Help In Choosing A School For A Private Pilot's License

"Morgans" wrote in news:mmVcj.93$mp7.33
@newsfe07.lga:


"F. Baum" wrote

20,000 hours ? Jay you stud! No wonder you know everything .

I'm beginning to think F. Baum is a bertie the bunyip sock puppet.



Mmm, no. i necver use sockpuppets in the traditional sense, i.e, to pat
myself on the back.
Also I'd pick something much sportier or a name that would have some
meaning.
Like Michael Detroyat, for instance.


In any case, the sport of Jay bashing has made me decide that this is a
poster I no longer need to read.


Jay asks to be bashed


He really does.


Bertie

Jay Honeck wrote in news:a91954b4-b86f-45dd-a8a2-
:

20,000 hours ? Jay you stud! No wonder you know everything .

I'm beginning to think F. Baum is a bertie the bunyip sock puppet.

Ya think? It would be nice to think that there couldn't possibly be
*two* such bitter "pilots" like them...

In any case, the sport of Jay bashing has made me decide that this is a
poster I no longer need to read.

Ah, shoot, Jim -- I have more faith in people than that. Pilots are
generally pretty sharp people who can spot a fool with an axe to grind
from a mile off. Bitter, unhappy folks like Bunyip and Baum have such
difficulty with cordial written communication that spotting them in
this crowd is quite simple, making them easy to filter out -- even for
newbie posters like Chris.


Ooow the irony !

God I love usenet.

Bertie

On Dec 27, 10:24*pm, C J Campbell
wrote:
On 2007-12-27 10:17:14 -0800, Chris L said:

Is that astronaut Love? He has a PhD in something like astronomy which
makes me shy away from his path.

No, it was Pete Siebold of SpaceShipOne fame.

I want to thank everyone for helping me!

I've started studying the ASA Private Pilot DVD. The DVD appears to be
very straight forward. What should be my expectations. What is the
difference between getting the flying license and the DVD. In other
words, how much can I expect to get out of the DVDs. I am, currently,
planning on studying (almost memorizing) all my DVDs and then going
to the school. What do you think I should do?

I am waiting for the Kings DVDs to get to me. I'll start studying them
once I receive them.

Do you think I should first learn all of the ASA DVD then the Kings
DVD, or mix the DVDs up in some way.

Should I purchase the Gleim DVD. How much more will I learn with it?

Someone at ProFlight said if I want to save money to wait till good
weather (spring or summer) before flying. What do you think. Will it
save me money and also mean a long delay in getting the license.

As a student what are my limitations on when I can fly? How clear does
the weather have to be, and how do I know when I have the correct
weather?

I am leaning towards the Acuwings flying school because they offer 1
free hour (both for plane and instructor tagging along) each time I
purchase 10 hours.

That stuff I posted about an astronaut was only holiday cheer on my
part because I was going to the Museum of Flight (http://
www.museumofflight.org/).

Thank you,
Christopher Lusardi

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:30:00 -0800 (PST), Chris L
wrote:

What is the
difference between getting the flying license and the DVD

I think of it as the difference between going to a war movie and being
under enemy fire.

Still, I'm told by pilots I respect that flight simulators do cut down
on the flight time required to get certificated. The DVD of course is
not a flight sim, but it is a different way to cram knowledge into
your head, and you need that knowledge to pass the written exam. It
sounds as though you're planning to take a residential course, which
is very intense, so it might really help to have advance knowledge. My
lessons were spread out over a year to solo and another year to pass
the flight check (I was 67 when I started), so I'd forgotten
everything I learned in ground school by the time I was good to go.
With the DVD, of course, you can refresh as often as you like.


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