
RV-10: #40637 Completed/Sold 2016
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08-12-2014, 03:45 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SC & CA
Posts: 907
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Sporty's Internet Private Pilot Course
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Originally Posted by charger81
Mike,
I'm currently using the Sporty's Learn to Fly DVD series. No problem using it on my laptop as well as my desktop.
It did not ask for a "key" or any other input that would give one the impression that the number of devices is limited or being counted.
I purchased the set from another VAF'er.
Mike
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I purchased the internet version of their private pilot course. You will have access from any internet capable computer or I-pad.
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Tom Valenzia
RV8 (Sold)
RV12 Jabiru 2200 Powered (Sold)
Dues contributor since 2007
Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself...Anonymous
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08-12-2014, 03:57 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TomVal
I purchased the internet version of their private pilot course. You will have access from any internet capable computer or I-pad.
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Hmmmmmm you just may have changed my ( actually my wife's) mind about getting the course on DVD.
Thanks for the input----------VAF brain trust at work.
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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08-12-2014, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Townsend, Montana
Posts: 3,179
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Go Sporty's....you'll never look back
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08-12-2014, 04:22 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin TX
Posts: 347
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+1 on king being a PITA.
I bought them as well but to really use them effectively I found and downloaded a copy from the interwebs without all the cruft.
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Originally Posted by 9GT
I had the King/Cessna course and it was a real PITA to use. It was an interactive course and I had so many problems getting it unlocked that I ended up throwing it away ($300) and purchased a Sporty's course. That was about 10 years ago so maybe they have improved the software to work since then.
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