Multi engine plane for PPL or Pilot Training

BTIZ wrote:
Barry... some of them in the 70s and early 80s may have done through "Hondo"
and it was in C-182s.. just to get up to solo.. I do not remember if they
had to solo or not.

That might have been it. For some reason, "53 weeks" rings a bell.

53 weeks at Hondo? Actually just 2 or 3.. and then maybe 53 weeks at
T-37/T-38 UPT
BT

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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BTIZ wrote:
Barry... some of them in the 70s and early 80s may have done through
"Hondo" and it was in C-182s.. just to get up to solo.. I do not remember
if they had to solo or not.

That might have been it. For some reason, "53 weeks" rings a bell.

Here's something I've never heard anybody say:

"My first solo was in a twin engine airplane."

"Kingfish" wrote in message
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I don't think there's any reg that says you can't, but why would you
want to? The PPL is tough enough in a fixed-gear single, why make it
more complicated by adding gear, props, and a second engine with all
the engine-out performance issues that go with it? The money you would
spend just on the PPL would be scary. I had one of my students ask me
about it years ago and we figured out how much it would cost just based
on the national average of 65-70 hours. It was almost double IIRC.
Chances are it'd take significantly longer to get the PPL in a twin so
that 65-70 figure is conservative. The cheapest twin around here to
rent - there's only one that I know of - is a Seneca I that goes for
$230/hr and with the MEI added is $275. Ouch. I do know of a guy that
did all his PPL training in a Bonanza (he had more money than God) and
it took him almost 100hrs to get it done.

wrote in message
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Sure you can. I trained a woman in a Beech Baron from zero time to her
PPL back in the 60's. Her husband had chartered me a couple times and
one day asked if I could teach his wife to fly the Baron. I told him
probably if she had a normal aptitude. So, he bought her one as a
surprise birthday present and hired me to train her. She did fine and
he still chartered me from time to time...in her airplane of course!!!
I trained a number of Japanese pilots in Piper Aztecs in the late 60's
and they were all very low time or zero when they started. Not a big
deal if you can afford it.

This is the second example I have heard of a woman doing her entire PPL in a
Baron. The first example was from a flight school near Edmonton, Alberta.
IIRC her family owned the aircraft and it would be what she would be mainly
flying after training so it made sense to do her training in it. The
instructor said she did very well and took only a little longer to complete.