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Old 1st Feb 2012, 18:30
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INNflight
 
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Check out Prairie Air Services near Wichita, KS.

Did all my FAA training there, literally a family-run flightschool at an airpark (= house with taxiway and plane in the garage) with nothing but flying nuts living all over the place with their aircraft.

Very good prices (Kansas is not the most interesting place, obviously, but still.) and excellent instructors. Herb (the owner) has done nothing but instruct FAA ME IR for the past 30 or so years and flies his planes with eyes closed and legs twisted better than you, me or anyone else ever will.

He's also a mechanic and does all the maintenance himself, meaning very short downtimes and there's 30+ airports / airstrips in the vincinity of Wichita - I stopped counting.

Give him a call, the website may be outdated. Great family to spend time with, too - courtesy car for students there and you can live in a student's wing next to their house.

Won't look back.
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