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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:06:43 -0800
From: Timothy Walker <timo@intergate.bc.ca>
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Qov wrote:

> I am going to learn to fly at Boundary Bay airport in Delta, BC, Canada.
> There are a number of flying schools there and no doubt a number of
> independent flight instructors in the area, too.  I walked around
> yesterday and talked to all the schools that had offices, and took one
> 'fam flight' in a Piper Cherokee (wheee!!).
>
> Two questions:
> 1) Does anyone have any recommendations or anti-recommendations for
> schools or instructors in the area?
> 2) How the heck do I assess an outfit, or even the guy/gal in the plane
> with me on the basis of 30 minutes in a plane?
>
> I now have 4 h dual (i.e. the fam flight plus the original 3.5 hours in
> the sky with a CFI friend, that got me hooked).  The guy who took me up
> in the Cherokee didn't really teach me anything, I mean, he answered my
> incessant questions, and pointed out that the controls were more
> sluggish during a climb, but he basically assumed (correctly) that I
> knew how to make the plane go up down left and right, and let me do
> that.

Hey

I did most of my training down at  ZBB. There are about 8 schools down
there.
I started flying at Centennial flying School then moved to Macleod to finish
my
commercial. I was really pleased with Doug Macleod. He is an old 20,000 hr
pilot.
why pay $45 an hour for some 300 hr pilot when you can have the experience
of
someone like that. He is really old school and tough but i learnt more from
him in a
hour then i did in my whole private.
Now i did my IFR with Professional IFR at Vancouver airport. This was really
well done
and lots of work but again really well done.
My advice..... Go to Macleod and do not be scared he is a really nice guy
and
never ever ever overcharged me. Not like centennial. They hosed me bad.
Sometimes Doug would only charge me solo time instead of dual. He just wants
to see
you get an avaition career!

--
Timothy Walker
Mailto:timo@intergate.bc.ca


