Posted: 12/22/2009 11:53:14 AM EDT
I am very serious about starting the process of getting my pilots certificate and I was wondering if there was anyone on Arfcom that had theirs, or buddy/family member that flys? I am mostly looking for a good small airport around Charlotte and was just curious if anyone had any leads.... If not oh well, once I am done I will be sure to remind everyone once the zombies come that you can cruise around with my and we can drop napalm my mother trying to get the house ready for family for christmas on them... very dangerous...
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Hope you have cash, if you thought guns were expensive, wait until you see how much it costs to get a pilots ticket.
They dont call trips just to maintain proficiency the $100 hamburger for nothing. Its a heck of a lot of fun though. I put in the hours but never finished... |
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I've got 1200 take-offs but no landings.
But then again I'm a skydiver  I feel much safer opening the door and jumping.
I do think it would be pretty cool to actually be able to fly an airplane but it looks pretty scary. I've heard nothing but great things about the Rock Hill Municipal Airport's flight instruction. Might check them out and it's only about a 20 minute drive from Carowinds blvd. |
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That sounds good, I will have to check them out.
I have a bunch of friends who fly and maintain their own aircraft, and they love the freedom. Its quite expensive but I think it would be worth the money to say you can pilot your own aircraft and experience what it is like to have that kind of freedom. |
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I flew for a while before starting college. I never finished, but I did solo which is something I'll never forget. If FlyCarolina is still at Concord Airport, I'd use them. They have a nice little network with FBOs at 4 local airports (I think). The instructors will work with you and push you, and their rates are on par with everyone else. Rental rates are dry (fuel expense through the airport). Concord is not a small airport in the sense that, say, Gastonia is a small airport, but it certainly isn't CLT either. The airspace isn't too busy most days; there were many flights during which I didn't get a single traffic alert from the tower. For your cross-country training, you're just miles from Charlotte's Class B airspace to give you practice dealing with tightly regulated areas. Or, pop yourself above 3600 MSL over Concord and you're in CLTs airspace straight off.
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I have my Commercial, Instrument, Multi and let my flight instructor lapse.
Flown for about 20 years but haven't in the past 4 years. Can't find the time. After I got my Commercial, I started flying skydivers. Risky, scary but lots of fun. Hated the formation flights though. You should do it though. Lots of freedom with flying and each flight is an adventure. |
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I believe my neighbor took lessons in Concord and was pleased.
It's on my list, but I'd have cut out a few other hobbies to afford flying. I am a flight sim geek though. I started collecting parts to construct a sim cockpit, but have put that on hold for awhile with hunting season being in..... |
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Ive been flying Army rotary wing for over 6 years. I started flying fixed wing on the weekends to supplement my other hobbies. But after a few weeks of that I stopped and off I went to the Instructor pilots course at mother Rucker. After flying 4-5 days a week in my unit and with a deployment coming up I never got back into Cessnas. To be honest I was tired and just wanted to shoot on my off time.
If it helps though I was paying 90 dollars per flight hour in Lumberton. This was early 2008. When I get home from my current deployment I will probably finish my fixed wing certification with the few months of down time we have. |
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Ive been flying Army rotary wing for over 6 years. I started flying fixed wing on the weekends to supplement my other hobbies. But after a few weeks of that I stopped and off I went to the Instructor pilots course at mother Rucker. After flying 4-5 days a week in my unit and with a deployment coming up I never got back into Cessnas. To be honest I was tired and just wanted to shoot on my off time. If it helps though I was paying 90 dollars per flight hour in Lumberton. This was early 2008. When I get home from my current deployment I will probably finish my fixed wing certification with the few months of down time we have. Wish I had the money to learn helos. |
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Ive been flying Army rotary wing for over 6 years. I started flying fixed wing on the weekends to supplement my other hobbies. But after a few weeks of that I stopped and off I went to the Instructor pilots course at mother Rucker. After flying 4-5 days a week in my unit and with a deployment coming up I never got back into Cessnas. To be honest I was tired and just wanted to shoot on my off time. If it helps though I was paying 90 dollars per flight hour in Lumberton. This was early 2008. When I get home from my current deployment I will probably finish my fixed wing certification with the few months of down time we have. Wish I had the money to learn helos. Yeah, helicopter training is pretty steep. Even the piston driven birds, you can forget about turbine. But you would think helicopter pilots would get paid alot more in the civilian world. If your not retired military you better have a well paid wife or fly contract overseas. |