Recent content by JacksonHandy

It was good. Left a busy ATL area D airport for a less busy D. Much less nervous than I expected. 3 full stop taxi backs. Landing 1 - great Landing 2 - ok, but it started to wheelbarrow on me, or felt like it did after well after touchdown and rolling out a little bit Landing 3 - bounced...

1st solo today!

This is going faster than I expected. Little over 11 hours, doing a part 61 “stage one” check tomorrow, since it’s the same curriculum as the 141 more or less. Been largely doing stuff to the ACS standard. We’ve discussed a solo later this week, which I’m sure I won’t hurt myself or the...

Well, after years of wanting too, I finally started. 2.1 of dual received, all good things, already did some stalls, slow flight and landings. Excited to keep going.

Well, the form response it got was $205/hr plus instructor at GVL. Website rates are lower at PDK, so it’d have to be a lot of time savings it would seem. Yeah, I used to work in Tucker, and even at 7 am, it wasn’t too bad if you do the Holcomb to Peachtree Ind. thing. I’m exit 10 on 400, on...

Resurrecting this thread. I just got my 1st class issued (waiting on the mail now). I’m in Alpharetta. PDK has the most schools, but they seem highest $. Is it worth the extra 20 mins to go to GVL?

LOL, thanks for the welcome. I'm in Alpharetta, on the north side, but work 10 mins from PDK. Trying to fulfill a life goal, wanted to fly forever, neighbor has an SR-20 at PDK and I've been up with him a couple times, just reinforced my desire. I travel a lot for work, would like to do...

New around here, starting research to be a student. Posting to subscribe. <returns to lurking>