ME training question in USA
 

i have a JAA-PPL and going to get FAA-PPL based on JAA in USA. Is it possible to get a ME lesson with instructor , 1-2 hours in USA, just for fun as PUT? I just see prices for ME in USA....;)

Do i need TSA or Visa for this flight?

No Visa or TSA required for intro flights or demo flights.
Only if you are training for a license or rating.
Just let the fligh school/FBO clearly know that for now you are not interested in a ME rating for now. You are just orienting yourself.
Word of caution; flying a multi engine is very, very addicting....:}
The first time that you push TWO throttles up and accelerate down the runway is almost as memorable as your first solo.

I'd second that! First time I flew an ME when I did my ME, in a turbocharged Seneca II, I was that taken back with the acceleration difference that I almost forgot what I was doing!!! :} :} :}

wow, i would love to get this feeling again;)

My first solo was in a knackered Tomahawk, which I was happy to fly on the basis that since I was in it less than 5% of the time if it fell apart it was 95% likely to do it with somebody else.

I did all of my PPL training on that basis.

And I wouldn't do any of it again, even if you paid me for it :)

Not sure why a twin would be particularly addictive. A half decent piston tourer (say 250HP+) is just as quick and probably quicker getting off the runway, and no worse after that. And you are doing that on about 60% of the fuel.

If I was after reliability, I'd buy a single turboprop. As one owner told me "there is only one thing better than a PT6 and that is having two of them" :)

Ah ME flying is far better. For a start, no right rudder needed :) (can be a bit of a dance on the pedals if one turbo kicks in before the other mind) No propeller in front of you, nicer sound, bigger inside. Take a seneca II with short field take off flap.....goes up like a bleeding helicopter!

I can't afford it in Blighty, and over here IO is right. But I'm off to the states in a few weeks for 2 weeks of solid ME flying at the cost of $220 per hour.....;)

"Ah ME flying is far better."

There is something about two engines over the sea, at night, in rough terrain, or with a fog below that even a single PT6 cant compete with, or maybe I am just getting too old. :)

Not to mention we look far more atractive when playing with big boys toys. SEP is for the "norms" MEP means you have truly arrived...... :p

Fuji - you are statistically about 1 order of magnitude more likely to go down flying behind two piston engines than flying behind a single turbine.

Bose - you are going to pull a far classier bird with a nice pressurised turboprop than with the typical knackered old twin ;)

IO540

True - statistically - but for different reasons and in different circumstances.

Many accidents could be avoided by correct training.

There is one unavoidable truth though - with one engine, whatever it is, when it quits gravity is going to win.

As I said earlier for missions over water, rough train, or fog, that may be sufficient reason to fly a MEP.

Hey my wife is classy!!! :p Her Jimmy Choo obsession is apparantly proof.....

Not if you fly one of these.....like I do..:}

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Hey B2N2 !

What happened to the Aztec. Did they get rid of it ?

Yep, Cessna's gone too, have a look at the website....:ok: