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atpwannabe said:
Just curious....what's the average number of hours flown per month?


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It all depends. I fly a Baron run that is scheduled for 2.8 hours per day but usually get nothing less than 3. I also know a C210 run that on average gets 4.5 hours per day. It is all based up which run you are on. Seriously, we have to be generic because nothing is set until you are on a run.
 
I just went thru the october 12th class. They were kind enuf to give me a little time to get some sim done and then finish flight training. Instructing for 2 years my scan needs just a tad bit of work. I'm going to oakland as soon as I finish. Any questions about training i'll be happy to answer. I am not sure they will be starting another class but on average this year they have had a class every 2 months. The sim check is pretty easy, a hold and an ILS allthough out of 16 that were there the first day only 8 passed the sim check.
 
FLX running classes and still 40+ starcheckers on the street. I can only hope there is no new be58 flying at flx.
 
mikecweb said:
FLX running classes and still 40+ starcheckers on the street. I can only hope there is no new be58 flying at flx.
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Nope, A buddy of mine got a call from the Net a few days ago. He was in the pool from a year ago. They want him to start updating his times. Possibly good news.
 
dbrault17 said:
If I had to guess I would say NDB flying. When I was there you had to know how to hold on an NDB and shoot an NDB approach. Triped up plenty of people.
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Dang, I haven't done any NDB stuff in a while...probably would have busted me too...need to get in a sim and do some practice.
 
dbrault17 said:
If I had to guess I would say NDB flying. When I was there you had to know how to hold on an NDB and shoot an NDB approach. Triped up plenty of people.
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Hey thanks for posting that. I'm almost at 135 mins and will be applying once I have them and they are looking. I have been staying current and doing holds and approaches but I haven't done/simulated an NDB approach for a while. I'm sure that they would have gotten me on that too. Thanks again for letting us know that.
 
mdspytko said:
Hey thanks for posting that. I'm almost at 135 mins and will be applying once I have them and they are looking. I have been staying current and doing holds and approaches but I haven't done/simulated an NDB approach for a while. I'm sure that they would have gotten me on that too. Thanks again for letting us know that.
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If you want to really get ready be proficent at a simulated instrument takeoff, climb to a few thousand feet, track a VOR, enter hold for a few turns, find another VOR or NDB and hold (enter the hold from all different directions). In the holds set a long DME say a few miles and practice stalls, slow flight, engine failures, steep turns, emergencies etc all while in the hold. Make timed and compass turns (simulated HI failure). Depart the hold for VOR, ILS and NDB approaches to aiports nearby. Go missed and track back to a NBD or VOR and enter the hold. Then do a few VOR arcs and NDB arcs. Rinse and repeat. Dont take off the hood till the six hours are up.

Thats pretty much what my whole flight training at FLX consisted of. I was able to take off the hood only long enough to make a refuel then we went right back up. Not much different then what I did in the sim with USA Jet.
 
dbrault17 said:
If you want to really get ready be proficent at a simulated instrument takeoff, climb to a few thousand feet, track a VOR, enter hold for a few turns, find another VOR or NDB and hold (enter the hold from all different directions). In the holds set a long DME say a few miles and practice stalls, slow flight, engine failures, steep turns, emergencies etc all while in the hold. Make timed and compass turns (simulated HI failure). Depart the hold for VOR, ILS and NDB approaches to aiports nearby. Go missed and track back to a NBD or VOR and enter the hold. Then do a few VOR arcs and NDB arcs. Rinse and repeat. Dont take off the hood till the six hours are up.

Thats pretty much what my whole flight training at FLX consisted of. I was able to take off the hood only long enough to make a refuel then we went right back up. Not much different then what I did in the sim with USA Jet.
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That pretty much describes the training and checkrides from Flight Express and both the airlines I have worked at. If you want to brush up on things like NDB's, holding, and arcs, I find using Microsoft flight sim is actually very helpful, and the price is unbeatable.
 
Michigan_Flyer said:
That pretty much describes the training and checkrides from Flight Express and both the airlines I have worked at. If you want to brush up on things like NDB's, holding, and arcs, I find using Microsoft flight sim is actually very helpful, and the price is unbeatable.
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Another good resource online for basic NDB intercepts, holding and tracking is Tim's Air Navigation:
http://www.visi.com/~mim/nav/

It's simplistic but it does help out.
 
dbrault17 said:
If you want to really get ready be proficent at a simulated instrument takeoff, climb to a few thousand feet, track a VOR, enter hold for a few turns, find another VOR or NDB and hold (enter the hold from all different directions). In the holds set a long DME say a few miles and practice stalls, slow flight, engine failures, steep turns, emergencies etc all while in the hold. Make timed and compass turns (simulated HI failure). Depart the hold for VOR, ILS and NDB approaches to aiports nearby. Go missed and track back to a NBD or VOR and enter the hold. Then do a few VOR arcs and NDB arcs. Rinse and repeat. Dont take off the hood till the six hours are up.

Thats pretty much what my whole flight training at FLX consisted of. I was able to take off the hood only long enough to make a refuel then we went right back up. Not much different then what I did in the sim with USA Jet.
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Thank you for that. Suprisingly, I feel pretty comfortable with pretty much all of that, though maybe not at the same time. I've never done stalls, or EP's while in the hold. Also not done an NDB Arc. Serious question though. Since the FAA is phasing out the NDB's, are the routes that Flight Express flying still have a lot of NDB approaches? I know they service some out of the way locations but I was just wondering. Thanks for the input to everyone, I really do appreciate it.
 
Best I recall I did two NDB approaches 'in anger' at FLX. But I was real glad they made sure I knew how on both occasions.
 
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