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Hello Paul,
A quick question. Other than Sunrise Aviation, which other Flight School is available for Sport Pilot Training in the L.A. area?
Thanks,
FC.
would you ever consider training in a trike without a brs
thanks sandy
I am a PP – Glider, and wondering the amount of time needed for optimum training. That is, if I were training every other day, how many hours a day? Guess that would give me a ”ball park” average for the number of days/weeks.
Thanks. Lee
Is your new trike a 582 two stroke & if so why did you stick with that instead of a 912
We have most of the schools and instructors at beasportpilot dot com at the locator in the upper RH corner. This is your best resource for LSA schools
Sandy,
There is no reason to train in a trike without a BRS. It adds a significant margin of safety and that is very important to me.
Lee,
That depends on if you are training for trike or airplane.
Trikes are generally 10 to 20 hours dual training for proficiency check and airplanes a little less.
It depends if you are traveling here and staying to get it, or live here and can do it over a longer period.
As a rule of thumb, 1 1/2 to 3 hpours per day and every other is optimum for the new student starting from scratch. Existing pilots can train more hours and closer days because they already have the skills for flying. If you are seriously thinking of training with me give me a call at 775 772 8232 so we can figure the best training for you.
Bill this is a good question with a simple answer. Initial Price. The 912 is $10,000 to $12,000 more initial cost than the 582 which is a perfectly good engine for flying trikes.
I follow your web and your teaching systems, excellent ! My airfield located in Chiang Mai,Thailand. I fly Microlight, In the future I try to fly fix wing. I would like to meet you in America.
Thanks a lot for every thing you give to aviation.
Your Faithfully
Krit
Thong Kwao Airfield
May16,2011
http://www.chiangmaiflying.com
Hi Paul thanks for having this Blog. I am looking at a sky raider It does not have a N# so it was never registered. Can it get registered and if so how much trouble would it be? I understand it has to be taken apart and then put back together is this true? Thanks Richard
Hi Paul,
I have watched several of your videos and I have been watching a tremendous amount of videos on flying trikes on You Tube. I am interested in possibly working on getting a license to fly a trike, but at this point am wondering what the cost would be. I live in Southern California so traveling out to where your training center is located would be doable for me. I am thinking of purchasing a FAR Part 103 trike, but I know I would need to get extensive some training before attempting to fly it.
Richard,
This is more than likely an ultralight that did not make the deadline. There is the 51% Homebuilt option which is pretty hard to get through, and the exibition rule where there are to many restrictions on flight so there is an old 2 place ultralight that doews not have an N number I recommend you do not put any money into it, it may be waisted.
I have some quidelines on what it costs to get a sport pilot license at: http://sportaviationcenter.com/pilot-training/wsc-trike-training-costs/ and an ultralight would be about half as much as a sport pilot.