Gold Seal Ground SchoolsReviews of groundschool.com

I've tried multiple online ground schools, including MzeroA and Part-Time Pilot. MzeroA is the most comprehensive as far as what's included, but it's by far the most expensive! If you want to thoroughly learn the knowledge required to pass the FAA Private Pilot Written Exam, Gold Seal is the most cost affective ground school. For me personally, it was also the best at keeping me engaged.

I used Gold Seal for my Private Pilot and Instrument Rating training and was very pleased with the quality of the videos and the thoughtful design and navigation of their ground school. I completed the Commercial license before the release of the Commercial ground school, but knowing the high quality they produce gives me confidence that it is just as good as their other ground schools. I am now a CFI and plan to have my students study using Gold Seal. They offer an excellent CFI backend student management portal, allowing us to track our students' progress and access additional information. I highly recommend this ground school for a modern approach and a dependable resource.

24 hold on final exam failure is not acceptable for a paid course such as this. I understand you likely want the student to have time to brush up on the knowledge before attempting again, but it was super frustrating having to wait 24 hours due to schedule conflict.

The level of detail and support

Good demonstrations and scenario based examples.

Very well made and I only did not just learn things for the written test I also learned much that is needed for the checkride! Well worth.

I just scored a 92% on both a practice final and final exam with Gold Seal. I plan to take the real written test soon and am very confident that I will pass the exam with flying colors. The materials are excellent and made everything as understandable as possible as easily as possible. The variety of materials (videos, graphics, text, supplementary materials) kept it interesting. The quizzes, stage checks, and final exams, along with the ability to see which questions I got wrong to know what I need to study more made the path forward to progress pretty clear. The Facebook group has been very helpful to me with all sorts of aviation questions, even beyond the ground school material. Russell Still is very accessible and helpful.

The lessons and AV materials were excellent. They explained the material and emphasized what was important and what you would be tested on. However, they didn't eliminate the need for reading and studying the resource materials.