Finding a flight instructor

Not all instructor are listed there, but it is a start find
those "holding out" for students.


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"Tom" wrote in message
ups.com...
| http://www.nafinet.org/directory/flight_lookup.html
|
| This is what you want. Search engine for CFI finding.
|
| Thank you very much! That's really helpful!
|
| Tom
|

Tom wrote:
That's no problem, I know the heat thing from the time I had in CA on a
flight school.

I thought you said you went to northern California (Reid-Hillview
as a matter of fact); in that case, believe me, you don't
know what the heat thing is yet :-) (it can get a lot worse than
that)

That's another reason why I think an independent instructor would be
better for me, because this would allow us to get planes from
everywhere and not only what the flight school offers.

you can find free-lance instructors who operate from multiple clubs
in the Bay Area (the place you already know); I suppose it is not
uncommon.

--Sylvain

On 21 Dec 2005 15:14:32 -0800, "Tom" wrote:

Right, and due to the accidents that happened in these dog fight
"schools" (especially with the T-34) I don't have too much trust in
them. It looks more like huge videogame in real-life for people that
had a overdose of the "Top Gun" movie.

I think you're headed in the right direction. If you find an old
codger out there without a military background, don't pass him by just
because of that.

z

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:%1mqf.30258$QW2.18365@dukeread08...
I have instructed many students, some had lots of money, but
the ones who did the best in training concentrated on the
flying and did not have business or personal distractions
[social engagements and phone calls] to take up their time.
Not that you can't overcome those distractions, but you will
certainly spend extra time and money because of them.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Tom" wrote in message
oups.com...
| You just included several distractions into your training
| program that will increase the training time.
|
| I don't think so. It's not that I would have to work hard
or long, or
| that it is time consuming or exhausting, and I can
schedule my work
| time as I want :-)
|
| Tom
|


This is a true statement. As a 25+ year flight instructor, I second
this.

The people I've trained who did best, also quickest, and certainly
cheapest, did it by emersion. They took vacation, shifted responsibilities
to someone for a while, and practically moved onto the airport.

Al CFIAMI

CAP instructors are all free to CAP members. I think that's why they
think its pretty impressive when a CFI with 100 hours of dual joins!

-Robert

Al wrote:

The people I've trained who did best, also quickest, and certainly
cheapest, did it by emersion. They took vacation, shifted responsibilities
to someone for a while, and practically moved onto the airport.

Which ones were the best 24 months after they got their ticket?


Jack

Tom wrote:
I don't want to go to a flight school but
instead pay a free instructor to teach me.

I've got a CFI like that, couple stuffed deboned chickens and the
occasional boudin or smoked sausage and he's happy...

Tom wrote:
Thanks for your help. But honestly Florida isn't where I want to go,
I'd prefer to find an instructor in the area of California, Nevada or
New Mexico. *Money isn't an issue at all*, I pay more if I get the
instruction I want, but I want to avoid the experience I made with my
last flight school (quite good instructor that now works for an airline
but shabby planes and a too much $$$-oriented way of working). I want
to get instructions in a high performance/complex airplane and also get
some spin training as well.

Buy your own plane while your here, instructors are alot easier to find
that way, sell it when your done...

Darrel Toepfer wrote:
Buy your own plane while your here, instructors are alot easier to find
that way, sell it when your done...

snag: 14 CFR 47.7

--Sylvain

Sylvain wrote:
Darrel Toepfer wrote:
Buy your own plane while your here, instructors are alot easier to
find that way, sell it when your done...

snag: 14 CFR 47.7

*Money isn't an issue at all*