Finally, i going to be a pilot...i hope LOL

[Lund]

Well, i'm finally registered in flight school. A 15yr dream and another possible achievement.
I'm starting my bush pilot program this spring and i'm very pumped about it.
I was just curious if there are any pilots on this forum and if they have any advise for me?

I'm also in the market of getting my own float plan, for starter a cessna 172, then maybe upgrading later. I have looked at 2 at our local airport for sale but non float.
By purchasing my own plan i cut the cost of instruction tremendously and that is the plan...owning my own to fly into remote lakes and coastal region's, that now take's to much time and fuel to truck my jetboat and boating it.

 

[whoDEANie]

Well, i'm finally registered in flight school. A 15yr dream and another possible achievement.
I'm starting my bush pilot program this spring and i'm very pumped about it.
I was just curious if there are any pilots on this forum and if they have any advise for me?

I'm also in the market of getting my own float plan, for starter a cessna 172, then maybe upgrading later. I have looked at 2 at our local airport for sale but non float.
By purchasing my own plan i cut the cost of instruction tremendously and that is the plan...owning my own to fly into remote lakes and coastal region's, that now take's to much time and fuel to truck my jetboat and boating it.

hopefully, grammar not require for driving plane. ...I just teasing, of course.

 

[Lund]

hopefully, grammar not require for driving plane. ...I just teasing, of course.

Ya i know my spelling and grammar suck. i try.

 

[Bnorth]

Wow congrats Mike, sounds like a blast!

 

[whoDEANie]

Na, I'm just picking on the title to your post.

Kidding aside, that sounds like a neat idea but doesn't really add up to me. Given the cost to buy, maintain, store, and fuel a plane, would it really be any cheaper to take lessons on your own plane? ...very curious since I've been dreaming about flying for quite some time too.

 

[Lund]

Na, I'm just picking on the title to your post.

Kidding aside, that sounds like a neat idea but doesn't really add up to me. Given the cost to buy, maintain, store, and fuel a plain, would it really be any cheaper to take lessons on your own plane? ...very curious since it's been dreaming about flying for quite some time too.

It's not if your not planning in buying your own plane.
The course will run you a better part of $15,000. This will include everything. In class instruction, instructor and rental of plane for the 50hrs of flight training.
The plane rent's out at about $300/hr, plane only. Instructor is $55/hr. These are APPROX number's.
I'm taking the course with Air heart aviation in Kelowna.
The cost saving for me is only in the fact i won't have to rent the plane.

 

[Lund]

Wow congrats Mike, sounds like a blast!

Thank's Brandon, Saturday fishing trip's to Azure lake might be possible after all and weekend salmon fishing on Vancouver island.

The crew chief at SAR's Vernon said they could use a pilot hahaha

 

[arff]

Congrats,,,I have a nephew and niece who are pilots.


One flies pasengers and and one for surveying around the world.

 

[X-Treme]

Na, I'm just picking on the title to your post.

Kidding aside, that sounds like a neat idea but doesn't really add up to me. Given the cost to buy, maintain, store, and fuel a plain, would it really be any cheaper to take lessons on your own plane? ...very curious since it's been dreaming about flying for quite some time too.

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[intmid8or!]

skidooing snowmobiling sledding

 

[tater]

skidooing snowmobiling sledding

I liked yamahaing the best!

 

[Bnorth]

It's not if your not planning in buying your own plane.
The course will run you a better part of $15,000. This will include everything. In class instruction, instructor and rental of plane for the 50hrs of flight training.
The plane rent's out at about $300/hr, plane only. Instructor is $55/hr. These are APPROX number's.
I'm taking the course with Air heart aviation in Kelowna.
The cost saving for me is only in the fact i won't have to rent the plane.

I'm missing something here. You say the course all in is $15k but then say the plane is $300/hr*50hrs is also $15k? So is it $15k all in or $30k all in?

 

[Lund]

I'm missing something here. You say the course all in is $15k but then say the plane is $300/hr*50hrs is also $15k? So is it $15k all in or $30k all in?

Depending if your taking the plane for an hour only at a time or book it for the whole deal and depending on which plane you decide to train on.
Here is their web site on basic pricing. You can work a deal also

 

[maxwell]

im confused. to me it looks like you need your private pilots licence first because you need a minimum of 40 hrs ground school and 45 hours flight training = 85 hrs before even getting into a float plane rating.....

to me it looks like that is a float plane only course and does not include your PPL.

or you already have that?

 

[Lund]

im confused. to me it looks like you need your private pilots licence first because you need a minimum of 40 hrs ground school and 45 hours flight training = 85 hrs before even getting into a float plane rating.....

to me it looks like that is a float plane only course and does not include your PPL.

or you already have that?

The course i going to go through cover's private licencing, it's included. The course will take me over a year to complete at best. The info is all on the website i posted or you can contact them to make your own arrangement's as i did to fit your's.

 

[tater]

That's awesome. Can you land on any lake with plane?? Be kinda cool to fly to friends houses on lakes all summer. Beats driving on the busy highways!! Good luck!

 

[maxwell]

That's awesome. Can you land on any lake with plane?? Be kinda cool to fly to friends houses on lakes all summer. Beats driving on the busy highways!! Good luck!

Maybe BC is different but there are float plane bans on certain Alberta lakes

 

[maxwell]

Or this guy which landed on the lake we live on. Float plane ban and smoked a rock. Didn't see it happen was there when I got home lol

 

[deaner]

Congrats. Ive been wanting to get my license for 15 years now. Shes an expensive hobby though so it keeps getting postponed.

A 172 is going to be a little light for floats isnt it? A guy is definitely going to need a lot of room to get it up and out.

 

[maxwell]

Congrats. Ive been wanting to get my license for 15 years now. Shes an expensive hobby though so it keeps getting postponed.

A 172 is going to be a little light for floats isnt it? A guy is definitely going to need a lot of room to get it up and out.

172 is a very popular float plane. maybe your thinking 152. in that case i dont think it would get off the water lol