Cornwall Aviation

[khedrei]

Not sure what a computer set up costs but I would think it would be more beneficial and not much more expensive to just go rent a single for a couple hours to get the procedures down, then a twin to finish it off. I doubt the sim at home will save you that much time in terms of hours on a plane.

[khedrei]

Ha. I won't even respond to the dribble. I'll stay on topic. I am well aware of who uses Sims and for what. He's also talking about MS flight sim with amature controls.

This person already has an instrument rating and likely already has a good foundation. I agree that Sims are very good for procedures. As I said, I don't know what a computer set up costs. Even with time on MS flight sim there will still be hours needed on a real plane. If it cuts down the hours by 2 is it worth it? By 3-4? There is a break even point. He can also fly in a red bird at a school for a couple hours. Could be cheaper than buying all kinds of controls, rudder pedals, etc.

I made a suggestion. I never claimed to know the answer for sure.

Keep being ignorant.

[CaptDukeNukem]

Nothing will substitute actual instructing time.

You can learn all you want from home. Means very little

[genetic jack hammer]

Wow! I haven't heard about Cornwall Aviation since the early 90's. Anyone here know what Glen French is up to? He did my my instructors rating back in the day.

[TeePeeCreeper]

Wow! I haven't heard about Cornwall Aviation since the early 90's. Anyone here know what Glen French is up to? He did my my instructors rating back in the day.

Glen is still there!

[newlygrounded]

Hi !
I’ve been at Cornwall Aviation as international student.

I didn’t even speak English at this time (still don’t ).
The fly school run constantly multi and single engine aircraft.
If you can hear about one flight school that has the most dynamic and reliable fleet of aircraft. It’s Cornwall. Maintenance is the best. They are on top of preventive and corrective maintenance. Reliable fleet. They work on the conservative side so it’s pretty good. I’d say as well regarding flying limit that they are conservative and that’s a good point over time. They would prefer seeing a student pilot taking the decision to cancel a flight rather than pushing their own limit in a crosswind and gusty icy wind. Safety first. You’ll have your whole life to enjoy the different aspect of flying.

Family business located in an uncontrolled airspace, so you will learn to fly uncontrolled right at the beginning. Ottawa and Montreal are 15/20 minutes flying away from it. So you’ll learn both. But you’ll be on the cheap side as you won’t have to pay fee because you won’t land or take off from there.
Some pilot may say that you won’t learn what it is to take-off and land in a controlled airport. If you want do to so, discuss to a responsible person at the flight school about your concern. I am not sure about Ottawa or Montreal landing fees. CFS and phone call. I’m not saying that they will let you to do so, but rather that they would listen to you and find a solution. They are human. That’s the good part from the school.

The better you are prepared, the better the experience will be for you. I’ve seen students that were truly committed and had zero experience before. Cornwall did allow them to move safely faster without letting other student behind. They have instructors to provide you support and occasional ground school to you, which is great. You still need to commit to open the book, do the flying chair, ask questions, study and repeat. Best advise: Target someone that has commitment regarding his flying career/hobbies, so you can build study, flying and responsible challenge (pushing each other to write the exam for instance). When I arrived as international student, they found me a local student around my age and at the same phase of training ish. We had great time, good study and memorable cross country. Experience couldn’t have been better.

Yes I did enjoy Cornwall. It was hard sometimes because I wasn’t speaking properly English and what I wanted to say could have been interpreted differently, but that’s on me and that what is like to immigrate and learn a new langage. Nevertheless they have been one the best moment I had in my life, which I would never forget.

The area is quit nice, especially around the airport and the waterfront. We are now in 2024 and I still believe that I had a training that was very cost efficient overtime. And.. I’ve meet wonderful and true friendship there. They have clients coming from everywhere and at different stages of their flying career. From the Ab initio student to the 5000h Float Beaver pilot deciding to get the MEIR or even the instrument pilot refreshing his skill with some IR PCC.

International student 1 years and half at Cornwall
Flight Instructor for 2 years at Cornwall.
Medevac King Air pilot for a year
Airline Q400 for a year
Airline 737 for a mainline in Canada.

Time went fast. Enjoy your training !
Thanks Cornwall, thanks to the Small family which has a big heart.

Congrats for taking all those huge steps! Sounds like you have a great career!

[nappo787]

I think the school's main issue is not actually Dave the owner, but the main flight examiner, completely unfair, I'd watch out for that

[TRex0615]

If three years ago counts as recent. I loved it, spent three weeks for my MIFR. Cost me about $14k if I remember with renting a room and food.

Hello there...how did you prepare yourself before you went there? Did you practice at home? Thanks!

[Northbound69]

Looking for anyone who's done Cornwall in the last 6ish months.

I was researching Cornwall Aviation and saw Dave on Facebook, so I clicked on the link and see that his main picture is him wrapped up in a Trump Flag.

Now I generally don't care about people's politics, you're entitled to your opinion, but I wanted to confirm with any recent grads that this isn't going to be one of those "grin and bear it" scenarios where I'll have to smile and pretend I want Canada to be the 51st state in order to pass.

Does this bleed into the instruction or does he keep that to himself?

[5x5]

This thread got me to do a quick look at Cornwall’s website and I noticed a page that I haven’t noticed on other school websites. It titled “Sexual Violence Policy”. I've never seen that before on other websites and I’m wondering if that's something all schools are going to be required to do?

[newlygrounded]

This thread got me to do a quick look at Cornwall’s website and I noticed a page that I haven’t noticed on other school websites. It titled “Sexual Violence Policy”. I've never seen that before on other websites and I’m wondering if that's something all schools are going to be required to do?

Not that I've had to read it but I've seen it at other flight schools in Ontario, might be part of the accreditation process?

[TurkeyFarmYQX]

Dave has always been a bit of character, but it won't affect your training. He's not involved directly in training.

[Northbound69]

Dave has always been a bit of character, but it won't affect your training. He's not involved directly in training.

Thanks!