{"product_id":"ppl-theory-kit-bob-tait","title":"PPL Theory Kit — Volume 1 and 2 + Navigation","description":"\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePPL Theory Kit — Bob Tait\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe books that teach you the exam.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYour permitted materials kit gives you every document CASA allows in the exam room. This is what teaches you to answer the questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhy we recommend Bob Tait\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThere are two main study options for Australian PPL students, and this is the one we recommend for most people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe reason is simplicity. The subjects are broken down and explained plainly, without assuming you already have a background in physics or aviation. If you're teaching yourself theory at a kitchen table on a Tuesday night after work, clarity matters more than depth — and this is the series that gets you there with the least friction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe trade-off:\u003c\/strong\u003e some students want more technical depth than Bob Tait provides, particularly if you're coming from an engineering background or you're planning to push straight through to ATPL. If that's you, the Aviation Theory Centre series goes further. Not sure which suits you? Ask us — we'd rather you bought the right one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat's included\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBob Tait PPL Volumes 1 and 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe complete PPL theory syllabus, structured around what CASA actually examines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 1\u003c\/strong\u003e covers the RPL syllabus. If you're sitting your RPL exam, this is the book you'll be working from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 2\u003c\/strong\u003e picks up where it leaves off and takes you through the rest of the PPL. Together they cover the full PPLA syllabus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBuying both now means you're not re-ordering mid-way through, and you'll find yourself going back to Volume 1 regularly while you work through Volume 2 — the material builds rather than replaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNavigation Workbook\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhere the theory becomes practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNavigation isn't something you understand and then know — it's a sequence of actions you repeat until they're automatic. Calculate the heading, apply the wind, work out the ground speed, check the fuel, mark the time. The workbook drills that same process over and over, with enough questions and worked examples that the sequence stops being something you think about and becomes something you just do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThat's why we recommend it. The exam is where it pays off first, but the real value is in the aircraft — when you're on a nav leg, the workload is climbing, and you need to run the numbers without stopping to remember how. If you've done a hundred of these on paper, you don't stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMost students who come unstuck in the navigation exam didn't fail to read the chapter. They didn't do enough problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eGetting the most out of it\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWork the navigation problems on your exam charts.\u003c\/strong\u003e Do the practice on the same Sydney, Townsville and Bourke WACs you'll have in front of you on the day. Meeting those charts for the first time in the exam room is an avoidable way to lose marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart the workbook earlier than feels necessary.\u003c\/strong\u003e Theory reading is passive; flight planning is a skill. It takes repetition, and there's no way to compress that into the fortnight before your exam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeep the legislation nearby.\u003c\/strong\u003e When the book tells you a fuel reserve figure, look it up in the Part 91 MOS. You'll remember it better, and you'll build the habit of finding answers in the source — which is what the exam is actually testing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eGood to know\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThis is study material, not exam material.\u003c\/strong\u003e Textbooks can't be taken into a CASA exam. See our PPL Complete Kit for the permitted materials list.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePairs with:\u003c\/strong\u003e PPL Complete Kit — or buy them together and save.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuits:\u003c\/strong\u003e Students preparing for the CASA PPLA exam.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55519243960611,"sku":null,"price":238.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0995\/9125\/8403\/files\/bob-tait-books-shopify.jpg?v=1790249476","url":"https:\/\/aeroessentials.com.au\/products\/ppl-theory-kit-bob-tait","provider":"Aero Essentials","version":"1.0","type":"link"}