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Post by Edelweiss air »

Hi everyone
I will be starting ground school on Sept. 19 and I was wondering whether I should start my flight training now or wait until the spring due to the fact that the weather becomes quite bad in winter. Now should I start now and get about 10 hours done before the weather changes or should I wait for spring? Thanks for your input :D

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YOu should start now and that way you will get the weather experience for every season. It also depends if you want to fly commercially or just be a fair weather pilot....
Good luck....
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Post by Edelweiss air »

Wow Thanks for the quick reply :!: Yeah thats a good point I never thought of that. The only problem that I was thinking of was that I would get quite rusty and forget alot of things when I would be grounded for a long period of time.Thanks again
More thoughts and suggestions welcomed
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Post by Highflyinpilot »

I agree winter can be bad, but it can also be very good, nice calm winds, crisp air, good A/C performance. I really enjoy flying in the winter time.
I dont think there is any reason to stop flying because of the winter months. even if you only log a few hours every 2 weeks or so during the winter, those few hours will be nice.
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Post by niss »

Fly during groundschool...things will make more sense......i did my ground school 4 years ago and only now am I really flying.. I did a bit here and there and alot when I had my co-op at the airport but I think it would have been better to learn in the air at the same time as you learn on the ground.
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Post by Servisair »

When I started my training it was winter time. I was still able to get up once or twice a week
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Learning how to fly with crappy weather around is good for deciphering METARs and TAFs.

The instructor asks you, "What's the weather like? What are our minima to go flying at the school? What about legally, what could we get away with?"

Then when the written comes up, you'll know wierd shit like FROIN.

I say- no better time than the present!

Good luck! Let us know how it goes!

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Post by mellow_pilot »

Winter is an awesome time to fly. You'll probably have an easier time booking a/c because so many people pansy out of the cold. Get a good pair of boots and get flyin'!

Good luck and safe flights.
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Post by Edelweiss air »

Wow thanks everyone for replying I guess I will start now :P :lol:
Thanks again everyone :!:
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Post by RatherBeFlying »

It's much better to do your first taxis, takeoffs and landings on ice and snow covered runways with an instructor.

You also get more exposure to crosswinds.

Don't forget good boots.
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Post by cyyz »

Sept and October are not winter....

And thanks to global warming you probably won't see snow(except 1 or 2 dumps in Dec) until January.

How often will you be flying anyways?

What are you trying to achieve??? CPL-multi-ifr?

Most flight "colleges" start in Sept, so obviously, they think it's the "best" time to start....

Night comes early, so you'll be able to get the Night Flying done...

Flying during any season has it's "ups and downs" your plane is sluggish in the summer, better in the winter, snow on the ground in the winter, rain in the spring...

And if you're gonna do the ground school now, why wait 3-6 months to start flying??
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Post by Edelweiss air »

Thanks for your input Rather and YYZ.
I just plan on obtaining my PPL . So I won't be doing any night flying just yet. Anyways I am going to book my first lesson for next week seeing as everyone recomends I start now :D
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Post by Mike1209 »

I'm also starting my PPL in the next couple of weeks and was wondering the same thing. These guys are right though.... there are a good number of crisp clear days in the fall/winter months where lessons would be great.
I just hope that these Cessnas and Pipers have good heaters..

Speaking of that... I am trying to figure out what I want to train in. I've flown a Piper Archer before and loved it, but never done the C150/172 thing. My feeling is that low wing are a little better for being more forgiving during landings and low speed work. What do you guys think? Would you say that the low wing Piper would be a better go??


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Post by justplanecrazy »

If you're just getting a private licence to fly around occasionally on, get it on the aircraft that you enjoy flying most. There's a lot of room for personal opinion there but if you're thinking about purchasing talk to someone like Cat, he seems to know performance numbers for every plane that's left the pavement. One thing to think about is you'll be able to go anywhere in the world and rent a C172 but a Piper archer is probably a little more difficult to find. They're both easy to fly.
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