Arizona pilot training

I live near the TFD VOR and E68 or EStrella sail port but work a few
miles south of SDL....

looking to complete private training anyone have any recommendations

is best e-mail plain text mail only please
JOHN

"jamoran" wrote in message
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I live near the TFD VOR and E68 or EStrella sail port but work a few miles
south of SDL....

looking to complete private training anyone have any recommendations

is best e-mail plain text mail only please
JOHN

Hi John,

Tailwind Flight Centre at Chandler Muni is a small operation but has good
(very good) Cessna 172s (a couple of M and N models as well as 3 fairly new
SPs all with the NAV II IFR package.) Chandler Air Center does the Piper
thing (but they have recently added a new 172SP to their fleet as well...)

Tailwind is in a state of change right now as they just lost three good
instructors to regional airline work (so I'm told...) but they have replaced
two of them and I'm told they are recruiting for two more CFIs to bring
their staff to a total of 6. They are an authorized Cessna Pilot Center
using the King/Cessna curriculum and materials.

Another option is Angel Air at Stellar Airpark (northeast corner of the
field) and they are a Cessna Pilot Center as well.

HTH,

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ

Jamoran,

I have rented from Arizona Flightworks at SDL. They seemed to be a very
solid outfit.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

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"Jay Beckman" wrote:

"jamoran" wrote in message
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I live near the TFD VOR and E68 or EStrella sail port but work a few miles
south of SDL....

looking to complete private training anyone have any recommendations

is best e-mail plain text mail only please
JOHN

Hi John,

Tailwind Flight Centre at Chandler Muni is a small operation but has good
(very good) Cessna 172s (a couple of M and N models as well as 3 fairly new
SPs all with the NAV II IFR package.) Chandler Air Center does the Piper
thing (but they have recently added a new 172SP to their fleet as well...)

Tailwind is in a state of change right now as they just lost three good
instructors to regional airline work (so I'm told...) but they have replaced
two of them and I'm told they are recruiting for two more CFIs to bring
their staff to a total of 6. They are an authorized Cessna Pilot Center
using the King/Cessna curriculum and materials.



What does Tailwind charge for 172 time?

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
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What does Tailwind charge for 172 time?

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Unfortunately, they just bumped the hourly rate up to $110/hr a couple of
weeks ago.

IMO, it's still a competitive price per hour (IIRC, Chandler Air rents their
new SP for $120-125/hr...) but it's fueling my interest in flying clubs
right now.

Regards,

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ
(Former MI Resident, FWIW...)

Jay Beckman wrote:
Unfortunately, they just bumped the hourly rate up to $110/hr a couple of
weeks ago.

IMO, it's still a competitive price per hour (IIRC, Chandler Air rents their
new SP for $120-125/hr...) but it's fueling my interest in flying clubs
right now.


Good God! Here I was feeling sorry for myself having to pay $85-95 an hour,
depending on whether the bird had GPS or not. I can remember paying $37.50 an
hour for a C-172 years ago.

I feel your pain.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

Yep makes me really appreciate a 40/hr Champ!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech


"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote in message
. com...
Jay Beckman wrote:
Unfortunately, they just bumped the hourly rate up to $110/hr a couple of
weeks ago.

IMO, it's still a competitive price per hour (IIRC, Chandler Air rents
their
new SP for $120-125/hr...) but it's fueling my interest in flying clubs
right now.


Good God! Here I was feeling sorry for myself having to pay $85-95 an
hour, depending on whether the bird had GPS or not. I can remember paying
$37.50 an hour for a C-172 years ago.

I feel your pain.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote in message
. com...
Jay Beckman wrote:
Unfortunately, they just bumped the hourly rate up to $110/hr a couple
of
weeks ago.

IMO, it's still a competitive price per hour (IIRC, Chandler Air rents
their
new SP for $120-125/hr...) but it's fueling my interest in flying clubs
right now.


Good God! Here I was feeling sorry for myself having to pay $85-95 an
hour,
depending on whether the bird had GPS or not. I can remember paying
$37.50 an
hour for a C-172 years ago.


When was that?

I remember paying $18 (1979, club, or $22 from the FBO...WET) and that was
for fairly new stuff.

"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
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"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
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What does Tailwind charge for 172 time?


Unfortunately, they just bumped the hourly rate up to $110/hr a couple of
weeks ago.

IMO, it's still a competitive price per hour (IIRC, Chandler Air rents
their
new SP for $120-125/hr...) but it's fueling my interest in flying clubs
right now.

Geezmineeze!! $84-96 for 172's here, and those are 2001's down to 1996's.


--
Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

To comfort you all a little, I have to pay here in Germany about $170/h for
a C172 ...

K.-H.