A friend on the field finished his PPL with them and then did his accelerated IR with them. Sounded like it was study, fly, study, fly, study, study and nice to have the DPE onsite.
The nice part about March is that sunset times are finally just about perfect for training flying. You can easily log a few night hours before 10pm but also get in a nice long day of flying. The air in March should still be smooth unlike April and May when the snow clears out. Today was unusual with high 30's on the ground and inversion and 48F yo at 3500msl. We were doing two photoshoots today at 2400msl and the air was so smooth. Gonna miss that once the snow thaws and the black fields start getting the sun.
Also some weird winds. The winter surface vs winds aloft can be crazy. I was yaw'd about 40 degrees on downwind today but only 7kts at the surface. And at just 3500msl the old skyline was doing 182mph groundspeed (ironic) and that was all leaned out, dialed back just a bit and prop out a bit!
Bring a hat and sunglasses, the glare from the snow is crazy. If you arent able to hangar your plane let us know and we can give you some winter heating ideas. For dress it's all about layers. In the 182, even as low as -8f I just wear a tshirt, light sweatshirt, Jean's and light boots or tennis shoes. But have a heavy coat, cap and gloves along for when you get out. I always have a set of yak tracks in the trunk for being around our north facing POS ice rink hangar. Not sure if their rentals have good CO detectors but if you have a good one in your plane I'd bring it with since you'll be cabin heating on all flights. I also keep a simple pair of light touchscreen gloves in the plane. It seems like the yoke stays frozen 20 minutes longer than everything else LOL.
