Flight schools training with diamond fleet
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Re: Flight schools training with diamond fleet
I got my PP in 1979 while in college. $20.00 an hour. Last used it 1981. Law school. Kids. Tuition. More tuition. Then more tuition followed by weddings. Four girls. Decided to fly again and was shocked to discover that the 152 and 172 I flew 41 years ago are still the go to trainers. No way would I drive my college car from 1979, so I did some research and discovered that there are modem airplanes. Diamond. But it took even more to find a school. I’m in Atlanta, home of a zillion pilots. But no really local school with Diamond airplanes. So I drive about an hour to Winder. Kwdr. Dragonfly aviation. https://www.dragonflyav.com/ Da 20s, 40s and a 42VI. (Not that I’m ready, but $3,500 for twin rating seems like a good deal.) So far so good. Aiming towards instrument rating. Not like riding a bike but I’m making progress and feel like I’ve landed on a good choice.
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Re: Flight schools training with diamond fleet
“… Law school. Kids. Tuition. More tuition. Then more tuition followed by weddings. Four girls. Decided to fly…”
Could have written the same thing, except the plane came before the weddings.
Could have written the same thing, except the plane came before the weddings.
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Re: Flight schools training with diamond fleet
FlyCorps at KSAV has two Diamonds. VA approved 141 school.
www.flycorps.com
www.flycorps.com
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Re: Flight schools training with diamond fleet
Similar story except my interruption was a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis and loss of medical (CAA not FAA hence slower), which I hope to recover in 2023.Mjwatlanta wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:10 am I got my PP in 1979 while in college. $20.00 an hour. Last used it 1981. Law school. Kids. Tuition. More tuition. Then more tuition followed by weddings. Four girls. Decided to fly again and was shocked to discover that the 152 and 172 I flew 41 years ago are still the go to trainers. No way would I drive my college car from 1979, so I did some research and discovered that there are modem airplanes. Diamond. But it took even more to find a school. I’m in Atlanta, home of a zillion pilots. But no really local school with Diamond airplanes. So I drive about an hour to Winder. Kwdr. Dragonfly aviation. https://www.dragonflyav.com/ Da 20s, 40s and a 42VI. (Not that I’m ready, but $3,500 for twin rating seems like a good deal.) So far so good. Aiming towards instrument rating. Not like riding a bike but I’m making progress and feel like I’ve landed on a good choice.
Hoping to get back to current and ME-IR by sometime in 2023.