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Ramblings about flying for fun and profit


Flight Training Summit

  • You Want to Learn to Fly. But… Part 1

    An informal survey by AOPA on their eBrief newsletter asked individuals why they had quit their flight training before getting their pilot’s licenses.The results of the survey, shown here, indicate that by a huge margin the biggest barrier to completion is the "Expense of renting and aircraft and receiving instruction."  At about the same time…