MES or Glider Rating
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Joined APC: Jun 2011
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Glider rating for sure. I just added mine on last month and had a blast doing it and you’ll also add some tools to your tool kit.
I plan to go back and do CFI-G and also try to really get a hang of some of the soaring techniques.
I plan to go back and do CFI-G and also try to really get a hang of some of the soaring techniques.
#5
Glider flying teaches you an amazing amount about powered flying that no purely powered flight instructor seems to know or pay attention to. Particularly the relation between L/D max and optimum holding speed (min sink, in glider speak), and max range speeds versus wind.
Joe
Joe
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Not discounting anything about the Glider rating, but I’d suggest AMES so you can apply to Seaborne Airlines. They are affiliated with Silver and fly twotters on floats in the Caribbean. That could lead to a fun flying job.
#9
15 years ago I did the MES on my ATP with Chester Lawson in his Widgeon. He has since sold the plane to another school in Alabama. The rate then was $420/hour dual, looks like the new school's rate is $1000. I flew 7.2 hours in 2 days (including, unfortunately, about 1.5 hours deadheading to and from the examiner.) A nice-handling plane and a fun experience. I did it with no expectation of ever using it; I just had a long-standing interest in the big flying boats (Spruce Goose, Boeing 314, Martin Mars, etc.) I had previously owned a Lake amphib for 4 years. You might find a cheaper rate at a school using the Twin Bee, but I wanted to fly a Grumman.
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15 years ago I did the MES on my ATP with Chester Lawson in his Widgeon. He has since sold the plane to another school in Alabama. The rate then was $420/hour dual, looks like the new school's rate is $1000. I flew 7.2 hours in 2 days (including, unfortunately, about 1.5 hours deadheading to and from the examiner.) A nice-handling plane and a fun experience. I did it with no expectation of ever using it; I just had a long-standing interest in the big flying boats (Spruce Goose, Boeing 314, Martin Mars, etc.) I had previously owned a Lake amphib for 4 years. You might find a cheaper rate at a school using the Twin Bee, but I wanted to fly a Grumman.
I definitely recommend going for the MES if it’s something you really want. Gliders for training will always be a dime a dozen. Multi-engine seaplanes, on the other hand, are becoming more and more scarce. Get it while you can!
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