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Originally Posted by TXaviator  i emailed mike this morning early, but havent heard back yet. |
Sorry for the delay...got your e-mail and will call you this evening. To those interested:
UFC has 2 152's, 2 172's, and 1 182RG. The insurance on the 182RG requires 10 hours in type. The club is awesome with great rates, but the planes will break a little more often than the pricey guys next door.
Austin Academy of Aviation: Too expensive. Nice planes though.
Stenger: Haven't heard anything from them in a while, but they were an outstanding group when I flew with them.
There's a few other options at KAUS now. There's another flying club with an Archer, C140, and Cirrus called "Step Up Aviation." I don't believe they require membership, but the prices are high.
There's another school at Signature now that has diamonds. Also pricey, and Diamond airplanes suck.
Adventure Aviation finally died it's long and painful death.
Wright is still around with C172SP's I think.
Pilot's Choice...good mx and a lot of planes to choose from. Most of their avionics are horrifying, as is the CFI pay. Mostly traumahawks and Archers, a few 172RG's, a Bonanza, Duchesses, and an Eclipse.
Yes...GA around here is struggling a bit. As a previous poster mentioned, Bird's Nest is on its way up though. They paved the runway a few months ago and put in a terminal building. Fuel should be available now, but I haven't made any full stop landings out there to be sure. 2700X25' runway...awesome.
The Flying Club is definitely my recommendation for around here.