Anyone Knows American Flyers ??? GOOD/BAD

[blacksheep]

Thomas n :

Everyone has their own war stories and experiences. The only way you're going to find out anything about any school is to give them a call/visit and just see if things make sense. There is no one "wise old man" out there who is going to have all of the answers about all flight schools. Do some research and see what turns up. Just my thoughts.

Good Luck!

 

[Thomas_n]

Thanks for all your reply's i am gonna take the CFI/CFII academy and se how it goes. Expencive....maby but to get your CFI/CFII for 3999 is an OK price...incl 20 hours of RG TIME.
Yes i might be able to find it cheaper but OHH WELL.... Life is too short. Again Thanks.

(Crosswind79 vbmenu_register("postmenu_487993", true); )

I dont really know what you are Crying about.... I live in North Dakota, its cold and lots of snow and so on.....YES YES i have only 270 hours but i learned my flying by doing....Whats wrong about going into SOLID IFR With an Instructor....
YOU LEARN BY DOING!!! OK you have to think now and use your brain and look for ice on you wing but you know what.....i think i've been in worse situations the you could think off ( try a pa 38 with high T-TAIL) My instructor found it VERY important to GET into SOLID IFR and see how It would make me think...
Yes i didnt have my IFR but he did and i sure hope that an ifr CFI knows how to handle the Aircraft in IFR...Got ice on the aircraft but he showed me what to do and he showed me to relax and take it easy...
So many students fly in the South, and get the theory about IFR and ICING but NEVER try the REAL DEAL....They get their change when they have to fly to the north one day and for the first time Really get into the real deal....
I am pretty sure you NEVER tried icing and my oh my you will get your work cut out when it happens the first time....YES NEVER DO SOMETHING STUPID, and do not plan a 250 mile Cross/X in to known icing and solid IFR, but flying around the airport and learn is the best way to do it...i can say for my self that i know how to get an aircraft down Safe even with icing on my wings, cos i tried to get to thet point....getting into a cloud aint gonna kill you if you know what you are doing, getting into a cloud NOT knowing what to do may kill you...
Maby You didnt know how to act as an CFII in solid IFR, and that was the problem...
My learning in SOLID IFR was that the Aircraft aint gonna go down in 1 sec if you get ice on your wing... You still got time to think and use your brain...Getting icing on the Aircraft, is BAD but not worse then that you are able to make it out of it.....

 

[Flyin Tony]

Maybe you didn't read it all, or maybe you've never been to ORD in solid IFR....The wanted me to take up someone with no experience and let him fly in solid IFR - Not to mention how close PWK is to ORD there is no way I would get a block of airspace to use unless I flew at least 20 miles away....Did mention this was in November when the Temp on the surface was 02 Celsius and the overcast layer was around 9000 feet thick???

Thomas_n
So if your sayin you would take up a intro in the clouds and most of all a layer thats 9000ft thick and start to pick up ice around 3,000ft in a 172

your a flat a$$ nut case!!

-TONY

 

[Thomas_n]

Thats not what i ment about it....

What i mean is READ your METAR, if there is known icing, dont be DUMB....
But taking up into Solid IFR whats the Problem... you dont have to fly into the middle of a cloud.... but you are able to get solid IFR in the lower layer....And then IF!!!!! you should incounter ICEING you Should as a CFII have the knowledge to get out of it....
So what i ment was NO dont FLY INTO KNOWN icing, but it dosent hurt to fly in SOLID IFR

 

[flyer172r]

I think his point was that while existing students do need real IFR training, it may not be the best thing to take prospective students for an introductory flight into IFR. Most intro flights are generally in good, calm weather so that the prospective student has a nice, relaxing, fun time. Once the student has some experience then yes, showing them actual IFR is a very good thing. But when taking somebody for their first flight, I think it's generally better to do it on a good day.

 

[350DRIVER]

save your money..

If you want a good, solid, and quick program then look into the CFI/II program at Airman Flight School. It is the best one out there in my opinion. You can finish up in about two weeks if you stay on them and put the time and effort in on your end.

http://www.airmanflightschool.com/pricing.htm