Private pilot license??

[A4sForever]

.....it is not unheard of to get a PPL in 60-70 hours, and even in some part 61 programs.....

Bullsh!t .... that's complete Bullsh!t. GET THEM OUT OF THE COCKPIT!!!

If you can't get one in 40 hours or less ... you are dense .... you are permanently behind the power curve ... you do NOT belong in the air.

You will NOT like flying with me as Captain with you as a crewmember.

P.S. ... I got mine in < 40 hours ... you HAD to .... FIP circa the '60's ... it was all the NAVY would pay for ...

 

[HighDimension]

Bullsh!t .... that's complete Bullsh!t. GET THEM OUT OF THE COCKPIT!!!

If you can't get one in 40 hours or less ... you are dense .... you are permanently behind the power curve ... you do NOT belong in the air.

You will NOT like flying with me as Captain with you as a crewmember.

P.S. ... I got mine in < 40 hours ... you HAD to .... FIP circa the '60's ... it was all the NAVY would pay for ...

A4s, I wish I could have had you for my CFI back in the day.

 

[Steve Wilkins]

Soloed in 8, passed my checkride at 42....spent $2500

 

[eddie]

I'm pursuing my PPL in the glider catagory, one of the biggest loopholes in the FARs.

Who the hell refers to a glider rating as a PPL?

 

[Gatordev]

Ahh, but A4's, I can give you a perfectly valid reason why one (say, me for example) couldn't do it in 40 hours: not old enough. Of course, Nikolas' loophole does help w/ that.

 

[skipio]

Besides the ARCO prep books, can anyone recommend a book or two on basic aviational knowledge that would be relevant for the test? Links would be great...

 

[redmidgrl]

Eh, I got mine in more than 40 hours, but I had to wait until my 16th birthday to solo, and for my 17th birthday for my FAA check ride... At the time, I also didn't know I wanted to fly for the Navy or any of that... it was just a hobby

and to think I could have been spending that money at the mall like the rest of the girls at that age...

But, back to the subject at hand -- you do NOT need hours to do well on the ASTB ~Red

 

[webmaster]

A4s, I wish I could have had you for my CFI back in the day.

What do you mean back in the day? For the love of god, I would pay good money to watch the CRM videotape of A4s handing many of you "wet behind the ears wannabes" your over inflated internet googled/wikipeda "knowledges" with a brutal checkride or heck, even an instrument check!!!

HD, not directed at you per se....

 

[HighDimension]

What do you mean back in the day? For the love of god, I would pay good money to watch the CRM videotape of A4s handing many of you "wet behind the ears wannabes" your over inflated internet googled/wikipeda "knowledges" with a brutal checkride or heck, even an instrument check!!!

HD, not directed at you per se....

Understand completely, I would probably learn a lot if A4s didn't throw me out of the plane.

 

[MasterBates]

If he gave you a chute, you passed.

If not, you were not destined to fly.

Just incase you are able to fly, that is the other way to pass his check.

 

[Tom]

Who the hell refers to a glider rating as a PPL?

Here's how it works in certification of airmen.

Pilot certificates:
Sport
Recreational
Student
Private
Commercial
ATP

Certificate categories:
Airplane - Single engine land, single engine sea, multi engine land, multi engine sea
Rotorcraft - Helicopter, Gyrocopter
Glider
Powered Lift (Osprey anyone?)
Lighter Than Air
Airship

Certificate rating:
Instrument Airplane
Instrument Helicopter
Instrument Powered Lift

Certified Flight Instructor certificate ratings:
Instrument - Airplane, Helicopter, Powered Lift
Airplane - Single engine, multi engine
Glider
Rotorcraft - Helicopter, gyrocopter
Powered Lift

This means that a PPL can be fit under a large area of aircraft. The secret of getting a glider is hidden in the wonderful world of regs. If someone were to get a private pilot glider and then want airplane single engine not as many hours are required.

 

[joboy_2.0]

Bullsh!t .... that's complete Bullsh!t. GET THEM OUT OF THE COCKPIT!!!

If you can't get one in 40 hours or less ... you are dense .... you are permanently behind the power curve ... you do NOT belong in the air.

You will NOT like flying with me as Captain with you as a crewmember.

P.S. ... I got mine in < 40 hours ... you HAD to .... FIP circa the '60's ... it was all the NAVY would pay for ...

I'll go ahead and notify the FAA that you said they should lower their required hours to get a PPL from 40 to...oh...how many hours did it take you?

 

[A4sForever]

I'll go ahead and notify the FAA that you said they should lower their required hours to get a PPL from 40 to...oh...how many hours did it take you?

39 hours (logbook) ... and be sure and let me know what they say.

 

[nittany03]

I'll go ahead and notify the FAA that you said they should lower their required hours to get a PPL from 40 to...oh...how many hours did it take you?

Incidentally, it's 35 hours minimum under Part 141, oh Mr. Know-it-all.

 

[Cobra Commander]

Besides the ARCO prep books, can anyone recommend a book or two on basic aviational knowledge that would be relevant for the test? Links would be great...

Gliem Private Pilot Test Book, and the Jepp Private Pilot Manual. Its all you'll need. You could always go somewhere and go through ground school. I don't know how expensive that would be but if it might help to have someone who is experienced explain some of the information. I didn't do that, just throwing it out there.

Buy the Jepp book off half.com and save yourself some big bucks.