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Flight instructor reccs
Posted on 8/7/19 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 8/7/19 at 12:52 pm
Time to knock one off the bucket list and get private pilots license. Any reccs on a good CFI in Northeast La area??
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Posted on 8/7/19 at 12:53 pm to DIGGY
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Time to knock one off the bucket list and get private pilots license. Any reccs on a good CFI in Northeast La area??
Do your ground school via online courses, then go to Hammond
That's what's been told to me
Posted on 8/7/19 at 12:54 pm to DIGGY
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Any reccs on a good CFI in Northeast La area??
how much?
ETA: I'll do it for $3.50, per minute, and that's almost a 50% pay cut, you'd be getting the bargain of a lifetime
This post was edited on 8/7/19 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 8/7/19 at 12:55 pm to DIGGY
Biggest waste of money you will ever spend.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 12:55 pm to DIGGY
Not Harrison ford
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:00 pm to PrivatePublic
Thank God I have a crap load of money to spend then!!! Figuring around $8500 or so. What do you think the average “hobby” cost for any one person over the course of their lives??
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:04 pm to DIGGY
OT 80k plant baws will spend thousands a year on a hunting lease plus their 10 year f250 note
No worse than this baw wanting to learn how to fly
No worse than this baw wanting to learn how to fly
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:05 pm to PrivatePublic
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Biggest waste of money you will ever spend.
One of the best investments I have ever made. Seems like you could not cut it skippy.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:05 pm to DIGGY
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Figuring around $8500 or so.
That's just to get in the door.
You should double or even triple that of you plan to actually do any flying.
This post was edited on 8/7/19 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:06 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Do your ground school via online courses, then go to Hammond
thats good advice
hammond airport is pretty light on regular traffic, it has a tower now you can talk to, it's large and well lighted, and generally easy visualize and comprehend from the air
there are certainly others in OP's part of the state though
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:07 pm to DIGGY
Get a good sim and legit controllers.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:33 pm to DIGGY
Top Gun
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:34 pm to PrivatePublic
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Biggest waste of money you will ever spend.
What are your hobbies and interests?
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:36 pm to PrivatePublic
quote:$8500 is very reasonable for a private pilots license. He can probably do it for less if he’s smart about it.
That's just to get in the door.
You should double or even triple that of you plan to actually do any flying.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:37 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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$8500 is very reasonable for a private pilots license. He can probably do it for less if he’s smart about it.
probably the best way is to buy an old 152/172 and hire a CFI, when he gets ready to dump off the plane he'll probably be able to sell it for what he paid for it
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:39 pm to DIGGY
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:40 pm to 777Tiger
quote:If you have the cash to throw down that’s definitely the best way in my opinion.
probably the best way is to buy an old 152/172 and hire a CFI, when he gets ready to dump off the plane he'll probably be able to sell it for what he paid for it
I know insurance rates go up quite a bit if you’re using a plane for instruction. But is that just if you’re charging for instruction in it? Say OP bought his own plane to learn to fly in. Would he have to pay those higher rates if he just hired a CFI to instruct him in his own plane. Or say someone wanted to buy a small plane and teach his boys how to fly in it?
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:44 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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I know insurance rates go up quite a bit if you’re using a plane for instruction.
I don't know too much about the insurance end, and how instruction affects it, the last time I was serious about getting an airplane and started getting insurance quotes I was very surprised at how cheap it was, that's been a few years though
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:45 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:47 pm to Tigeralum2008
that's on the high end from the last time I looked, a buddy recently got a 152 for about 8 grand for his kid to learn in
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