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redundancy isnt the word I guess. its a safety feature.

I hear that some planes have a redundancy in the ignition system that makes it so if there is a broken wire on the mags it makes their circuit live at all times (my instructor said so about the cessna 150 we use) as a professional automotive mechanic I can say, in such a situation, anytime you...

so I was looking into schools just like you are only a short time ago, and it took me a bit to totally grasp how it really works. here's the break down: if you go to pretty much any school for aviation they charge you an inflated tuition for some parts of the program. Its about 450-650 per...

Thats really good though! I paid Curt Carter out of KOLD $85 an hour wet to use his C150 plus the $35 an hour instructor rate. maybe ill use UMaine's plane to solo to save money. Curt was a great instructor, I would certainly be friends with him otherwise, and he was great about advocating self...

I live in Old Town, I just spoke with Carter Aeroworks at Dewitt airfield about getting started. They rent a Cessna C-150L for $85 an hour wet and the flight instructor rate is $35 an hour How can I get info on using UMaine's planes?

Sounds like a good plan. Much better than going into immense debt. Although I know nothing about the job and housing situations of Nebraska

Kinda, it's more of an internship deal to get your hours from what I found.

That is actually hugely helpful. Thats the first time Ive seen any kind of useful list that includes tuition. I will do some more research on those schools!

I live in Maine, so east coast.

When you say "rely on others to finance you" you're making it sound as I expect someone to just gift me the money for this, which is inaccurate. Or you are saying that trying to get a loan to do this is immature? therefore the implication would be that everyone else who goes to school with...

I have never had a job that pays $15 an hour in my life. But I guess that is a good concept- just pay as you go for what you can afford. I wonder what the total cost would be doing it this way. and if it even would work out- I mean if it takes 10 years to get it done that would suck.

My grandfather is not a US citizen so he thinks he can't do the cosign. not actually sure on the truth of that but as long as he thinks it, it's final. and aside from him I can't really come up with much as far as credit worthy family members who I have a close enough relationship with to ask to...

Here's the deal: I have NO experience in aviation. Since I was young (younger than 5) I have always loved planes and anything related. When I was 18 I looked into going to become a pilot but found that its very unlikely to get any kind of employment in the field until you are 21-23. So I set it...