The morning sessionwas very short. Grass was soaked and we had no wind. This is typicall for am. Wind started to pick up around 8 am and grass dried a little. Jim took off and had a half decent flight. Mark also had one pretty good flight. Wind sterted to gust up badly so that […]
COST OF MY PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE: 62 hours dual training – $ 50.00 for instructor per hour, $ 135.00 for aeroplane with fuel per hour + HST = 209.05 then 209.05 X 62 = $ 12961.10 for dual training 35.9 hours solo at $ 135.00 per hour + HST = $ 152.55 per hour then 152.55 x […]
I got the morning off but not really, the paramotors needed some cleaning and some basic maintenance. Done!
OK, it’s here. I can pile up bunch of people in an aeroplane, fly it down to Bahamas and enjoy some extreme island hopping… I can do that, because I just got my private pilots license! I would like to thank my instructors Chris, Scott and Conrad and everybody else at the St. Catharines flying club […]
Andre, A “week of hell”…. But all worth it; bruised battered, fatigued, frustrated and amazingly HAPPY ! Your training program was very well thought out and was easily adaptable for each students progress/abilities. I found moments of major stress because everything I would do (under your direct instruction) was with two left hands. But then, as […]
Halfway through the course Brent had a rather rough landing. It was a combination of things. He started to pull breaks too early, I told him to release and he released to abruptly. This got combined with a “hole” in the air thus provided for quite harsh lending. Like most of us would, Brent did […]
Getting ready – 7 am Dave in the air Dave’s famous puddle landing 7:15 pm – Brent getting ready David strapping in It has been almost a year since I have seen Loawrence the last time. He basically needed to refresh on hook up to the paraglider In for both are forward and reverse position […]
Here is Dan in simulator I have 3 guys booked for the June 14 and there is no more room.