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Long-time lurker and 40+ y/o student pilot with no interest in a professional aviation career. Take with a grain of salt and not intended to troll or prompt a flame war. It took airlines two years to recover from 9/11, per CEO of JetBlue...

I will be relocating from the east coast to the Idaho Falls, ID, area this summer. I'd like to resume flight training after a two year hiatus. I have a valid 3rd class medical and completed 20 hours of dual instruction before I had to stop. I've done some preliminary internet research and...

I recently relocated to northern Virginia from elsewhere in the southeast. I got about 20 hours of instruction received over the spring, but I had to curtail in June due to the move. I'd asked around previously about completing my PPL at Leesburg or Stafford. I just went by KVKX after reading...

$.02 from someone who wants to avoid joining the 80% who obtain a student certificate but do not complete their training... I have wanted to fly since I was a kid. I grew up around general aviation as my father has his PPL and briefly owned a A36 Bonanza. In the last few years, I have enjoyed...

Wanted to echo the above. My flight school passed me a list of area AMEs and noted with great emphasis the positive experiences many pilots had with one particular doctor and noted the negative experiences folks had with another one. When I got to the office for my exam (third class), I...

Appreciate the feedback and suggestions.

First-time poster... As the display name suggests I'm a wannabe GA pilot (soon to be) in the northern Virginia area. I'm working on my PPL now and anticipate moving to the area this summer before completing it. My guess is that I'll be close to 30-40 hours by the time I relocate, but will be...