Training.....again....

mcsteatlh · #1 02-01-2008, 01:24 PM

Just finished my 8th hour in a 172. On my 2nd disc in the King, Private Pilot Course. Went and got a medical also. So far so good. Hope the money holds out. $110 per, wet, for the well equipped, 1100hr C172. $40 for the CFI.

Wish me luck.

McStealth

Mike S · #2 02-01-2008, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by mcsteatlh

od. Hope the money holds out. $110 per, wet, for the well equipped, 1100hr C172. $40 for the CFI.

Wish me luck.

McStealth

Gook Luck.

RickWoodall · #3 02-01-2008, 01:41 PM

I laugh when i look back on my training and how long it really took. At the start the club gives you info on how long it takes, how many hours min etc. Funny, i am either the dumbest guy around...or those are a mere fraction of the total cost and they figure the lure of the 40hr ticket will get people hooked and then they will find the funds to keep going. Hopefully you are a good hands and feet guy, pick up some good info from the King kit, do lots of reading and homework and move along quickly. When I look back...something like the king kit would have been well worth the cost.
Hopefuly you have a good CFI, who isnt just trying to build hours (his) on your dime. There are some incredible instructors and lots of dogs....good luck and work hard. Its worth it. I look back at my hours required and would say 10-15 were a complete waste....yes I still flew and learned some...but they werent "productive" in the sense that I really understood the mission that day, paid close attention, preped for it, comprehended the reason and details and nailed it. Good luck, stick with it....however long it takes and earn your wings.

airguy · #4 02-01-2008, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RickWoodall

I laugh when i look back on my training and how long it really took. At the start the club gives you info on how long it takes, how many hours min etc. Funny, i am either the dumbest guy around...or those are a mere fraction of the total cost and they figure the lure of the 40hr ticket will get people hooked and then they will find the funds to keep going. Hopefully you are a good hands and feet guy, pick up some good info from the King kit, do lots of reading and homework and move along quickly. When I look back...something like the king kit would have been well worth the cost.
Hopefuly you have a good CFI, who isnt just trying to build hours (his) on your dime. There are some incredible instructors and lots of dogs....good luck and work hard. Its worth it. I look back at my hours required and would say 10-15 were a complete waste....yes I still flew and learned some...but they werent "productive" in the sense that I really understood the mission that day, paid close attention, preped for it, comprehended the reason and details and nailed it. Good luck, stick with it....however long it takes and earn your wings.

I think different individuals learn at different speeds - and the instructor's ability to teach (and the students preparation and ability to learn) play a large part in that. When I took off for my checkride (and passed it, by the way) I had 40.4 hours in my logbook total. I actually departed my home base (TRL) short of my cross-country hours requirement and logged them on the way into Sulphur Springs airport to meet my DE for the checkride. I was renting a wet 172 for $50/hr and an instructor for $20/hr, and 100LL fuel was $2.05 self-serve, this was back in March of '98.

gbrasch · #5 02-01-2008, 04:29 PM

Took my first lessons in a 150 in Carbondale, Illinois. Because I was a student at SIU and the flight school was part of the university, I got a deal, $17 an hour wet. Currently I am getting an add-on instrument helicopter rating at $295 an hour. My, how times have changed.

gbrasch · #6 02-01-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by gbrasch

Took my first lessons in a 150 in Carbondale, Illinois. Because I was a student at SIU and the flight school was part of the university, I got a deal, $17 an hour wet. Currently I am getting an add-on instrument helicopter rating at $295 an hour. My, how times have changed.

Oh, I forgot to add, that was 1970.

Mark Burns · #7 02-01-2008, 04:50 PM

I worked at Cessna for a short while back in 1978.

I rented 152's from the Cessna Flying club for $9.25 an hour WET.
It was amazing then and almost unbelievable now.

I should have flown a lot more then

Mark

johnp · #8 02-02-2008, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Mark Burns

I worked at Cessna for a short while back in 1978.

I rented 152's from the Cessna Flying club for $9.25 an hour WET.
It was amazing then and almost unbelievable now.

I should have flown a lot more then

Mark

mine was a little more -- 1977 -- c150 for $12 wet, $14 dual. when i got the cert in 1978 i found a friend with a c-172 he used to rent me for $17 wet.

it was still tough to come up with the money as i was in grad school and only working part-time.

Mel · #9 02-02-2008, 08:12 AM

What's interesting is when the DPE asks you during the oral, "How many hours are required for the private pilot check-ride?" You answer, "40". He then says, "How many hours do you have?" You answer "40?" He then says, "No, your instructor made a mathematical error, and you don't have 40 hrs. Did you log your time coming over here this morning?" You answer "No". He says "How long did it take you?" And you answer with "How much time do I need?" He says ".4 hrs." And you say of course, "It took me .4 hrs to get here." Then your heart starts beating again and you pass the test..
Circa 1967.

n5lp · #10 02-02-2008, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Mel

What's interesting is when the DPE asks you during the oral, "How many hours are required for the private pilot check-ride?" You answer, "40". He then says, "How many hours do you have?" You answer "40?" He then says, "No, your instructor made a mathematical error...

Something very similar happened to me on my instrument ride. I was right on the number, including a bunch of simulator time. The examiner did a through investigation of my log books and found that I had included some hood time from my initial PP training as instrument training. Trouble was that that instructor did not indicate whether he was an II. Lucky for me the examiner chose to ignore the problem.

In those days I was in a C172 club at $13 hour wet (1977) and about a $15 monthly fee. It was still a struggle but I flew that radio-less airplane all over the west and propped it to start many times. There was a reason it was so cheap.