Blanche wrote:

driftingtrack wrote:
Hello. i just passed my PP ASEL checkride Saturday and find myself on
a business trip to beautiful Phoenix. Would anyone care to reccomend
a friendly flight school with a(some) decent/nice 172(s) where i might
take either a checkout and some solo time or a dual sight-seeing
flight?

Which side of town? On the west side, Glendale. On the east side,
drive down to Chandler (CHD) or FFZ. North side is Deer Valley (DVT).
Warning about DVT - lots, and I mean *LOTS* of training.

Yes, these are all good suggestions. I fly out of DVT and it does get busy occasionally, but all these
airports are very GA-friendly, and are all towered, so if you're comfortable with the communications, it's
no big deal. Our weather has been beautiful, so you're coming at the right time of the year. The valley is
very spread out and lots of road traffic, so I would second Blanche's recommendation to just go with
whichever airport is convenient. Otherwise you're spending all your time getting to the airport!

Have a good visit!

Mike