Crash Course for Private Pilot! Please help...

In article , Gen
wrote:

So I want to be a pilot!
After a bit of googling it seems 40-60 hours of training is needed to
obtain Private Pilot's Certificate. I have about two weeks vacation in
July.
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QUESTIONs:
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1) Is it possible to take lessons 5 hours a day and become a private
pilot in time frame of 2 weeks or so?

Yes, but you will not learn much.

2) If not what's the fastest pace you would recommend?

Two, one-hour sessions per day (one morning, one afternoon/evening)

I am an engineer and am confident of clearing the written exam.

The written test knowledge is not that difficult. Some addition,
subtraction, geometry, graph/chart interpretation.

However I need your advice/comments about the actual flying.

The flying will depend on your hand-eye coordination.
Are you by chance an Industrial Engineer with time-motion studies
background? That would help.

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In article , Gen
wrote:

So I want to be a pilot!
After a bit of googling it seems 40-60 hours of training is needed to
obtain Private Pilot's Certificate. I have about two weeks vacation in
July.
---------
QUESTIONs:
---------
1) Is it possible to take lessons 5 hours a day and become a private
pilot in time frame of 2 weeks or so?

Yes, but you will not learn much.

2) If not what's the fastest pace you would recommend?

Two, one-hour sessions per day (one morning, one afternoon/evening)

I am an engineer and am confident of clearing the written exam.

The written test knowledge is not that difficult. Some addition,
subtraction, geometry, graph/chart interpretation.

However I need your advice/comments about the actual flying.

The flying will depend on your hand-eye coordination.
Are you by chance an Industrial Engineer with time-motion studies
background? That would help.

I'm an IE with those tools in the kit. Curious to hear an explanation of
how it helps...

KB

In article , Kyle Boatright
wrote:

I'm an IE with those tools in the kit. Curious to hear an explanation of
how it helps...

If you have performed job studies observing time-motion skills to make
a process more efficient, you will have the observation skills to
correlate what the instructor is doing to what the aircraft is doing.
Flying is all about coordination. The less wasted motion you make, the
smoother you will be on the controls, the smoother you are (in theory
;-) ), the more precise you are.