Bo W.
Private & Instrument Beta ground school
When searching for a ground school many people mentioned how it was something you just had to suffer through. Almost in a ground school is torture mentality. I was incredibly satisfied when I found Gold Seal while listening to a few podcast on a long drive. After going to their website and verifying it was actual learning and information based rather than memorize and brain dump, I was hooked. Passed my Private pilot exam with a solid score, but breezed through my oral portion of my check-ride thanks to Gold Seal. When it came time to find a ground school for my instrument rating I was heart broken to find their course wasn't going to be released untill the end of fall 2022. I went ahead and took a shot in the dark to see if they were having Beta testing and needed users. Well to my surprise, they were and it was starting a week from the day I messaged them. Well the instrument course was equally as great as the private pilot ground school and it was only in Beta testing. Took my written exam and got an 88, pretty good considering the course wasn't completely finished. I'm sure I could have gotten a higher score if I had been more patient and waited for more of the course to be released, but a good pilot is always learning so it doesn't stop with passing the exam. Hoping they let me keep my access to the beta until they finish so I can continue to learn while prepping for my oral exam.


