mrjones30 Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Posted May 10, 2012 Quote: Antares If you're in St. Pete and are dead set on a Mooney, unless Parker's willing to help you with your PPL, I would recommend Bill A. at Bay Air at Albert Whitted for primary instruction. He's an excellent pilot, instructor, and owned a Mooney M20J for quite a while, so he may be able to offer you some pointers and help you to transition. I did look into Bay air, they are having lease issues with the city right now so as of today I'm considering Cams at KPIE Thank you
mrjones30 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Report Posted May 11, 2012 So, I decided on not going to Mooney Mart tomorrow and sitting in a Mooney just yet. Right now my time should be better spent obtaining my PPL. I'm getting the King Schools course in the mail tomorrow and I'm going to absorb it like a sponge. Has anyone had any experience with Kings PPL course? What did you think of it? Thank you
FloridaMan Posted May 12, 2012 Report Posted May 12, 2012 I think you should fly. Regardless of Bay Air's lease status, your training is transferrable and I recommend Bill over an unknown instructor. Even if Bay Air loses their lease, which I still think is unlikely, the instructors will likely not go far. As far as the King Schools goes, if you can get past the jokes, they're pretty decent, but are better as supplements to time spent flying the airplane.
DaV8or Posted May 12, 2012 Report Posted May 12, 2012 Quote: mrjones30 So, I decided on not going to Mooney Mart tomorrow and sitting in a Mooney just yet. Right now my time should be better spent obtaining my PPL. I'm getting the King Schools course in the mail tomorrow and I'm going to absorb it like a sponge. Has anyone had any experience with Kings PPL course? What did you think of it? Thank you
David Mazer Posted May 12, 2012 Report Posted May 12, 2012 Had it. Used it. My kids used it. It is good since it is self paced and has all the information you need but it can be a little dry.
mrjones30 Posted May 13, 2012 Author Report Posted May 13, 2012 Quote: DaV8or Good plan. Focus on the license for now. Learn to fly in somebody else's airplane. My only exposure to the Kings courses was a sample video I watched when I started and I met them once at an AOPA convention. At the time when I was going for the PPL, I decided I learned better from a book and chose not to use their tapes. I used the Jeppesen book (my favorite) and the ASA book. I never atteded any ground school to pass the writen, just used the books and the test prep book. However, today it wouldn't surprise me if somebody isn't offering an online course. That would be the best of both worlds. Kind of a book with videos. Have you looked into online courses? No I haven't but Kings videos are learn at your own pace so that will help me out even more. Also what I do is record the teaching on a CD and play it in my car so I can hear it over and over again.
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