Hi All,

Thought I'd give some insights whilst they are still in my head from the PPL theory exam today.

General observation is that whilst the practice exams helped a lot, overall the test was harder with extra layers in the questions to test your knowledge and ability to read the question properly. I finished in about 2hrs, whereas I was completing the practice exams in just over an hour.

Some examples below:
- Landing and take off chart questions gave the wind as separate heading to the runway directions, thus requiring you to determine the head/tail wind component and they also all included a slope. So you had to form a really good picture of how it all came together
- Fuel usage questions required you to know the applicable reserve (30mins) and gave a separate fuel usage for holding and cruise, also needed to convert volume to kg (gallons/litres to kg)
- Some tricky ones like "what does lift to as you 'approach' stalling angle of attack", normally asked "as you approach and exceed stalling AoA". So just be careful with those - read the question over and over
- Weight and balance questions requiring you to round up or down to the nearest kg - again read the question carefully
- A proportion of writing the answer in the box, as opposed to multiple choice questions

Also I only had to refer to the VFRG and ERSA during the exam.

I hope this helps.

Anthony