Ive tried the Kings as well. They're both great. PM'd you.

 

I have a few textbooks from my flying days that might be useful if you're interested (Jeppesen is one of them)

 

It should not cost you more than 10k to get through the written, thats about what it cost me. I got mine done in about 2 months, but I went every day with a couple of breaks in between for some business trips. I also recommend getting through the ground school first, that way you can look forward to all the flying you'll do. At least that's how I did it, but do whatever works for you.

I've used King School materials, and they are good but Gleim is much much better. It's more concise and to the point. You can go through study sessions that are about what will be in the FAA written, then you can do practice sessions for each chapter and pick however many questions you want to have. You go through the questions and when you answer them they tell you why you are right or wrong. After that you can take actual FAA practice exams. It looks exactly like the FAA exam looks like. I suggest doing this and taking the test until you get 80% or better each time you take it.

I bought the CD for Gleim at the pilot shop, but here is the website: Gleim Products: Private Pilot Knowledge Software

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