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Old 27th Jul 2001, 13:21
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Just to add my thruppence worth, I'll put a vote in for Vancouver. Again, I've not had experience of Florida but I enjoyed training in Canada a lot. The exchange rate is good and having been there for two summers I can say the weather was excellent. Prices for a PA38 start from about fifty quid an hour with an instructor (about thirty solo), rising to about seventy dual for a Warrior. I can recommend Boundary Bay, it's BUSY but there's a wide variety of flying to be had in the vicinity along with some cracking mountain scenery. Try Pacific (www.pacificflying.com) and Regency (www.regencyexpress.com).

I'm not sure if this is still the case (and I stand to be corrected) but one thing to consider is that a US PPL is not ICAO compliant and is therefore not good in Europe. I know a Canadian one is, and I've used it in the UK without having to convert. However I'm sure most US schools will train to this standard as they get a lot of business from over here and it would be daft not to, right?
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