Product reviews for Instrument Rating Ground School & Test Prep

The instrument written prep course is very useful for helping to learn the basic material for the written exam. It could perhaps use some updating and a bit better integration.

After completing the course I felt totally prepared to take and pass the written. I used a different company for my PPL and found the King course far superior in depth and completeness. I wish I had used King for my PPL too! I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to thoroughly and efficiently master the written material for your IR!

Took the new IRA test with the revised ACS questions and found the King Instrument Ground School still prepared me well for a 90 on the written!

The training was excellent and I felt very well prepared.  I would say about 50% of the questions were directly from the course questions and 50% were new.

This course did a very good job preparing me for the test.  The way the course material and practice tests were organized was exactly like the test.  Very comfortable and confident during the test.  Thank You.

King Schools is the only way to train for your ratings. I received a great learning foundation for my Instrument Rating. The FAA just revamped the IRA test questions in the middle of my course which made me a little nervous. After completing the IRA test today, I came to realize that King Schools prepared an outstanding foundation for me, so that I was able to answer any new question the FAA would throw at me with ease.

I used King Schools for my private, but when I started my IFR training, the 141 school I attended only used Gleim.  I tried Gleim for several weeks, but it wasn't working for me.  I paid for the King IFR training, and everything made sense!  I'll be back for future training!!!

Great job

I decided to try the Instrument Written course after I saw several previews of Martha and John King's series on YouTube and I was very happy with what I purchased! I think it's absolutely necessary to understand the basis of the knowledge exam's questions, especially for the written. I'm by no means a student that can absorb knowledge efficiently just by reading it, so getting the graphic explanation was a must. I did the Sporty's course for the Private Pilot several years ago, however it could get very dry for me. I think that the Kings have a natural talent at presenting these courses and it clicks much better for me. The question database is decent with the King's, but I highly recommend a secondary course like the Gleim or Sheppard Air (Sheppard Air has by far the most up to date database, but Gleim has better software). The reason I say this is because the FAA will often reword questions and add new, more confusing questions to their database in order to fool even the most experienced pilots. Although King Schools has an adequate database, it may not be enough to get a 90 depending on what the PSI/CATS gods randomly generate for you. However, I don't believe using just the Gleim or just Sheppard Air would be enough to pass unless you're an extreme memorizer. To each their own, and I definitely believe in the King system!!

The course contained sufficient quantities of questions that I went into the exam feeling well-prepared to pass the exam.  The questions on the FAA exam were slightly different than those presented by King, but the concepts were well-covered throughout the course.  I liked that it was self-paced and the suggestions for Test Taking were very helpful.  I plan to use King for any future endorsements.