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Old 12th Mar 2001, 08:14
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PanicButton
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Me and a friend of mine went to ADP for some timebuilding 5 months ago and I must say I was not impressed. We were and still are both flight instructors and were looking to build 100 hrs each on a ME and 100 in a SE. Knowing that the school still did a poor job in servicing us. Their planes were constantly breaking down. One day my friend took three Senecas to the run-up area and the third plane was fit to fly. The other two had to grounded. Another day I took a Seneca to the run-up area and had to return it and squak after a feather check. the prop wouldnt feather much. A week later I had the same plane to go for a week cross country flying. During feather check the propcable broke on the very same prop. The plane was of course grounded and I couldnt go anywere because all the other planes were tied up or broken. Those are just two of our many problems with the school. During our visit one of the Senecas flew into a mountain during IMC killing both an instructer and student and also 2 SE Pipers had to make an emergency landing twice each in 3 weeks Whats up with maintainance. On their homepage they state that all their planes are IFR but most of the instruments are crap I know because all I flew was IFR. Their homepage pictures a brand new Seneca V when all they have is old beat up Seneca I's. They say the average cruise speed is 150 kts but it really is between 130-140 kts. Needless to say I didnt fly for long in their Senecas, got a refund and left for another school were I paid a little bit more for a better service and better planes. California and LA was great we actually flew all the way across to Key West and back making some stops on the way. It was an adventure I would not have missed out on but I could have done without ADP.