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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:33:07 PM EDT
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Thanks for the link and information. I used to go up on occasion many years ago when I was young. The pilots would let me have the "controls" for a few minutes. They wanted me to learn to fly but I thought it was too expensive. I was young and stupid. 
Back then it was only about $5,000 to get a pilots license flying C152 and C172 aircraft. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What does FAA say about learning to fly with high blood pressure (controlled with meds)? Can I get certified? See here: http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/medical_certification/specialissuance/hypertension/ Thanks for the link and information. I used to go up on occasion many years ago when I was young. The pilots would let me have the "controls" for a few minutes. They wanted me to learn to fly but I thought it was too expensive. I was young and stupid.
Back then it was only about $5,000 to get a pilots license flying C152 and C172 aircraft. in 95 it cost me 3200 to get my license. its now 8500 
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:33:09 PM EDT
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Being home and being happy are worth a lot.
All that glitters is not gold... TC |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:33:33 PM EDT
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What do you charge per hour for lessons both ground and flight? School charges $45/hr |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:34:52 PM EDT
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What do you charge per hour for lessons both ground and flight? School charges $45/hr What if you were self-employed? |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:36:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: School charges $45/hr Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What do you charge per hour for lessons both ground and flight? School charges $45/hr Btw, that's what I charge but I keep the whole thing. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:36:30 PM EDT
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Have you ever mistakenly retracted the "flaps lever" in a Piper Arrow?
(my instructor did and that's how I learned how to fly an airplane as far into the crash as I could). 
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:37:09 PM EDT
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What does FAA say about learning to fly with high blood pressure (controlled with meds)? Can I get certified? Learning is probably fine. Getting a class 3 to solo would be tricky without a waiver. The meds is the big issue. Thank you. why would you need a waiver if its under control? The FAA is insanely OCD when it comes to meds you know how many guys are flying under the sport pilot rating because of that? 
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:46:56 PM EDT
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How much if I just want to learn how to take off? ETA: joking... JOKING!!! I feel sorry for your dog
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:53:40 PM EDT
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I wish I had spent more time with my "uncle", who wound up fairly high in FAA before he retired. Some of his time was spent as a "check pilot" whose job was to periodically certify all sorts of commercial pilots. He had some stories about those days, including one I will not reveal.
Once, when I was visiting him when he lived in MD, he took me by the biggest airplane parking lot (at Friendship) I had ever seen, and on which were parked more different types of aircraft than I had ever seen in one spot. He asked me which one I would like to fly, and I picked the Lockheed Super Constellation. What a day that was! Anyway, back on topic. Aside from navigation and weather, I've always felt that landing was far more difficult than take-off. Question for OP: How are you as a pure airplane passenger? Zero access to the flight deck. No right or wrong answer, just asking. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:57:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: full rudder wing down into wind? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Damn, you would never get to fly around here. IIRC when I soloed it was 28kts, but only about 15 degrees from center line. I ran out of rudder once on a landing, probably the only thing that ever scared me in training. full rudder wing down into wind? Yup. First long cross country solo. Brooks County airport, it has a row of low trees along one side. Approach was bumpy but manageable. As I pulled into the flare the rudder hit the stops. Fortunately just as it happened the wheels touched, I called it a landing and took off. Took a few minutes to pull the seat cushion out. I landed about 50 minutes after the ATIS was published, when I heard the updated one the wind had shifted 90 degrees and I picked the wrong runway.  Fortunately I had the presence of mind to not drop the nose. I was shaken once other time in training. Flew with a brand new instructor and I had about 20 hours. About midfield on downwind he pulled power and said "You engine just failed, land the plane. Never flew with him again. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:58:00 PM EDT
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What does FAA say about learning to fly with high blood pressure (controlled with meds)? Can I get certified? Learning is probably fine. Getting a class 3 to solo would be tricky without a waiver. The meds is the big issue. Thank you. why would you need a waiver if its under control? The FAA is insanely OCD when it comes to meds This. I lost my medical because I had 1 (ONE) seizure. It turned out to be a benign tumor in the left frontal lobe of my brain. I had it removed 13 days after diagnosis at Johns Hopkins by the most highly regarded neurosurgeon in the world. I was put on anticonvulsant medication as a preventative measure against further seizures with a downward tapering dosage for 2 years following the surgery (2010 surgery... no meds after summer 2012) The head FAA medical examiner for the Southeastern region of the US informed me that I would need to be medication free for 7 years with zero seizure recurrence before I could apply for a medical. So, I can't apply again until summer 2019. If I apply before then, my application for a Class 3 will be denied after review by the panel, and I'll NEVER again be allowed to apply for another medical. Nevermind that I have ZERO lingering effects from any of it. Nevermind that I've been medication free for 2.5 years. Nevermind that I haven't had another seizure. Nevermind that the initial cause of the seizure has been removed. If I hadn't been put on the meds, I probably would have had more seizures, especially with the swelling immediately post op... therefore I would've had a "seizure disorder" thus becoming medically disqualified. I accepted the meds, thus starting the 7 year clock. I don't even want to do it professionally anymore. I don't even want to use my Instrument rating. I just want to be able to go take a 172 or DA40 up for some sightseeing on a beautiful Montana VFR day. No dice and no waivers for my condition. ETA: OP, can you please explain reverse sensing to the class? 
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:58:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I feel sorry for your dog Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: How much if I just want to learn how to take off? ETA: joking... JOKING!!! I feel sorry for your dog Don't have one |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 5:59:41 PM EDT
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Sport pilot rating. Sounds interesting. Maybe I'll look into flight school again after all. I need to read up on all the FAA rules and regulations. This is one cool thread.
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:02:22 PM EDT
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For the guys concerned about the medical, there is hope.
http://www.flyingmag.com/news/medical-reform-bills-introduced-house-and-senate Dubbed "The Pilot's Bill of Rights 2," new measures introduced last night in the House and Senate would allow private pilots to no longer hold a third class medical certificate for noncommercial VFR and IFR flights in aircraft weighing up to 6,000 pounds with up to six seats. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:02:37 PM EDT
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Sport pilot rating. Sounds interesting. Maybe I'll look into flight school again after all. I need to read up on all the FAA rules and regulations. This is one cool thread. I'd fly Sport Pilot in a heartbeat if it werent for the fact that we get 9,000'+ density altitudes at our airport in the summer and most LSAs just can't handle that. I don't have $350k to blow on a Carbon Cub either. Plus, I'm the Ops Manager at an FBO, so my days (and nights) are filled with aircraft. I don't lust for aviation like I used to. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:04:43 PM EDT
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I was a four eyes since childhood.
I'm jelly. Pilot was all I wanted to be. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:05:20 PM EDT
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How much if I just want to learn how to take off? ETA: joking... JOKING!!! Haaaa!!!!! |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:05:27 PM EDT
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I was a four eyes since childhood. I'm jelly. Pilot was all I wanted to be. Corrected to 20/20? |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:07:14 PM EDT
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What's up with the inverted flight tanks?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:07:23 PM EDT
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I was a four eyes since childhood. I'm jelly. Pilot was all I wanted to be. Corrected to 20/20? Only in one eye |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:07:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was a four eyes since childhood. I'm jelly. Pilot was all I wanted to be. Me too, but my eyes suck. 20/300 non-correctable, too bad for flying, good enough for Infantry! I didn't need to graduate college neither!  |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:10:03 PM EDT
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I was a four eyes since childhood. I'm jelly. Pilot was all I wanted to be. Corrected to 20/20? Only in one eye You can probably get a waiver. My uncle just got one. Corrected 20/20 in one eye, legally blind in the other due to shrapnel in Vietnam while flying UH-1s. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:12:20 PM EDT
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Got any tail dragger time ?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:12:48 PM EDT
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I was a four eyes since childhood. I'm jelly. Pilot was all I wanted to be. Corrected to 20/20? Lasik/PRK can be bueno too. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:13:06 PM EDT
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You can probably get a waiver. My uncle just got one. Corrected 20/20 in one eye, legally blind in the other due to shrapnel in Vietnam while flying UH-1s. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I was a four eyes since childhood. I'm jelly. Pilot was all I wanted to be. Corrected to 20/20? Only in one eye You can probably get a waiver. My uncle just got one. Corrected 20/20 in one eye, legally blind in the other due to shrapnel in Vietnam while flying UH-1s. I'm an old middle aged guy with a wife and no time. Have a good,friend who is an F 18 pilot who is always trying to get me in a simulator. I tell him it's wasted on me now, put a young guy in it. Might lead to something for them. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:13:45 PM EDT
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For the guys concerned about the medical, there is hope. http://www.flyingmag.com/news/medical-reform-bills-introduced-house-and-senate Quote HistoryQuoted:
For the guys concerned about the medical, there is hope. http://www.flyingmag.com/news/medical-reform-bills-introduced-house-and-senate Dubbed "The Pilot's Bill of Rights 2," new measures introduced last night in the House and Senate would allow private pilots to no longer hold a third class medical certificate for noncommercial VFR and IFR flights in aircraft weighing up to 6,000 pounds with up to six seats.
True self certification. I like. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:22:39 PM EDT
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OP, I'm still waiting for the Reverse Sensing explanation...
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:27:26 PM EDT
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How in the world does a CFI afford to live now a days, especially since you now have to hit 1500hrs for the 'big break' regional job that pays 25k/yr?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:36:15 PM EDT
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I haven't flown (PP SEL) in 3ish years but want to get current again. Any tips?
At that time also lost my wallet with certificate in it. Log Book is safe though. What does one do about that...? |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:36:35 PM EDT
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OP, I'm still waiting for the Reverse Sensing explanation... A localizer antenna broadcasts two 'lobe shaped' signals that overlap, one 90hz (or whatever) and the other, 135hz... The 90 on your left and the 135 on the right... (Numbers/units may be wrong, but you get the idea) They are calibrated for the average of the two signals to be centerline. Your localizer receiver seeks the middle of these signals, which I mentioned is course centerline. The same localizer antenna broadcasts the same lobes in the other direction, (now the 90 on the right and 135 on the left if you are looking at the runway from the other direction) this is known as the back course. If one were to fly toward the runway on the back course, the localizer signals are on the opposite side now, so you have reverse sensing. It's been over a decade since I have explained it, but that's the jist. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:41:59 PM EDT
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3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread... Go!  Do you have your atp? If not, why didn't you get it when it was cheap, relatively speaking. When are you going to get a real job?  I mean, airline or something.3000 hours and an ATP here. No desire to go to airlines as I like being home every night and the salary plus hourly is nice. , There are airline jobs where you can be home every night. It takes some seniority usually, but if you live in domicile it's possible. I average only 2-4 nights away from home a month, and it's only because I bid that way. I could be home every night if I wanted to be and I fly with guys that haven't brought a suitcase to work in years. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 6:49:53 PM EDT
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, There are airline jobs where you can be home every night. It takes some seniority usually, but if you live in domicile it's possible. I average only 2-4 nights away from home a month, and it's only because I bid that way. I could be home every night if I wanted to be and I fly with guys that haven't brought a suitcase to work in years. ^^^^This. So many misconceptions about airline life that are just way off. My last airline I lived in domicile and bid locals. It was very rare if I wasn't home every night of the month. I don't live in domicile at my new company anymore, but will soon. A buddy of mine who does is on the 767intl and virtually never flies. Last month he did one 6 day trip that went to London and back twice. That was his work month..... |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 10:49:20 PM EDT
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What does FAA say about learning to fly with high blood pressure (controlled with meds)? Can I get certified? Learning is probably fine. Getting a class 3 to solo would be tricky without a waiver. The meds is the big issue. Thank you. why would you need a waiver if its under control? The FAA is insanely OCD when it comes to meds Speaking as a doc who has read their standards and advisories, OCD is about the nicest thing I could say about their standards. Especially when it comes to neuro/psych, they are worse than the "psych drugs and big Pharma are the debbil" crew. Wareagle30's story is common. Want more examples? While the rest of the medical world practice evidence-based medicine, they slavishly rely on "ban all the things." Got a mild case of ADD controlled with reasonable doses of stimulants? You can go through $3000 of neuropsych testing out of your own pocket to show them that you can function off the meds. This despite the fact that the meds actually would improve performance and alertness. I knew a neuropsychologist at one of the major research centers for ADD, who said that many of their observation & nonpharm treatment groups were professional pilots. What do they do instead of taking the same meds prescribed for some folks flying combat sorties? Self-medicate with large amounts of nicotine and caffeine, because the FAA doesn't care about those. It took them almost a quarter century to approve Prozac, for crying out loud. That's not conservative. That's institutional paranoia that ignores mountains of peer-reviewed clinical literature. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 10:57:40 PM EDT
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For the guys concerned about the medical, there is hope. http://www.flyingmag.com/news/medical-reform-bills-introduced-house-and-senate Dubbed "The Pilot's Bill of Rights 2," new measures introduced last night in the House and Senate would allow private pilots to no longer hold a third class medical certificate for noncommercial VFR and IFR flights in aircraft weighing up to 6,000 pounds with up to six seats.
I said this in a thread I started and was told no way,as long as you have a valid drivers license.6000 was to heavy I was told. this is coming. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:00:10 PM EDT
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Being home and being happy are worth a lot. All that glitters is not gold... TC Truth right here. Do what makes you happy OP. I enjoyed instructing, but didn't want to make a career out of it. I don't want to let it lapse though, I put way too much time and effort into getting my CFI. Plus I may want to teach nieces or nephews how to fly someday. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:01:21 PM EDT
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What is your next professional goal?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:04:22 PM EDT
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Do you have the traffic on final in sight?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:06:30 PM EDT
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I haven't flown (PP SEL) in 3ish years but want to get current again. Any tips? At that time also lost my wallet with certificate in it. Log Book is safe though. What does one do about that...? Sorry not the OP, but You can request a replacement certificate from FAA.gov It'll cost you $2. To get current, I say look over regs and the AIM, and then find a flight school. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:21:26 PM EDT
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How many hours does a private pilot flying around in 172s need to fly a month to be 'safe'?
What advice do you give prospective students on how to deal with irrational wives's fears of general aviation?  |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:25:23 PM EDT
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What's the average log time a true new student has when you allow them their first solo ?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:26:41 PM EDT
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I have a Commercial Licence with Multi Land, Single Land and sea, and Instrument ratings. I haven't flown in 25 years. How much of a refresher do you think I would need to pass a Biennial?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:27:03 PM EDT
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What's the average log time a true new student has when you allow them their first solo ? I think I did it in 12hrs |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:29:20 PM EDT
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I'm 53, no medical issues, soloed 25 years ago then quit due to job move, kids, etc. I'm re-interested in getting certified, maybe up to instrument rating but not interested in commercial (too old for that anyway). I'm "old" ( relative, I know) but would be flying for the fun of it. How to approach an instructor? What kinds of students piss instructors off? (So I don't do those things, whatever they are). Also, is flying fun anymore with all the new security rules and (according to AOPA) harassment of private pilots?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:32:32 PM EDT
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Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread... Go! Thank you and those like you that teach dumb shits like me the joy of flight. I went through 3 instructors before I took my Private. They kept getting hired. I learned something different from each one |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:33:04 PM EDT
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Slow day at work due to weather and waiting on 5pm so here is the official ask a flight instructor anything thread... Go! Where is the red navigation light located? No peeking. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:33:04 PM EDT
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Any interesting mishaps or inflight emergencies with a student on board?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:34:25 PM EDT
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What are your opinions on ERAU's aerospace science degree?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:34:58 PM EDT
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Is getting a pilot's license still a practical thing to do? With the cost of airplane ownership or even rental is private aviation still viable for mere mortals? Is is just about $100 cheeseburger runs or could a guy really use his pilot's license as a realistic way of taking trips (i.e. two or three states away)? How much flying do you need to do to stay proficient and make maintaining a license (much less a plane) pay?
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:35:32 PM EDT
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What are your opinions on ERAU's aerospace science degree? Its a real easy way to spend tons of money. |
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Posted: 3/3/2015 11:36:03 PM EDT
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I'd fly Sport Pilot in a heartbeat if it werent for the fact that we get 9,000'+ density altitudes at our airport in the summer and most LSAs just can't handle that. I don't have $350k to blow on a Carbon Cub either. Plus, I'm the Ops Manager at an FBO, so my days (and nights) are filled with aircraft. I don't lust for aviation like I used to. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Sport pilot rating. Sounds interesting. Maybe I'll look into flight school again after all. I need to read up on all the FAA rules and regulations. This is one cool thread. I'd fly Sport Pilot in a heartbeat if it werent for the fact that we get 9,000'+ density altitudes at our airport in the summer and most LSAs just can't handle that. I don't have $350k to blow on a Carbon Cub either. Plus, I'm the Ops Manager at an FBO, so my days (and nights) are filled with aircraft. I don't lust for aviation like I used to. What airport? |
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