Practice makes perfect

Great practice. (But do I really sound like that?)

Didn't always pick up my responses, although I was holding down the mouse button and speaking clearly for the entire required response.

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Mac Owners Beware

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The product works as advertised but I am disappointed that it does not run on the new Mac operating system (OS X 10.7 Lion). The problem is that Lion does not run the Windows system that came with the software for unpacking it from the CD and installing it. (Older versions of OS-X did run it.) I have to run Comm 1 on an older PC.

Incompatible with MAC OS Lion

Program walks you through various communication scenarios in sequential fashion. Still working on it--have not completed it fully yet.

Is not compatible with MAC OS Lion and no plans by the company to make it compatible. Was not Impressed with customer support---basically told me it is not compatible . Asked for workarounds with fusion or parallels for Mac and got no further reply.

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not runs on mac

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not runs in Mac

i can´t used it because i have mac

My husband loves the software. Software is great.

Cost of shipping and handling was outrageous! I think $13 is ridiculous to charge for shipping on a computer software.

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No problem installing. The program is really helpful in understanding what you need to say to ATC in a variety of environments. Excellent for students or low-time pilots who don't fly "in the system" on a regular basis.

A little expensive, but understandably so.

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Great product. Very easy to use and helpful.

I have seen other list the graphics and price as cons. I dont mind the graphics or the price. Although a very simple program its some of the best money I have spent on my flight lessons.

Great for student pilots, such as myself, and allowed me to concentrate on learning to fly the plane without out being overwhelmed by the radio aspect. I dont think that it will make you a pro at the radio but it does wonders with the confort level.

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Well organized presentation, easy to hear, and excellent enforcement of radio calls done CORRECTLY. Allows you to spend free ground time getting practice that would otherwise only happen in the air and only by going to specific different types of airports.

The only bad thing about this is if you don't get it and struggle while getting solid with your communications.

This is a huge help to me and a great value in the scheme of what is invested in getting a pilot's license. This is starting to sound like an advertisement but using this software to get really good at communicating adds a real level of extra safety to your flights. When commmunicating becomes second nature, you can focus on aviating. Another value is this puts you in the right hand seat if you haven't been flying in a while.

Excellent tool to begin to lose the mic fright. Very complete, informative, super helpful.

No cons.

One of my best purchases ever. Thanks!

good practice

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easy to use and understand
helpful for student pilot

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I zipped through the first 2 hours. I really like the playback feature and being able to assess my transmission against the 'expert' transmission. It allows me to know if I am clear. Thanks for a great product!

Professionally designed learning tool. Well organized, starting with basics and going into more complex scenarios. One can experience radio talk and practice newly acquired knowledge in appropriate exercises.

Minor software issues: sometimes slow response (on a MacBook laptop), when scrolling to choose a different lesson, clicking on a scroll bar starts lesson next to it rather then scrolling through the menu. But I consider these cosmetic issues without compromising the function.

As a non native speaker I find this as a great tool to learn and practice radio communication. Each lesson has an introduction and explanation of the topic followed by an exercise. During each exercise one follows a scenario and practices a radio communication. During each practice you listen, chooses a reply from multiple choices and records his own reply. It would be great if there would be a mode where you don't see any answer and you have to answer blindly. But besides this I really like it.

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Overall great teaching tool for "mic fright"

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This is a great learning tool and will be good to relearn all I forget. Good refresher.

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I'm a Brazilian pilot and I'm studing in United State,and this program is helping me to understand how the communicaton system works.I'm so glad.

Very thorough in simulating procedures and situations likely encountered by VFR pilots. Easy to use. Allows recorded playback of your radio calls so you can hear what you sound like.

Overpriced. Interface and graphics are terribly outdated
for a product in this price range. Also not capable of true voice recognition. You must click on the proper radio call and then record yourself making the call. It reacts to your mouse inputs, not your voice.

Be careful if you're a Mac user. I originally purchased this product to use on my old G4 laptop which just met the system requirements described by Comm1 and was indeed able to run the program, but I had issues with slow running speed and other little quirks. The newer Mac Pro that I use at work was able to run the program with no problems. Even with the cons mentioned, the product is great practice for VFR communications.

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This product lets you in on the "secret language" that you need to know. It also covers almost all of the various situations that you will encounter.

It looks like it was made as an old DOS program but once you get past that, it does what it says it will.

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