3Dreaming wrote:Realistically you are looking at an extra 15 hours of flight time with closer to 5 being flight instruction.
My students typically do it in ten.
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3Dreaming wrote:Realistically you are looking at an extra 15 hours of flight time with closer to 5 being flight instruction.
drseti wrote:TimTaylor wrote:I don't recommend Sport Pilot as a stepping stone to Private. Just go straight for Private and take one written and one flight test.
I respectfully disagree. It depends on the flight school and how the curriculum is designed, of course. In my case, with a modular curriculum design, everybody gets the Sport first, and then those 25% who wish to go on to Private can do so with ten hours or less of additional instruction. (The other 75% have found that SP fits their mission).
Since my students complete Sport in about 35 hours, that means the Sport to Private route still costs less than the typical Private course, even including the two writtens and two checkrides.
YMMV.
drseti wrote:3Dreaming wrote:Realistically you are looking at an extra 15 hours of flight time with closer to 5 being flight instruction.
My students typically do it in ten.
TimTaylor wrote:For the 25 percent who are going for a Private certficate, what is the advantage to getting a Sport Pilot certificate first? I mean those who know they are going Private, not those who LATER decide to upgrade to Private.
3Dreaming wrote:10 extra hours of instruction plus the extra 5 hours of solo comes to 15 hours of flight time.
drseti wrote:TimTaylor wrote:For the 25 percent who are going for a Private certficate, what is the advantage to getting a Sport Pilot certificate first? I mean those who know they are going Private, not those who LATER decide to upgrade to Private.
Once licensed as a Sport Pilot, they typically exercise their SP privileges for a while before upgrading. So, in the process of flying around by themselves or with a family member, they gain experience, have fun flying (isn't that why the got licensed in the first place?), and satisfy their PP solo hous and long XC requirements without me breathing down their necks.
I don't disagree with that, but if their goal is a Private certificate, that just adds cost and time. Nothing wrong with that, just not what I recommend. Go straight for Private and get it done.drseti wrote:TimTaylor wrote:For the 25 percent who are going for a Private certficate, what is the advantage to getting a Sport Pilot certificate first? I mean those who know they are going Private, not those who LATER decide to upgrade to Private.
Once licensed as a Sport Pilot, they typically exercise their SP privileges for a while before upgrading. So, in the process of flying around by themselves or with a family member, they gain experience, have fun flying (isn't that why the got licensed in the first place?), and satisfy their PP solo hous and long XC requirements without me breathing down their necks.
SteveZ-FL wrote:Here in Central FL I've been lucky. Joined a flying club with an LSA (its only aircraft) and a couple CFIs. The club is at an airfield 15 minutes from home. On the same airfield is also a flight school with an LSA and only a few miles further away is another flight school with two LSAs (one a tailwheel). When the club LSA was down for maintenance I had a lot of local alternatives and took advantage of them.
xHalf Fast wrote:SteveZ-FL wrote:Here in Central FL I've been lucky. Joined a flying club with an LSA (its only aircraft) and a couple CFIs. The club is at an airfield 15 minutes from home. On the same airfield is also a flight school with an LSA and only a few miles further away is another flight school with two LSAs (one a tailwheel). When the club LSA was down for maintenance I had a lot of local alternatives and took advantage of them.
Steve, I've been looking for a club with an LSA, or at least another rental alternative. Would you mind filling in a few details, or PMing me? I'm in Haines City. Thanks!!
The title of this thread says it all. If the SP-student or SP is made to feel like "less" or otherwise uncomfortable by folk with PPL, CFI or ATP tickets, then the problem is those other folk. Aain, I'm surrounded by helpful and supportive aviators without "ticket-bias." I would hope I'm not the exception to the rule.
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