Awesome deal on PPL!

[USMC-SSGT]

check this out--> http://cgi.ebay.com/Private-Pilot-Li...QQcmdZViewItem

If I didnt already have my PPL or I was a student somewhat near the area or even not I would scoop this up in a New York Minute

$4595.00 (if the auction ends at that)

45 hours $4595.00/45= $102.11 per hour

This includes housing and all materials needed for the course...
Even if housing cost $20/night that would be $280.00 which would bring the hourly rate down to $95.88 per hour

Subtract all books and exam fees say a conservative $75.00 for all books and E6B and then another $250.00 (real low checkride estimate) we are now at $88.00 per hour

Say you get 20 hours dual at a low instructor rate of $30.00/hour that is $58.00/hour wet for a cessna 172 which you will find nowhere

Then what I think is one of the best options is the option, which I would have taken, is a chance to see somewhere different (albeit Kansas) for two weeks rent free, live out of McDonalds and PB&J sandwiches and it is an awesome chance to get away for a bit. If I went there for my Private I guarantee I could have talked desert into taking me out for a beer one of those nights too (8 hrs prior of course)


Ok enough of this random rant.....I have no association with White Air at all, and I never heard of it until last week and I do not know Desert besides this site but I saw that auction while looking for an airplane and decided to crunch some numbers....some of you should seriously consider this deal

[SkyHawg]

Where are you planning on getting your commericial ratings?

45 hours seems quite small. What if it takes 60 hours for you to go on your checkride?

[USMC-SSGT]

Originally Posted by SkyHawg

Where are you planning on getting your commericial ratings?

I will either finish my commerical at my local FBO in SoCal or when I move to Florida after the Mil I am fairly close so it shouldnt be too big of an issue

Originally Posted by SkyHawg

45 hours seems quite small. What if it takes 60 hours for you to go on your checkride?

Students that require additional time or training to complete the course are subject to additional fees for aircraft rental and housing. If you have further questions please contact us at van@flywhiteair.com

I dont personally feel it would take longer then 45 hours though. It is an accelerated program and I feel over a two week period your average motivated student should not have a big problem completing the license. There are many schools that promise the 40-45 hour deal in the accelerated format and follow through with the promise

[desertdog71]

Originally Posted by USMC-SGT

I will either finish my commerical at my local FBO in SoCal or when I move to Florida after the Mil I am fairly close so it shouldnt be too big of an issue



I dont personally feel it would take longer then 45 hours though. It is an accelerated program and I feel over a two week period your average motivated student should not have a big problem completing the license. There are many schools that promise the 40-45 hour deal in the accelerated format and follow through with the promise

Glad to see that the ebay is working a little.

You would get charged the block rate of $70 an hour for additional time. I finished in 42 hours and we have had several private students finish at that number. It of course depends on you. You need to study and apply yourself, but you will get done at right close to 40 hours.

[frog_flyer]

Hey Van, get something with that price for the IR (with the 50 xc ) and you'll get a bid from "lowpricesplz"

[heading180]

Humm.. is that an old beech travelair next to that 172? Well, to answer your question, I believe it can be done. I got my multi in about 6 hours, where the school I currently work at requires 20 something, including a x/c in the Multi!!

It was one of those fixed price things, $995 guranteed multi down in Dallas at Redbird Airport. Although we only got about 6 hrs flight time, we spent all day at the facility for about 5 days, usually 8-9 hour days. Studying in groups, sitting in a Mock Up cockpit going through checklists and procedures. If you think about it, procedures are half the battle (power settings, airspeeds, when to do what etc.. So, if you "chair fly" ALOT, and apply yourself, then when you get in the plane to do .. say a stall recovery you will know the procedure from working in a mock up, and not burning up the ozone and your pocket book trying to remember when to take out that last notch of flaps while in the actual plane.

On another note, I get a bit of criticism (sp) about my multi in 6 hrs from these Mavricks down here that think they are a jet pilot after a few hours in a Seminole. "How can you be a safe multi pilot in 6 hrs?" Well, it was 6 hours of single engine op's. I mean, afterall, isn't that what you mostly train for, Single engine ILS and all that jazz. We didn't spend gobs of time working on dad gum slow flight on every lesson, or steep turns. Generally, a Commercial Instrument Pilot doesn't need an additional X/C or 5 hrs of training on steep turns and 5 hrs of training on slow flight/stalls. I mean, It's all the same, just has another engine out there.

Oh.. then I went and flew with a friend and logged about 30 hrs in a C-340 and a bit in a Cheyenne.. FREE!!

[desertdog71]

Originally Posted by heading180

Humm.. is that an old beech travelair next to that 172? Well, to answer your question, I believe it can be done. I got my multi in about 6 hours, where the school I currently work at requires 20 something, including a x/c in the Multi!!

Its a Twin Comanche, and yes if you apply yourself you can do your PPL in 45 hours and you can get your ME in under 10 hours.