Recent content by joeparrilla

You know, thats actually very appealing. I really am interested in continuing flying low wings and those club planes seem pretty nice. Autopilots on all of them as well. Great link, appreciate it.

Trek is way nerdier.. and better.. to me anyway. I never really felt the appeal of Star Wars that other people do

Ive actually seen that before, definitely something to consider. I was thinking about talking to people around the ramp where I fly and see if theres any interest. Theres a few students in my school who are getting close to checkride, so maybe some interest there as well. Thanks!

Well if I had the money to buy a plane to start a club.. Id probably just buy a plane and fly it :) Not sure I can swing that right now unfortunately

Ah so does the membership fee make the hourly rate lower at all, or are you still paying similar rates as rentals in the area? Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Hey everyone! So I officially have my PPL as of 3 days ago, and I want to start looking into some affordable flying options. I will likely be renting from my school for a while, but I think pure rental may get a bit expensive. Does anyone have advice for affordable clubs on Long...

I know I abandoned this thread quite a while ago :) But Im happy to say that I never stopped flying, and after quite a long time and some time off in between.. I am finally a licensed private pilot :) Passed the checkride yesterday and it was a great experience. I thought I would close...

So a literal cross country huh?? ;)

Great question. So before my 2 solo cross countries, I did 3 with my instructor. The first was all pilotage with my chart in the day time. The second was at night with VORs . The third was daytime with GPS. Both of my solo cross countries were GPS. Although on every trip I had a nav log on...

PPL LOG: 36th Flight 9/18/14 (the big one!) So this was the mother of all flights, my long 3 point XC. I just got back on solid ground after doing ISP -> POU -> HFD -> ISP. This finished off my solo XC requirement, and I am pretty much ready to start test prep. It was a beautiful day for this...

Thanks! Ive actually been to POU before with my instructor in order to get familiar. Its a great flight, but those hills near the airport are scary high!

PPL LOG: 34th Flight 8/27/14 So finally, my first XC solo to KHFD! I feel like everything I have learned up until this point, all came together for this flight. To me, this was the true test of my abilities and allowed me to demonstrate that I have not been spending just short of a year...

I think this should be taken with a grain of salt. I fly once a week. I soloed in under 20 hours, and I am on track to get my license in under one year of training. If you are a diligent student, and you try hard, once a week is not so terrible at all.

Joe, 24 years old, flying out of KISP in NY. I have another two XC solos to go, then I begin checkride prep. Ive been at it almost a year, and I have about 45 hours currently. I fly only once a week, so its been a long road. I have documented my progress pretty extensively in my thread for...

PPL LOG: 31st, 32nd, 33rd Flight 7/10/14 - 8/10/14 Its been a while since Ive updated here, but I wanted to drop in and let everyone know I am still at it. Weather/health put me on the ground for a few weeks, but yesterday I successfully completed my first solo to another airport! I flew...