Questions tagged [flight-school]
A company teaching student pilots to fly
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What are the cheapest flight schools for a PPL license ($12500)?
I live in Egypt and I finally decided to pursue my dream to become a pilot. The first step as everybody surely knows is to get my PPL license. However, in order for me a NON-US citizen to be eligible ...
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Lost Logbook, but have all flight information on ZuluLog
Good afternoon everyone.
Back in 2013 / 2014 I did Part 61 training in WA State. I had to stop due to financial difficulties at that time.
I moved to Phoenix 6 years ago, and now that I want to get ...
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How are practice areas communicated?
When I fly near my local airport (KSSF) in San Antonio, there's a designated South Practice Area and North Practice Area. ATC knows where they are and all the ...
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Why might flight schools prohibit you from testing pitot heat during pre-flight?
Why might flight schools prohibit you from testing pitot heat during pre-flight? I know of a school in Texas that has this policy but don’t understand why.
Here is a snippet of the C172 AFM which ...
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Too soon to pass the IATRA exam? (Canada) [closed]
I just finished the IFR group 1 rating this week. Currently at 220h Total flight time with CPL, no job in sight (of course), and wondering if I should start studying for the IATRA now or wait until I'...
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How far back in time does FAA Institutional Authority for 61.160 (R-ATP) minimums go?
61.160 contains the requirements for an R-ATP certificate, and there is a list of FAA approved institutions that are eligible to graduate applicants to meet the R-ATP requirements.
There is a column ...
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Why do flight schools refuse to tell me the price of a course?
I have searched many flight schools' sites in my area and none mentions prices, I tried to contact by email and later by calling them, but they still won't tell me the price, why is that?
Shouldn't I ...
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What are the prerequisites to join a flight School ? Is it different for each country? [duplicate]
(I didn't finish Highschool, failed French and math fml)
I've finished my 3 year diploma in Architecture.
I'm 23. Nobody has ever supported me and my dream to be a pilot. Not even my parents, heck ...
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Do any private charter schools sponsor your pilot school tuition?
Do any US or European private charters pay for your jet pilot school in exchange for contract pilot service?
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Do flight schools typically have dress codes or expectations?
I attend a local flight school for lessons once or twice a month. I normally wear a hoody and some tracksuit bottoms as they are comfortable for me and I like to be comfortable whilst doing something ...
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What is the largest flight school in the U.S. that does not offer a degree?
Definition of "largest" for the purpose of this question: the greatest number of flight operations per year on average.
What is the largest flight school in the United States that does not offer a ...
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What is the difference between an RPL and a PPL licence?
I am looking forward to starting my training to get my RPL license and I was wondering what the difference was because on the website it looked like you have to do 2 different pieces of training for ...
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Are you required to disclose medical conditions to your flight instructor?
When talking with a local flight school about my interest in starting training, I started asking questions about how the AME process works. The flight instructor then asked me if I had any specific ...
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Can I add ratings to a NNPL?
I have been speaking to a couple of local flying schools. Originally, I was going to train on a Piper Tomahawk to obtain an LAPL. But after explaining to one of them my goals, (just flying for fun, no ...
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Are there any truly 'unrecoverable' situations? [duplicate]
I'm starting my quest to obtain a PPL this weekend. So I guess this question is contextualised around light aircraft like the Piper Tomahawk / Cessna, although it certainly would be interesting to get ...
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