Originally Posted by Midway Airlines
I wanted to know if any of you guys have ever gone to flight school in the chicago area and what you reccomend me to do. I live about 12 miles from MDW. I guess I have had some advantages in the past exploring my dreams of aviation but I want to make them all true as fast as possible.
Let me know what you guys suggest,
Mike Marzano
Mike,
I think it's great that you're asking all the right questions at such a young age. You're lucky in that there are at least two very good collegiate aviation programs in Illinois. One is UI Champaign-Urbana, the other is Southern Illinois-Carbondale. An acquaintance of mine is presently attending the former and is very pleased. Why don't you visit AOPA's new pilot page right here:
http://www.aopa.org/learntofly/startfly/
PM me with any more questions, I'm in Minneapolis.