snaildrake
Well-Known Member
Once I learned the minimum cost of fixed wing instruction at $4-5,000, I thought I might fly sooner than 2014 (when my sons graduate from college) if I learned in a 3-axis ultralight. Casting around for instructors in New Mexico, I got this reply from the president of the Albuquerque ultralight club:
On the ulua.org training pages, the closest training sites listed that sounds relevant, "ACL: Aerodynamic (Airplane) Control Land," are in Glendale and Havasu City, AZ and Colo Springs, CO - and just a handful across the whole country.
I guess if you tell me I need 30 hours @ $140/hr no matter whether I fly a Kolb or a Cub or a 150, I'll just fly R/C or Flight Sim and hope I get reincarnated as a doctor. That would blow.
Thanks. Dan
"The FAA has killed three axis low cost ultralights by not allowing flight instruction. You can get sport pilot instruction in expensive sport planes."
The only ultralight instruction offered in NM is for trikes. This is demoralizing to say the least. Is this training deficit widespread? Has anyone else gotten 3-axis training recently, through a Sport Pilot program or otherwise? Did you have to travel? Is the FAA's intent that I give up until I can afford 50 hours for a private pilot's license?
On the ulua.org training pages, the closest training sites listed that sounds relevant, "ACL: Aerodynamic (Airplane) Control Land," are in Glendale and Havasu City, AZ and Colo Springs, CO - and just a handful across the whole country.
I guess if you tell me I need 30 hours @ $140/hr no matter whether I fly a Kolb or a Cub or a 150, I'll just fly R/C or Flight Sim and hope I get reincarnated as a doctor. That would blow.
Thanks. Dan