Easy Way

"nick" wrote in news:1147741104.764737.56510
@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:

What's the easiest way for me to fly without commiting to an expensive
school? Can I home study for the FAA test, and then rent a plane for
the 40 hrs. needed?


wander around local airports, if you can find someone who instructs part
time for the love of teaching (and they have there own 150 or the like)
that may be the cheapest way. That's what I'm doing, although I think
these folks are few and far between.

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ET wrote:
"nick" wrote in news:1147741104.764737.56510
@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:

What's the easiest way for me to fly without commiting to an expensive
school? Can I home study for the FAA test, and then rent a plane for
the 40 hrs. needed?


wander around local airports, if you can find someone who instructs part
time for the love of teaching (and they have there own 150 or the like)
that may be the cheapest way. That's what I'm doing, although I think
these folks are few and far between.

That may not work. If there is an FBO at the airport, they may want to
sell instruction so they make a bit of money. I had an independent tell
me he had to make an agreement with the FBO in order to use the ramp and
get reasonably quick fuel service.

Stubby wrote in
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ET wrote:
"nick" wrote in news:1147741104.764737.56510
@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:

What's the easiest way for me to fly without commiting to an
expensive school? Can I home study for the FAA test, and then rent a
plane for the 40 hrs. needed?


wander around local airports, if you can find someone who instructs
part time for the love of teaching (and they have there own 150 or
the like) that may be the cheapest way. That's what I'm doing,
although I think these folks are few and far between.

That may not work. If there is an FBO at the airport, they may want
to sell instruction so they make a bit of money. I had an independent
tell me he had to make an agreement with the FBO in order to use the
ramp and get reasonably quick fuel service.


Like I said, it depends. It's working for me, this person only takes on
3 or 4 people per year for primary instruction, the 150 takes reg old
auto fuel, so I just bring gas and a very reasonable amount of cash. An
FBO blackmailing an independent would be grounds for a lawsuit by the
CFI that would allow that CFI to buy a nice new sLSA.... ;-) Now if
that CFI is RENTING a plane for instruction from the FBO, then that's a
much different story...

Walk around the hangers and ask people. It took me quite a few days of
chatting with people in their hangers to get a "oh yeah, so and so gave
me a BFR just last week and has a plane to do primary instruction."
This was after several "Oh, no one here does any instruction at all..."
from others.

The other upside is I got a ride (and sticktime) in a ercoupe, an RV, a
champ, and a Taylorcraft with a few of these folks and made some new
freinds.

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-- ET :-)

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams