Hi Guys,
I've been to Orlando Flight Training In January 2004 to get my PPL.
It was hard working but i mannaged to get my PPL in 45 Hours, and since I'm from Holland the English language doesn't realy help to speed up the learning proces as you can imagine.(imagine you trying to get your PPL by learning in the dutch language:-)
The school isn't that bad if you keep in mind that it is a commercial organisation. The Appartment I had was OK as were the English Fellow student's (Doug and Roger) I lived with (3 bedroom shared appartement) i had a great time with them and we spend "some" free time in the local PUB "the Fox and Houds".
The Cessna's are "dogy" (I believe that's what they say in England when it is CRAP!) But the Piper Cadet's are OK.
I am stil happy i upgraded to the PA28 Cadet's.
And I believe upgrading to the PA28 helped me a large bit to reach my objective to get the PPL in 45 hours. I would never have mannaged to do it in a Cessna that fast since the Cessna's of OFT are frequently U/S.
Don't expect to much from the staff or the instructor's unless your have Hutch Tinny as your instructor.
You HAVE to do it all by yourself, and ofcourse you can ask all the instructors if you have a question, but in the end it is you that has to do the studying!
For the rest, Kissimee stinks, but flying in Florida Rules! and if you plan to go there to get your PPL in 45 Hours, you won't see anything but the school, the appartment, and Florida from out of the air!
Another Tip! Plan to go there for 4 weeks if your want to do the PPL. I did it in 21 days but there were some weather cancelations and it took me 4 weeks!
Good luck everybody who want's to go there.
Another Tip: from recent students in Holland I heard that Naples Air Center is the better choice!
Especialy if you want to go all the way!! (Full time Atpl in Florida!!!)
Greetings
André