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NFO after IFS to PPL
- Thread starter dbatt005
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Best time to do it is between IFS and starting API. Can't tell you how much in money or time b/c I didn't do it.
After you finish API, you may have some time in C-Pool, but there's no telling how much of a wait...
Once you start primary, you're not going to have any time to do it for a while... depending on how you select out of primary and intermediate... and even that's questionable.
Bottom line is that if you don't get it in A-Pool, you're gonna have to wait for a while.
After you finish API, you may have some time in C-Pool, but there's no telling how much of a wait...
Once you start primary, you're not going to have any time to do it for a while... depending on how you select out of primary and intermediate... and even that's questionable.
Bottom line is that if you don't get it in A-Pool, you're gonna have to wait for a while.
I started working on mine after I finished intermediate and was stashed in Pensacola for about two months. I need about 6 more hours but I moved to Norfolk and have been too busy with the Rag to finish up.
Obviously none of your primary and intermediate time counts just what you did in IFS.
Obviously none of your primary and intermediate time counts just what you did in IFS.
Most Navy IPs are not civilian CFIs. If the IP is and if he is willing to sign your civilian log book, then you can count it. But is this something you really want to ask him when you are supposed to be training as a NFO not for a PPL?
Really? For a CFI to give instruction, the aircraft has to be airworthy. Do military aircraft meet the FAA's definition of airworthy (when it comes to airworthiness certificate, federal registration, operating handbook and weight and balance)? Also, since the T-34 is a turboprop, that would require a civilian type rating. Do IP's have a type rating for the T-34? I don't think the military routinely gives out civilian documents (this would also apply to a complex, high performance and altitude endorsement).
What is the military's policy regarding this?
I got mine before the Navy, but you'll be looking at dropping around $5,000 these days for the full thing. Your IFS time can count towards it, but most schools will want you to start from the beginning to get a feel for things again. Then, once you progress through several flights, they may credit the time.
Look into the area flight schools and see what's available. Also, if you go to a base with a Navy flying club, I HIGHLY recommend using them. The prices will be better than any civilian school and you'll have the benefit of using the military airfield.
The -34C doesn't require a type-rating, it's just a complex aircraft. As for being "airworthy," I have no idea, but the FAA does count time in the T-34 (and presumably the T-6) as sufficient to earn an airmen's certificate. Unfortunately, this has zero to do w/ NFOs, since they don't get any of the benefits that pilots do w/ the FAA (as far as earning an assortment of ratings).
Navy aircraft may not call everything by the same name, but all the bits and pieces you mention about airworthiness are done w/in Naval Aviation maintenance.
