Hi L. Bear. I can't help you with a 415-C, but I can share my thoughts on hours needed to get to the point where the instructor signs you off for something.
I did my Pilot license when I was almost 40. I did my checkride on my 40ths birthday. I don't consider myself a slow learner, but it took me more than the required 45 hours to get my signoff for the check ride. So my take is that you will have to make enough hours until you feel proficient yourself. Not to fill the minimum by law. Unless you flew over the last 30 years without a license, I think not much is left to gain off these flying hours. Since the requirements for the Sport Pilot license are low already when it comes to hours made, you will probably not even feel confident when those are flown off. If I would be a flight instructor and someone would come to me explaining that he does not need all that flight training since he almost soloed 30 years ago - come on what would YOU think - right , I would prove to you that you need all the minimal hours again and even more just to make a point. So my advice - forget those hours. By the way, when I received lessons, the instructor wrote after every hour training exactly down what was done in my logbook. Hartmut ----- Original Message ----- From: lpushican To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:45 AM Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Flight training LSA Hello All! I need some advice on training. I have given myself a month to come back to the US to get my sport pilot certificate. I was going to use an Ercoupe for the training, since my dad has one. However, it was upgraded from a C to D. There are 3 Ercoupe's in southern Nevada and only one is a C model. The guy who has it does not want to let it out for training. I can still use my dads for training, but this leaves one to actually solo in. The instructor out there is being strange as he wants my dad to let him use his to train other students as well. My dad was being nice to let me use his. SP has not taken off out there from my research, mainly because people do not want to buy new planes. So I sit with flight tickets to Nevada.,a month free for training and nothing to train in. I can fly my Dads coupe as he has been flying for over 50 years, he is 89 and still passing medicals, but no way to log hours or find an instructor that is willing to teach without strings. Any suggestions would be appreciated. My second question, is that 30 years ago I took flying lessons in Iowa. I had 12 hours and ready to solo a piper 140. Due to family matter and work I had to leave and then never got back. I recently Called the Piper Dealership that had the school to see if they still had the records. They said the school was sold and then it went belly up so where all those records are is unknown. I have been told there is a way to get those hours back so they can be again used in my log book. Does anyone know how this could be done? Thank you L. Bear
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