Bush Bum, sounds good to me, lol! I may fly Cargo or Flight Seeing Tours for another organization when I first move up there but my goal is to have my own guide service or become a Registered Guide and work for a Master Guide for a while.

I have my own business right now and I do some hunting in Alaska from time to time. Most of my hunting experience is in the lower 48 but when I lived up there from 05 to 07 I did quite a bit of DIY hunting. (Black Bear and Moose).

I run my own media business on the side right now called Full Exposure Outdoors Television. (Apple and Android)(Soon Web and Roku). So this isn't something I just dreamed up one day.

I was going to get my Private License while I was stationed at Ft. Richardson but ended up having some medical issues that were thankfully corrected by a procedure. (Flight Medical is not in jeopardy!)

The way a lot of the instruction is done here in Colby, (by what I was told by my main instructor) is you get a main instructor but you can fly with anyone of them that are available when you want to go fly. Right now there are 3 instructors and only 2 students. (I would be the third.)

The Cessna is $80 an hour wet. The Piper is $95 an hour wet. Plus each instructor is $40 an hour when you are getting instruction.

I'm getting the Sporty's Video Training done first so I can pass my written before I fly. So I hope to begin flying in July some time. I'm hoping I can complete the training in 3 to 6 months. One of the students that is flying SOLO and only has one more Check Ride left stated he was able to complete the training for $4200.

He also stated that he used all 3 instructors during the training and each had their ups and downs but if he didn't understand something from one the other two could usually help explain it to where he could understand.


Thanks again for the responses and advice. I'm looking forward to learning more.