Go Back  PPRuNe Forums > Non-Airline Forums > Private Flying
Reload this Page >

Florida flyers Query?

Wikiposts
Search

Notices
Private Flying The forum for discussion and questions about any form of flying where you are doing it for the sheer pleasure of flight, rather than being paid!

Florida flyers Query?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 19th July 2002 | 17:34
  #1 (permalink)  
Thread Starter
 
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 136
Likes: 0
From: Dubh linn...Eire
Question Florida flyers Query?

This may be better in medical section but I shall try here.
For those of you that have spent time in Florida and suffer from hayfever, does the place aggrevate your allergy with the hot weather or does the high humidity lessen the pollen????
Just curious if I need to stack up on hay-fever tabs.
FRIDAY is offline  
Old 19th July 2002 | 18:03
  #2 (permalink)  
 
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 71
Likes: 0
From: London, England
Cool

Hey Friday,

I did my PPL in Florida last August, and although I suffer quite badly with hayfever, I didn't have any problems at all. If you're going in the next week or so, it might be a different case though, as the pollen count is probably still quite high.

On my skills test, my examiner was telling me that the pollen can easily get up to 6000ft, so I would suggest taking a supply of tabs, but remember (stating the obvious but I'll say it anyway) make sure they're non-drowsy! And take sunglasses as well.

Just out of curiosity, which flight school are you going to?

Good luck with the flying

Phill
philltowns is offline  
Old 19th July 2002 | 18:12
  #3 (permalink)  
 
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 278
Likes: 0
From: Euroland
FRIDAY - few points in common,

1) Dubh Linn
2) Florida
3) Hay Fever

- no problems in Florida with hay fever when I was there, mostly concrete, swamps or airports...Which FTO are you going to?
VORTIME is offline  
Old 19th July 2002 | 19:26
  #4 (permalink)  
Thread Starter
 
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 136
Likes: 0
From: Dubh linn...Eire
Thanks for replying philltowns and VORTIME.
I plan to start the professional course at the end of year with EFT in Fort Pierce,Florida's east coast.
FRIDAY is offline  
Old 20th July 2002 | 09:02
  #5 (permalink)  

 
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 4,729
Likes: 0
From: 75N 16E
Remember that in the US you can buy multi-packs of most drugs, so you can probably buy 500 antihystamine stablets in your local Ralphs for about $10....

EA
englishal is offline  
Old 20th July 2002 | 13:13
  #6 (permalink)  
 
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 23
Likes: 0
From: Netherlands
Friday>> at Panam over there in Ft Pierce, or the other general aviation business around there?? at least the Ft Pierce airside restaurant is very good! Hope you enjoy yourself there anyway, i've been doing my initial training there as well.
It's a bussy little airfield but that's not to bad i guess to learn how to handle those kind off situations right from scratch. And as far as hayfever is concerned i didn't have many troubles with that either (janaury until end of may), only thing which got me sick was the bloody airconditioning :-)

Enjoy the time over there!
Pinky95 is offline  

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service

Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.