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Old 13th Sep 2010, 21:15
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rneilharvey
 
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Thumbs up EFT Fort Pierce PPL

I spent the best part of a month at EFT in Feburary - didn't quite have time to finish my PPL -but did that back in Alderney a few weeks later.

As always, plusses and minuses:

Plus
Good British instructors maintaining tight standards with good record keeping.
Fort Pierce is a busy airfield with 3 operational runways - great experience of being 3rd or 4th in the circuit and getting used to tower and ground control!

Minus
Accomodation - ok if you like 3rd rate camping, but otherwise find somewhere else to stay.
Finger prints - having spent weeks filling in forms, there was still a 3 day delay getting approval to fly - suggest you try and get them done before you go. Same for any school of course.
Don't believe the travel agents 'puff' about Florida - may be better than UK, but you still lose days to weather.

Overall I would be happy to recommend EFT - Matthew was great - but as he said, that first solo was pleasantly quiet!
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