PPL Training in Florida, September 2009
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destinationsky which school did you decide on? im in the same position, just finalising details. I will probs be going out early august, visa appointment is next week
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hey mate,
Im 24 and planning to head down to Florida and train with Orlando Flight Training. They seem like a good recognised school and are affiliated with Cabair. The plan is to get onto the October course. Just trying to secure financing now. Let me know what you think about OFT. Hope to see you there.
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Im 24 and planning to head down to Florida and train with Orlando Flight Training. They seem like a good recognised school and are affiliated with Cabair. The plan is to get onto the October course. Just trying to secure financing now. Let me know what you think about OFT. Hope to see you there.
Ryan
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i have just got back from Florida and had a look at Ormond beach aviation. I will hopefully be joining them in september/october some time. They seem like a very good school and are undergoing a refurbishment at the mo. they have their own maintenance facility and parts dept so the aircraft can be fixed pretty swiftly! The accomodation is about 5 mins drive from the airfield and the staff are really friendly.
I had a look at Orlando flight training and they are expensive in comparison!
PM me if you want any specifics!
Mike
I had a look at Orlando flight training and they are expensive in comparison!
PM me if you want any specifics!
Mike
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My tip would be, ask yourself f you really need a JAA PPL and not a FAA certificate. Doing an FAA certificate opens up hundreds more schools, which generally offer better quality of training, and are certainly cheaper.
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thanks for the thought but i will stick to the JAA license. a vast majority of my flying will be done in the uk so i would rather have a European license.
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Hi guys, just a little bit of info regarding PPL in florida. I done mine at OBA last year.
It states you can do PPL in 3 weeks, it took me 7 weeks in total. This was due to the weather and that the school was busy. I dont think they are busy at present, but i'd factor in another week for weather issues. You will also have to pay for extra accomadation if you go over 3 wks. The accomadation is about 20 mins or so walk to school, you might be lucky and grab one of the left over bikes. Also, the accomadation is basically in the middle of nowhere, which means you need to get taxi's everywhere. For example to go food shopping. In the end this got on my nerves so I hired a car.
Study, study and study before you go. Make sure you are ready to sit your PPL exams when you turn up, will take the pressure off you when
you are there. Nothing worse than studying for exam plus preparing for your following mornings lesson!
I have a friend who also done PPL at OBA and has just completed CPL at EFT. He highly recommends EFT over OBA...food for thought.
Finally, if your thinking of doing some hour building later on I highly recommend AirAmerica at Daytona int'l. Great set-up and I was paying $70 hr for a 150, much cheaper than hr building from JAA schools. It was also great experiance as it was a busy int'l airport. All you need to do is apply for a FAA PPL prior to going.
Happy flying!!
It states you can do PPL in 3 weeks, it took me 7 weeks in total. This was due to the weather and that the school was busy. I dont think they are busy at present, but i'd factor in another week for weather issues. You will also have to pay for extra accomadation if you go over 3 wks. The accomadation is about 20 mins or so walk to school, you might be lucky and grab one of the left over bikes. Also, the accomadation is basically in the middle of nowhere, which means you need to get taxi's everywhere. For example to go food shopping. In the end this got on my nerves so I hired a car.
Study, study and study before you go. Make sure you are ready to sit your PPL exams when you turn up, will take the pressure off you when
you are there. Nothing worse than studying for exam plus preparing for your following mornings lesson!
I have a friend who also done PPL at OBA and has just completed CPL at EFT. He highly recommends EFT over OBA...food for thought.
Finally, if your thinking of doing some hour building later on I highly recommend AirAmerica at Daytona int'l. Great set-up and I was paying $70 hr for a 150, much cheaper than hr building from JAA schools. It was also great experiance as it was a busy int'l airport. All you need to do is apply for a FAA PPL prior to going.
Happy flying!!
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hi trigger. thanks for your advice. i have been lucky enough to visit OBA so i got a feel for the school before i commit. EFT did come highly reccommended but they are full now untill mid to late october. i have issues with getting time off work so i have to go where there are available slots!
i saw the accomodation too. i will definatley get a car as i like my own independence and i dont fancy cycling in the heat. nice cool air con does it for me every time!
happy flying to you too!
i saw the accomodation too. i will definatley get a car as i like my own independence and i dont fancy cycling in the heat. nice cool air con does it for me every time!
happy flying to you too!
