"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
...
"Jay Beckman" wrote:

Chandler AZ flying at Tailwind Flight Centre at Chandler Municipal
Airport
(KCHD)


Oh.
How have they developed since the buyout from the former owners (namely
Rick
w/Sunbird Flight Services)? Is John Martin still one of the new owners?
Say John
hello from Martin from Austria.


Martin,

From my experience there as a PPL student, I'd say they're doing ok. They
have two very nice 172SPs, 3 good 172M/Ns, 2 152s (I've not flown them...),
a twin Seneca, an Arrow and they just added a 182P on a leaseback.

As far as I know, the owners are a Father/Son with the last name of Guilfoy
(Tom Sr/Jr ... aka T1/T2.)

Instructor-wise, they've suffered a little bit of turnover of late but I
think it's more of a coincidence as it would seem that pilot hiring is
beginning to pick up some and one would expect the highest time CFIs to be
moving up the ladder, right? (If that is what they were wanting/waiting to
do...)


Do they still rent only to their students? If yes: what would you suggest
where
to rent from?


According to their website, no they don't rent only to students...give them
a call:

http://tailwindflight.com/tfc/index.htm

Kindest Regards,

Jay Beckman
Student Pilot - KCHD
29.4 Hrs ... Nowhere to go but up!