Just Passed PPL

alan85

Hey lads/ladettes...

Just passed my PPL... Wanting to go on and hour build and do ATPL's.

Has anyone got any advice regards prices and where to hour build? Any clubs with cheap 2 seaters? What are the options for buying shares in aircraft? What are the pros and cons of buying a share? Preferrably I'd like to build up hours over a year or so alongside ATPL's. Not really wanting to go to USA and do it very quickly.

The other thing I'd like to find out is what should I aim to do in those hours to get the most benefit out of them? How do I push myself? I know I could do my 300nm x-country in those hours....

Thanks a mil in advance!

airvan

The way to push yourself would be to do more than one 300nm cross country. Go further afield to the UK and beyond. Flying around Ireland is easy compared to mixing it in complex airspace, particularly in the South of England for example. That's all good experience.

yaeger

Hey alan

I sent you a private mail (2 by mistake actually) .

All the best in what you choose.

pclancy

Congrats on passing!

Come to New Zealand to hour build. About 100 euro an hour will rent you a Cherokee to hour build in and see some amazing scenery

yermandan

Congrats dude

unclecessna

Congratulations on passing! I know that you said that you did not want to go to the states to do it but really flying in the states is a great way to build up comms skills with atc along with the plethora of airfields that are on offer to visit.

Flying in Florida for example you can fly into international airports serving jet traffic with ease unlike say Dublin and it is a great confidence boosting exercise for your flying skills and your decision making in flight.

But flying in any foreign country will give you valuable new experiences for your flying so seriously check out all the options. By all means do some flying in Ireland but try and set aside some hours for flying abroad if you can, the scenery is great here but our airspace is quiet compared to other countries and there is not a huge amount of airports to visit here unfortunately and those that are here can be expensive and not too friendly in some cases. Different is good.

piperflyer

Flordia an option, stay away from UK/European schools over there, to get good deals ring an FAA school. Usually have better aircraft also. Flying foreign is fine, doesnt matter really where you get your hours done. USA is cheap on paper, however some clubs right here in Ireland planes can be had for 115 per tach hour, about 90 euros an hour, and you dont have travel and keep costs. Flying in windy chanagable weather, landing at short fields is what flying in ireland is about, thats not bad in logbook!

unclecessna

piperflyer wrote: »

Flordia an option, stay away from UK/European schools over there, to get good deals ring an FAA school. Usually have better aircraft also. Flying foreign is fine, doesnt matter really where you get your hours done. USA is cheap on paper, however some clubs right here in Ireland planes can be had for 115 per tach hour, about 90 euros an hour, and you dont have travel and keep costs. Flying in windy chanagable weather, landing at short fields is what flying in ireland is about, thats not bad in logbook!

+ 1, although the weather changes far quicker and much more dramatically in Florida than it ever does in Ireland during the summer season I must say.

In the state of Maine one actually gets pretty much the exact same weather and winds as one does in Ireland believe it or not due to it's latitude.

One finds about the worst cross-winds there are in Texas. There are plenty of pitfalls for the unwary aviator in the USA - much more so than Ireland in my opinion.