From: utzoo!decvax!cca!Tim@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.aviation Title: AOPA Air Safety Foundation Weekend Ground School Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2251 Posted: Fri Jul 23 10:48:38 1982 Received: Mon Jul 26 00:30:21 1982 I participated in this last weekend, and I can finally talk about it coherently. It is 28 hours of INTENSE instruction spread over three days. The class is offered by AOPA/ASF, but is given by a group called Travelling Aviation Courses. The quality and the quantity of instruction is unbelievable. We (private pilot course) had ONE instructor who talked non-stop for the whole 3 days and managed to make every word interesting and intelligable. This is quite a feat, especially since the FAR's are not the worlds most interesting subject matter. I was especially impressed by the emphasis on safety, not just how to pass the written exam. If you feel that a course of this type would help you on the written (it really helped me, I sailed through it Monday morning without problem) then I highly recommend this program. The instruction is first class as is the presentation and polish. I had planned to join AOPA anyway, but now I am more enthusiatic than ever. -------