http://www.dannyvacar.ca/blog/flight-lesson-update-or-rather-lack-thereof/ Adventures in the air, on the ground and in between Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:10:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dannyvacar.ca/blog/flight-lesson-update-or-rather-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-6944 Stan Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:09:01 +0000 http://www.dannyvacar.ca/blog/?p=631#comment-6944 Don't know if you've found a new school or not, but I was a student at Brampton and they are pretty good. The aircraft are all in top condition - something I don't find at Buttonville. I got very frustrated in Ontario with the winter weather situation. Having to book an aircraft 2 or 3 weeks in advance and then getting weathered out was a pain and added expensive hours to the training programme. I was doing a lot of travel - I was spending a week each month in Florida - and I took advantage of that by getting my FAA medical and TSA clearance. Once done, I was able to find a great flight school in Ft Lauderdale (NS Aviation) with excellent staff, great planes and completed my FAA license. Transport Canada only requires a written test after that and I now have 2 licenses in my pocket. The rules are different so you need to really repeat ground school, and you'll spend a couple of extra hours in the air getting used to the changes. BUT the prices are great and the weather is wonderful. You want to go on Wednesday? OK. In the end, because of insurance rules, I did my solo on Wednesday, my 2 stop cross country on Thursday and my flight test on Friday. On a recent visit I took a couple of friends for a flight one Sunday morning. We went down the beach from Ft Lauderdale to Key Biscayne, over the bay to Homestead and then back up the backside over the swamp. Got flight following and had an incredible time. If you are having wether issues, the price alone makes the trip to Florida worth it! Don’t know if you’ve found a new school or not, but I was a student at Brampton and they are pretty good. The aircraft are all in top condition – something I don’t find at Buttonville.
I got very frustrated in Ontario with the winter weather situation. Having to book an aircraft 2 or 3 weeks in advance and then getting weathered out was a pain and added expensive hours to the training programme.
I was doing a lot of travel – I was spending a week each month in Florida – and I took advantage of that by getting my FAA medical and TSA clearance. Once done, I was able to find a great flight school in Ft Lauderdale (NS Aviation) with excellent staff, great planes and completed my FAA license. Transport Canada only requires a written test after that and I now have 2 licenses in my pocket.
The rules are different so you need to really repeat ground school, and you’ll spend a couple of extra hours in the air getting used to the changes. BUT the prices are great and the weather is wonderful. You want to go on Wednesday? OK.
In the end, because of insurance rules, I did my solo on Wednesday, my 2 stop cross country on Thursday and my flight test on Friday.
On a recent visit I took a couple of friends for a flight one Sunday morning. We went down the beach from Ft Lauderdale to Key Biscayne, over the bay to Homestead and then back up the backside over the swamp. Got flight following and had an incredible time.
If you are having wether issues, the price alone makes the trip to Florida worth it!

]]> http://www.dannyvacar.ca/blog/flight-lesson-update-or-rather-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 Goals for the new year &#8212 Dan’s Landing Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:41:10 +0000 http://www.dannyvacar.ca/blog/?p=631#comment-2573 [...] my private pilot license - My flight lessons came to an abrupt end in November 2008 when Peninsulair was locked out. Since then, the only flying I have done has been [...] [...] my private pilot license – My flight lessons came to an abrupt end in November 2008 when Peninsulair was locked out. Since then, the only flying I have done has been [...]

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