"Robert Simpson" wrote in message
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This is a newbe question from someone who is thinking about beginning
flight training.

I see it took about 9 months from first flight to solo, 7 more months to
the check ride and about 26 months total to accumulate 200 hours and
begin IFR instruction. Is this pretty close to the time it usually takes
to get to these milestones?


There is certainly a fatigue factor involved -- and sometimes a student
(in any curriculum) needs some time to absorb or digest the information
gained by a lesson. More practically, it depends on how much money and time
you have available and -- to an unmeasurable extent -- how fast you learn
the material presented.