Flying just got cheaper!!

Dan, just out of curiousity, did you first learned on a taildragger?
Is that ONE of the reasons that it took you a little longer?

The Monk

Cub Driver wrote:
On 22 Apr 2006 20:04:04 -0700, wrote:

But, doesn't it sound too good to be true? I mean, is it safe to only
train for under 20 hours?

Depends on the instructor. The minimum means very little: I had 60
hours before I soloed, and 109 hours before I got my certificate, for
a variety of circumstances peculiar to me.

I have no reason to believe that Sport Pilot instructors will be any
less demanding that the CFIs I encountered. You may well find yourself
putting in double the minimum number of hours.

Besides, the training is fun. No need to rush it.


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On 22 Apr 2006 20:04:04 -0700, wrote in
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I mean, is it safe to only train for under 20 hours?

You're not questioning the FAA's commitment to air safety, are you? If
so, you'll find much more fertile ground in the area of military
exemptions, Military Training Routs, and UAV operations.

It seems the FAA is overly lenient when it comes to requiring other
federal departments to adhere to sound safety regulations, but
draconian when it comes to usurping the rights of the civil populous
whom they serve.

I mean, is it safe to only train for under 20 hours?

You can't regulate people into safety. Its the CFI that decides when a
student is ready for a checkride. You can't automatically take the
checkride just because you meet the mins. There is no reason for the
FAA to tie back the hands of CFIs. There are some programs that can
produce 40 hours private pilots that are safer than 60 hour students
from other places.

-Robert, CFI

wrote in message
ups.com...
3.) Purchase new, more affordable, ready-to-fly aircraft.

I haven't seen any new, affordable, ready-to-fly aircraft yet.
Unfortunately, I don't think that it is going to happen.

Vaughn

"Vaughn Simon" wrote in
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wrote in message
ups.com...
3.) Purchase new, more affordable, ready-to-fly aircraft.

I haven't seen any new, affordable, ready-to-fly aircraft yet.
Unfortunately, I don't think that it is going to happen.

Vaughn




Compared to what???

Where can else you buy a brand new certified plane for under $60,000
that burns less than 5 gal an hour of fuel that costs at about $1 a
gallon less than av gass, burns about the same amount of oil as your car
(like almost none) and has a 100 hour warrenty?????, oh, and you can
lease it out or train students in it as well, or spend a bit more on it
for proper equipment to fly night or IFR, ... did I mention it's as fast
or faster than a basic 172????



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-- ET :-)

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completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
news:64M2g.34710$az4.7933@bgtnsc04-

3.) Purchase new, more affordable, ready-to-fly aircraft.

I haven't seen any new, affordable, ready-to-fly aircraft yet.
Unfortunately, I don't think that it is going to happen.

NO KIDDING! I saw that too:

New, affordable aircraft... HAHAHAHA!

And...wait...let me guess: There is going to be a HUGE demand for pilots in
the next five years, which is why everybody should enroll for Instrument,
Commercial, Multi, CFII, ATP and turbine instruction RIGHT NOW!. :P
-c