I learned to fly on Piper Cubs (1969) and did my solo in a Super Cub. Then on to a Cherokee 180 (Univerity Flying Club) and finally Cessnas from 140 up to 220. I got an instrument rating in 1965 and ended up with about 440 hours. I don't know where my logbooks are. The last plane I flew was a Cessna with floats in 1983 -- here in Finland -- about three hours. I haven't been in a small plane since. I didn't go on to get a Finnish licence -- far too expensive.
D Christian wrote: > Cory Papenfuss wrote: > > >> I hear you. I've got almost 600 hours in my Cherokee 180, and >> rewarded myself this fall by earning a tailwheel (1939 J-4!) and >> HP/complex in my buddy's PA24-250. I'd like to work on my commercial but >> I can't justify the $120+/hour for a complex to train. >> > > On a typical fed-up-with-my-career-want-to-do-something-different day a > few months ago I looked in to flight school. Sent away for info and > talked to a rep at the PanAm flight academy. > > For roughly US$60k I could get a commercial, multi-engine, instrument > instructor rating (the idea is that you teach to get as many hours as > possible) with no prior ratings or experience. The tuition and living > expense is easy to finance with loans so it was sounding like a good > idea. I asked the school's representative what kind of salary a new > pilot could expect "$18k to $20k" So much for my career change... > > -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
