Recent content by chiliphil1

Copy that! If they'll let me whip out the phone I'll have some photos. I was reading one of the school pages and it said something to the effect of "Your instructor will perform the take off, once in the air you will be in control of the plane! You'll maneuver and position for landing, and may...

Thank you again. I'm going to do those intro flights, in fact I think the schools require them.. At least a couple of them. Should be cool, I'll get some good time in the air.I still need to call them and see which one may fit best. I'll get all of that done next week.

Thank you for the input. I am not planning to finance any of the cost, it will all be cash. One of the schools does require the payment up front, they are the most expensive one also (about $25k more than the others) but they're the one that says you'll get tuition reimbursement and a job with a...

Oh geez, I completely forgot about the A&P guy! If he does want to go in on the plane I may have a 152 for like $15k on my end. Plus free maintenance and repairs (minus the cost of parts) That really changes the game.

See, that makes me feel better about it. These flight schools are talking about $50k all in. If I could spend less than that AND own the plane that would be a pretty sweet deal. See above though about how I would proceed if I owned the plane AND then was offered a job at the school, what do I do...

I like the way you think sir. I'm open to just about any flying job, just don't want to do airlines. I went on vacation back in 2015 to Jekyll Island, Ga. There's a small air strip on Jekyll and a larger airport on St. Simon's island just across the inlet. I saw a plane go by with a phone...

Ok, thank you. Will do.

Thank you. I appreciate your input. My thing however is that if I invest into school or a plane I MUST make my living with it. The money I will have is for education and living expenses. If I spend say $40k on a plane and PPL and then don't make any money I have wasted my money at that point. I...

My zip code is 30204. Barnesville, ga. Right in the middle of Atlanta and Macon.

Thank you guys so much! I very greatly appreciate the help. I'll find myself an AME and start there.

From everything I am seeing I should qualify for 1st class. 2nd shouldn't be an issue. I think, just to be safe I'll go have that in hand before I even enter flight school, just to make sure.

Understood. Thank you for the info. Edit: Just looked up the regs for the medical. It states (sorry for the long post) (1) Must hold a first-class medical certificate: (i) When exercising the pilot-in-command privileges of an airline transport pilot certificate; (ii) When exercising the...

Question. If I went this route it would save me the cost of plane rental. I would only need to pay for the instructor (plus fuel and main costs, I know that) but when I'm done with school I would already have the aircraft, I wouldn't need to pay $50k for school AND $30k for the plane. If I...

Ah geez, now I feel like a dummy! I know exactly what angle of attack is. Just didn't pick it up from the abbreviation.

Hey, I've been a mechanic for over a decade. I can take it and dish it as good as anyone. Shop humor as I always called it. Used outside of the shop it makes me look like a jerk though, so I had to stop doing it at home. Not implying that you look like a jerk, just saying that I know what you meant.