neibert12

I believe Eddie George started when he was in the NFL. They would show the starting line up and each player would state the school he came from.

Most schools begin with "the". Such as The University of Michigan. For some reason it just took off when he said it. I'm still on the fence about it.

rotorhead1026

I've got one son who was just graduated from Purdue, and another boy at Ohio University (OU). Neither was / is in aviation, but I'll chime in and say that they are both fine choices. Despite my wisecrack above, I'll say the same for "The" OSU. I'll also say it's better, IMHO, to get an "outside" degree and get your ratings "on the side". BUT ...

my oldest son's degree is in in Mechanical Engineering and he might well be furloughed from Cessna soon (as an engineer), so you're not going to be immune from our Rock 'n Roll economy no matter what you do. Then again, he's got plenty of options - as a pilot with an aviation degree you will not have many. AND, by the time you're out and ready to go we might be in a boom time again. Who knows? Keep your health good, your options open, and do what you really want. If you get those covered everything else will work out.

rotorhead1026

I live near Cincinnati, safely away from campus but still full of those annoying alumni. The school administration would make noise whenever someone would refer to the school without using the "The". Very "affected" - as if they are the only university in Ohio. Many of the 'all-stars' now use "The" when they recite the school name on TV, etc. Ohio University (actually the first university in Ohio, IIRC) came out with a t-shirt that says "Ohio, THE State University".

My comments above are a dig at the administration only. It's a fine school overshadowed (to its detriment, I think) by a successful football team.

ftrflyboy

Here is the FBO that does training at KOUS

Capital City Aviation

crewdawg

Check out Kent State, they have a decent program. I looked at all the programs in Ohio and ended up going to Kent. Ohio U. has a very nice program but you are going to pay for it......that place is $$$$$. B.G. seemed like a dying program and was too close to home. I would have loved to have gone to Ohio State (I bleed Scarlett and Grey) but their program just didn't seem that great.

I'm going to preface this with, I am a Buckeye all the way.....but in reference to the OSU vs. THE OSU.....I've got nothing, I think it's lame as well! Although I love when people whine about it...

rotorhead1026

It's KOSU, Mr. Dyslexic!

crewdawg:
No whining here - it's more like belly laugh material.

Best regards ... "THE" rotorhead1026

museic

Hey...if your looking for a small, tight knit, and extremely effective flight school I would check out University of Cincinnati. Honestly the only thing that UC has to do with he program is giving you a diploma with their name on it and supplying a classroom. As far as your flight training and classroom time everything, and i mean everything is done by Sporty's (aside from like math classes and other required classes.).

They have a very nice facility and a small student body which helps when figuring out flight blocks etc. and everyone knows each other. It's not actually based at main campus its based at UC Clermont campus and clermont county airport (I69). The FBO is Sporty's corporate HQ/warehouse so when you have to buy stuff it's litterally down the hall to your right. You can also get a job working for them and get 50% off on all their merchandise.

You can start from scratch and be at CPL w/ ASEL/AMEL/CFI/II within two years if you try hard enough. The degree is an accociates of Aviation Technology but the nice thing is you can take a business option and transfer right down to main for a BA. If business isn't your thing you can always figure out a different route to take for a Bachelor...I know a couple people go to ERAU which is like 20 minutes north and finish up there for a Bachelor in aviation or even go to main for w/e they want.

If I was you i'd start comparing rental prices at the different schools your looking at...I've heard of some colleges charging as much as $200 an hour for a 152 which is insane.

As far as OSU i have a lot of friends that go up their and love it, It's a fun town. the other nice thing is that they are located on a towered field which is nice for the experience... it also has 4 runways so you'll always have a chance for a xwind take off. OU is a good school, kind of expensive and not much to do except drink. Seriously i know alot of people that have come back b/c their livers could not handle it. But Halloween is rated like #3 college party in the US...It's a blast but like I said everyone i've talked to friends who go their and they said all they do is drink every night. Their airfield is nice, it's a single RR Class Echo airport with an ILS.

WMU is a really really good aviation school, they kick ass every year at NIFA and they fly Cirrus's that were donated by Northwestern I believe...may be wrong about that but who cares they still fly Cirrus's and they are nice as hell. I think they have about 4000 aviation student's in various fields. Kent State is another school i'd look at.

hope this helps, if you have more questions about UC feel free to PM me...

Diver Driver

I might know you Museic, I graduated in 2005 over at Sporty's pilot mill.

crewdawg

Lol....Rotor, did not mean to insinuate that you were. I meant more my friends that I have to deal with on a day to day basis, Penn State/Clemson/Auburn guys. It doesn't bother me because I think it's dumb myself, but it allows for me to mess with my friends.


To the OP....go visit them all and make your own decision. You will get a better feel for what you like by visiting the school yourself.

Just remember to ask the most important question, "what is the girl/guy ratio at your college?"

MUSEIC: Been to OU for Halloween twice.....Kent is better!

rotorhead1026

No, no - no offense taken. BTW, OP has dived for cover. Might never see the guy again. After a dose of us, he's decided on accounting. Smart.

Ah, you DID learn something important. Speaks well for your edecation.

Hmmm ... questionable. Got any pictures?