High Altitude Endorsement

ozziecat35

ozziecat35

4 out of 5 great lakes prefer Michigan.
How much should I expect to pay for a High Alt. endoresement? Would it be realistic to try and do a high performance endorsement at the same time? Thoughts are appreciated.
 
Do not pay for a High Alt endorsement. This endorsement should be included in any initinal training/type rating if needed.

As for high performance go rent a 182 and get it that way if you really NEED it. But again unless its a requirement for a job, dont pay for it.
 
Well, I may very well have the possibility to get a part time gig flying a 421 for a family member's boss. It's all very vague right now with no details pegged out, so I guess that is something that can be discussed. Thanks.

I can get a 182RG for 170/hr for the HP sign-off, so that shouldn't be more than 300 or 400 bucks.
 
ozziecat35 said:
Well, I may very well have the possibility to get a part time gig flying a 421 for a family member's boss. It's all very vague right now with no details pegged out, so I guess that is something that can be discussed. Thanks.

I can get a 182RG for 170/hr for the HP sign-off, so that shouldn't be more than 300 or 400 bucks.
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If you are going to get a checkout in the 421 the instructor should be able to sign you off for the high performance and high altitude also. All part of the checkout.
 
Murdoughnut said:
I got it in the 738 sim for $100 because I was already there and it seemed like a cool thing to have in the log book.
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Was that during your upgrade or recurrent somewhere? Sorry I'm not familiar with your current situation.
 
Murdoughnut said:
I got it in the 738 sim for $100 because I was already there and it seemed like a cool thing to have in the log book.
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So did I, the ATOP program was a really neat experience. It was hilarious as well, seeing the level D sim dominate even some experienced CFI's that were there at the program with me several years ago.

Is Wayne still doing that program?

Edit: I'm an idiot, just saw the link you posted. haha
 
Apophis said:
So did I, the ATOP program was a really neat experience. It was hilarious as well, seeing the level D sim dominate even some experienced CFI's that were there at the program with me several years ago.

Is Wayne still doing that program?

Edit: I'm an idiot, just saw the link you posted. haha
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ATOP was an awesome experience, and Wayne was seriously one of the coolest people I've ever met. Funny thing was that we were a group of 200 hour private pilots, and one Navy Hornet driver, and the kid who showed us all up had 60-hours total.
 
Murdoughnut said:
ATOP was an awesome experience, and Wayne was seriously one of the coolest people I've ever met. Funny thing was that we were a group of 200 hour private pilots, and one Navy Hornet driver, and the kid who showed us all up had 60-hours total.
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I wonder how much Flight Sim had to do with it?
 
Murdoughnut said:
ATOP was an awesome experience, and Wayne was seriously one of the coolest people I've ever met. Funny thing was that we were a group of 200 hour private pilots, and one Navy Hornet driver, and the kid who showed us all up had 60-hours total.
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Yep. I think I had like 250 hours and a wet commercial at the time I did it. Some of the emergencies he was giving us were pretty intense. He gave me an engine fire/failure just before V1 on my first takeoff attempt. I actually did pretty well on that surprisingly.

I distinctly remember one poor dude hand-flying, clearly task-saturated to his eyeballs. The stick shaker and bank angle warnings were go off continuously. It was almost funny.

Really great program though, worth the 5 c-notes I dropped on it for sure.
 
The high altitude will come with your C421 insurance required checkout.

Spend the cash on spin/ aerobatic training. It's more fun, more beneficial for the immediate. You're more likely to spin a light single than fly a light single at FL 250.
 
Also any kind of 135(and I'm sure 121) initial or recurrent checkrides in an airplane that would require the high alt endorsement qualifies as a high alt endorsement.
 
Apophis said:
Yep. I think I had like 250 hours and a wet commercial at the time I did it. Some of the emergencies he was giving us were pretty intense. He gave me an engine fire/failure just before V1 on my first takeoff attempt. I actually did pretty well on that surprisingly.

I distinctly remember one poor dude hand-flying, clearly task-saturated to his eyeballs. The stick shaker and bank angle warnings were go off continuously. It was almost funny.

Really great program though, worth the 5 c-notes I dropped on it for sure.
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Agreed - best $500 I ever spent. Here's a video I took of when Wayne gave the 60-hour kid I mentioned that same engine fire scenario. Navy guy is in the right seat and I'm in the jump seat here filming. You can get a good sense of Wayne's sense of humor here...

 
Murdoughnut said:
Agreed - best $500 I ever spent. Here's a video I took of when Wayne gave the 60-hour kid I mentioned that same engine fire scenario. Navy guy is in the right seat and I'm in the jump seat here filming. You can get a good sense of Wayne's sense of humor here...

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Haha Wayne is a good guy, met him at Sun n Fun a couple years ago. Stayed in contact since and am heading to Orlando this summer to do my high alt endorsement and get humbled in the sim.
 
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