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Can anyone who has got their PPL in Arizona recommend a good instructor? Or have heard good references of one?
Thanks,
Thanks,
If in the Phoenix metro area....I highly recommend avoiding DVT like the plague. [...]
Westwind is probably okay to rent from, but I sure wouldn't want to do any kind of private pilot training at that airport. Tons of green pilots (many who do not speak english very well) combined with green controllers (DVT is a training tower).We rented a 172 from Westwind Aviation at DVT and highly recommend these folks. The prices are also reasonable.
The airport is however quite busy, with at least one controller who appears to have fun talking extremely fast and inarticulate, even during slow times. But then again, it's a good opportunity to sharpen your radio skills... :wink2:
A taste of KDVT ATC: http://www.vimeo.com/18855219
Cheers,
Oliver
We rented a 172 from Westwind Aviation at DVT and highly recommend these folks. The prices are also reasonable.
The airport is however quite busy, with at least one controller who appears to have fun talking extremely fast and inarticulate, even during slow times. But then again, it's a good opportunity to sharpen your radio skills... :wink2:
A taste of KDVT ATC: http://www.vimeo.com/18855219
Cheers,
Oliver
Man, it had been so long since I heard "Parpa Arfa" on the radio. I was really hoping to hear it again, but apparently they use a call sign now? So disappointing.
Man, it had been so long since I heard "Parpa Arfa" on the radio. [...]
Probably so it is easier to avoid them. That particular school had at least 4 NTSB-reportable accidents in 2010 and at least two of them were fatals.
If in the Phoenix metro area....I highly recommend avoiding DVT like the plague.
I've heard Falcon Executive at FFZ is not bad.
I agree DVT is a mid-air waiting to happen, to many "English proficient" student pilots who dont understand WTF they are doing.
Sorry, but I don't get this one!? Some explanation would be appreciated... :wink2:
[...] He wasn't dumb, I'm sure of it, but he didn't speak English well enough to be safe on the radio, IMHO. This was quite frustrating.
You might want to start a support group with this controller at JFK: click
You guys are talking about 'green', 'English proficient' pilots - do you refer to my radio skills in the video? Even so I'm 'green' and only 'English proficient', I thought that I'm doing OK on the radio!?
Yours were fine. [...]
I'm in Northern Arizona, but I would travel further south if there was a really good instructor that is highly recommeded.
You couldn't ask for a better CFII than who I'm working with out of the Wiseman FBO at Flagstaff-Pulliam (KFLG).
I can't recite Fred Gibbs' CV, but he is terrific and has an FAA background (along with some type of ongoing consulting with the FAA). Fred is a well-respected safety speaker/columnist, and a local mountain flying expert. I plan to train with Fred for my instrument rating after I get my PPL and my own C-182 (IFR, of course).
The one training downside is that Wiseman's training/rental fleet consists of two Cessna 172Ms, steam gauges, VFR only.
The other positive is that KFLG is at 7,000 ft. so density altitude awareness is "real world". The airport is Class D (control tower) so there's your radio proficiency training. It isn't too busy either (most of the time) and the controllers know the trainer N numbers and generally go pretty easy on us.
There is always Shebles in Sun Valley AZ but be prepared to seriously lower your standards.I'm in Northern Arizona, but I would travel further south if there was a really good instructor that is highly recommeded.
There is always Shebles in Sun Valley AZ but be prepared to seriously lower your standards.I'm in Northern Arizona, but I would travel further south if there was a really good instructor that is highly recommeded.
There is always Shebles in Sun Valley AZ but be prepared to seriously lower your standards.