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Veronaut · February 21st, 2002, 20:59

Chunk-

Welcome to FSI. I did three six month tours in Okinawa with the Marines in the early '90's (Camp Hansen). Anyway, about your questions, everything here at FSI is pretty much self-paced. There are some that come here, fly all day & night & are out of here quickly. Some are making a career out of being a student here. It all depends on your motivation (& things such as marital status/kids etc). I'm married with a little girl, so I don't fly on weekends, but I am still able to move through quite rapidly. I have passed up some of my instructor's students who have been here longer than I have.

As far as drilling in the Reserves, go for it. Your instructor just won't schedule you on your drill weekends & you can get a leave of absence for your two week drill. One of my instructor's other students did that (I'm no longer in the service).

ERAU does offer college classes here at FSI, but unfortunately I don't have all of the particulars on that. I keep meaning to check in about it, as I am not too far from my BS, but just haven't done it yet. I'm finishing stage 2 right now, but I'm doing as much prep for the instrument training as I can to be as prepared as I can. Redoing a lesson dual in a Seminole can be quite expensive, so I want to avoid that.

In the mean time, if you have some time to do some reading, I highly recommend "Stick & Rudder" by Wolfgang Langeweische (sp? it's not in front of me right now) & "The Instrument Flying Handbook" which is like the Airplane Flying Handbook, but for IFR. The Inst. Handbook is required reading, while "S&R" is not, but "Stick & Rudder" will definitely make you a better overall pilot. In my estimation, it should be required reading for all pilots. Good luck to you, thank you for your service to our Country, and I look forward to seeing you here in Vero Beach.

February 21st, 2002, 20:59	#10
Veronaut Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Not in Vero anymore... Posts: 65	Re: coupla questions for current FSI dudes and dudettes Chunk- Welcome to FSI. I did three six month tours in Okinawa with the Marines in the early '90's (Camp Hansen). Anyway, about your questions, everything here at FSI is pretty much self-paced. There are some that come here, fly all day & night & are out of here quickly. Some are making a career out of being a student here. It all depends on your motivation (& things such as marital status/kids etc). I'm married with a little girl, so I don't fly on weekends, but I am still able to move through quite rapidly. I have passed up some of my instructor's students who have been here longer than I have. As far as drilling in the Reserves, go for it. Your instructor just won't schedule you on your drill weekends & you can get a leave of absence for your two week drill. One of my instructor's other students did that (I'm no longer in the service). ERAU does offer college classes here at FSI, but unfortunately I don't have all of the particulars on that. I keep meaning to check in about it, as I am not too far from my BS, but just haven't done it yet. I'm finishing stage 2 right now, but I'm doing as much prep for the instrument training as I can to be as prepared as I can. Redoing a lesson dual in a Seminole can be quite expensive, so I want to avoid that. In the mean time, if you have some time to do some reading, I highly recommend "Stick & Rudder" by Wolfgang Langeweische (sp? it's not in front of me right now) & "The Instrument Flying Handbook" which is like the Airplane Flying Handbook, but for IFR. The Inst. Handbook is required reading, while "S&R" is not, but "Stick & Rudder" will definitely make you a better overall pilot. In my estimation, it should be required reading for all pilots. Good luck to you, thank you for your service to our Country, and I look forward to seeing you here in Vero Beach.