"Scott Lowrey" wrote in message
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[...] Any mountains nearby I can get experience with?

Well, compared to MN, sure...there are mountains. The Appalachians mainly.
They aren't as high as the Rockies, Cascades, Sierras, etc. but certainly
are large enough to provide examples of all the usual mountain flying
issues.

How's the weather in the winter?

Warmer than MN, but can still get pretty cold. Rain, sleet, and snow are
all possibilities. How long the snow sticks around depends a lot on the
season. Sometimes it's there for weeks, sometimes it melts a day or so
after it falls. Nothing terribly unusual, IMHO.

Aviation-wise, the main thing is that it does get cold enough that preheats
will be necessary, and there should be plenty of flyable days during the
winter. Seems like you'll be used to the usual stuff, coming from MN.

Anything
to say about the three airports and their flight training services?

Sorry...I moved away before I started flying, so I don't have any personal
experience with the airports or businesses at the airports.

Pete