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Old 15th Aug 2012, 20:23   #1 (permalink)
 
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Location: Portharcourt,Nigeria
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Silver Express Flight Center Miami

Good day,please I would like to know from anyone who knows something
About the school if it exists and how good they are because I
Intend going to do my PPL there and so I want a concrete information
About them,I live in Nigeria.Please do well to leave a comment if you have
Anything about the school,their websit is Silver Express Flight Center, Miami FL
Thank you all
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Old 16th Aug 2012, 14:02   #2 (permalink)
 
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I thought they were out of business but apparently not.
Haven't heard anything good about them the last couple of years.
Old airplanes, the usual.

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Old 16th Aug 2012, 19:20   #3 (permalink)
 
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Really,thank you sir...Please do you know of any good school I can enroll in???
Please I need suggestions and also more info on silver express.thanks
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Old 17th Aug 2012, 02:19   #4 (permalink)
 
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If you want new airplanes, you got to pay money.
If you want something cheap, you have to accept older airplanes.

Imo, there is nothing wrong with older planes, as long as mainanence is good.

Dont look for "good schools", but rather for good instructors. There is bad/decent instuctors at good schools and there is amazing instructors at awfull schools as well.
I could recommend you to contact OFT/ACA in Orlando and ask if David F. could be your instructor.
I think I gave same advise to someone else on this forum before. But anyway, he is ground instructors, but may take on a student sometimes. This guy have huge knowledge and very good instructing skills.
100% first time pass-rate for his flight students says its all.
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Old 17th Aug 2012, 13:22   #5 (permalink)
 
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I think you can pretty much forget about asking for a specific instructor.
At school like that? Not going to happen.
Whichever instructor is available is the one you will get.
And remember, not everybody is the same, Instructors are people also.
You may get along great with one instructor and you manage to get the best out of each other and the next student can't work with him/her
Instructors also don't stay around forever so the chances of somebody still being there are slim.

Quote:
Dont look for "good schools", but rather for good instructors.
Fairly useless advise for somebody who cannot go and visit every school.
Good schools have good instructors, that is what makes them a good school.
A good school schould not keep bad instructors.
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Old 18th Aug 2012, 20:12   #6 (permalink)
 
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Thank you for your advise so far....I look forward to more adivice.
For now I am going with Europe American Aviation in Florida,when I
Checked them out I noticed they train students with Diamond aircrafts.
Any news about them????
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