Can I ask what school you guys are talking about in Long Beach? Is it Rainbow?

Muddy Boots

No its not! Why do you ask??? :confused: Is rainbow a good flying school?? Are you there yourself, if so what is it like? It's always good to know if there are real good flying schools about!

So tell everyone what school it is your at

I'm a Brit and live here in LA and have been contemplating doing an intergarated course in the UK at one of the 3 obvious schools. In my pondering I checked out who does the JAA sylabus locally and Rainbow Air at Long Beach airport seem to be a contneder only up to PPL but in the same building is UK Flight Training who do a JAA f(ATPL) in connection with Tayflite using Bristol Ground school.

I haven't flown with them but they seem cheap and the instruction looked quite good although the aircraft are a tad on the old side.

Anyway I just wondered if that was the school you were refering to.

the school i am attending no longer are doing the course as i peviously explained and are just doing a straight forward f(atpl) course so sorry to all for the misunderstanding , but yes i have heard that rainbow are a good school too!! :)

Success Story.
 

Started aged 41. FAA CPL/IR multi in 4 months, down in Fresno....springboard to CAA (UK), and JAR licences, Aged 44, first job on Shorts 330, soon onto the F-27 for 2 years, then A320/321, now on A330 aged 49.

My thanks to Jim Brannan, Laurie, Nacho, Dan,(esp. Dan), and others who helped along the way. Wide-body command up-coming, 10 yrs after starting flying training. Mazzei were good, still are.

Angel City Flyers
 

Try Angel City flyers, Long Beach.

I did FAA PPL, CPL/ME and IR in 4 months with them and to budget. They use the airplanes of Rainbow Air next door but their own instuctors and the boss, Seosamh knows his stuff. Also have a brand new glass cockpit sim.

I used Air Desert Pacific in California, thought they were very good and extremely cheap. Only did a FAA PPL with them but delighted with their service.

Try Anglo American Aviation they are in SD, speak to Chris Watson.

Florida, California, Arizona or Nevada?
 

I must follow my dream! + 30 y/o and currently CabinCrew with some (but limited funds). Planning on going stateside for PPL-CPL M/E IR but where should I go? Have focused on Florida, California, Arizona or Nevada. Cost of training/living? Best flying weather? I would like a school that can offer me a J-1 visa and as many M/E hours as possible. After training, and possible some unpaid work, I am heading down South America (I speak Spanish) or Caribbean in search for my future job. I am prepared to pay for typerating if need be. When/if returning to Europe I am not planning to continue flying as a Pro but only for fun.

Some advice please!

Florida? School?
California? School?
Nevada? School?
Arizona? School?

<<edit: Ask the correct questions!! Do you want JAA (Sweden) or FAA?>>

It's got to be Florida for your PPL and then you decide if it's Florida or california for your CPL/ME but my opinion for what it's worth is to do your training in Florida because it's easier there and the weather is more reliable which will reduce overall costs. Then get your experience in California and the adjoining states.

You say that you have limited funds but are happy to blow it on CPL/ME which seems to be a bit of a waste to say the least if you only intend to be a fun flyer.

Buena suerte!

Voyager Aviation Merrit Island.
 

Hi
I would recomend Voyageraviation based in Merrit Island Florida KCOI. I did all my ratings and top notch traning hassel free and the owner Gary Evans is a superb instructor from England. Very friendly atmosphere and instructors. They are cheap when you compare to other schools in Florida. 3 C152 2 C172 3 Piper Warrior 1 Piper Arrow and 1 Grumman Cougar for multi training. Other than that they have online reservation so you can choose your time and airplane to fly. Their web site www.voyageraviation.com. They have students all over the world. Hope this helps...

Thanks!
 

Thank you for the tip. It looks nice but does not support a J1 visa.

Any ideas about the west coast? Or others in Florida?

(Limited funds is about £100K but I would like to have funds for typerating and all costs of living for a few years as well.)

Limited funds at £100K!!

:hmm:

Hi TS.

Try CFA at Gilespie in San Diego, www.flycfa.com - can issue M1, so probably able to assist with the issue of J's as well. 152's, 172's BE76 and PA34's. Great learning environment and good social side of things too. Weather is almost 100%.

DoubleDee

UK Flight Training
 

The search button is your friend. Lots and lots said about UKFT over the years in both this forum and private flying. Check out the CAA website for a list of approved FTO's and I am pretty sure that you will find that UKFT is not one. This in itself isn't so much of a problem as they might be linking up with another approved school either in the US or back in blighty for the JAA training side of things.

ukft California (Merged [Search???])
 

Hi all,

Just a quick one to see if anyone has done any courses or hour building with UKFT at Long Beach, california, or Lancaster.

Anyones experiences of the place would be greatly appreciated, good or bad.

Many thanks

Expedite :ok:

I spoke to the guys from the CAA at the Flyer exibition about UKFT and Rainbow Air... they both offer the 1500 hr course and say that thay are an approved CAA FTO which THEY ARE NOT! The guys said that the licence would not be valid in the UK and the 1500hrs would not count as you will not have done a UK MEIR.

Proceed with caution!

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Scroggs