@@mhughes1160 - I totally agree with you. Only that you forgot to include Motor-homes in that list, they are the same, repairs, repairs and more repairs, just to keep them going, (ask me how I know that)... Just look at the couple of videos that Jimmy has in this channel with his RV.🤑🤑🤑 👈
Jimmy I AGREE, at 76 I bought a 1946 Ercoupe 415C. I got a local guy to teach me to fly it, the check ride was difficult to arrange, but doable. And now 2 years later I have a little airplane that I will fly for my aviation career and it's a hoot... I could go on and on but I will stop... keep putting out those videos...
I'm 26 and decided to go through with it right away. Taking the PPL will eat a lot of my free time and I'd rather do it before having kids. It's like buying a house - the best day to start is always yesterday
@@Review-This I’m 44 unfortunately I gave up on the dream a few years back. When I really wanted to fly have wanted to since I was 16. I was soo close but once I cleared my medical class 1 back in 2021 again PASSED. And the Faa sent me a nasty stating they needed it back due to me having anxiety at 17 years old haven’t had it since!!! So I gave it up and won’t fly ever again.
Jimmy, I'm a 42 Y/O man. And I've been watching your videos for a LONG LONG WHILE NOW. And want you to know that I personally have MUCH RESPECT FOR YOU Sir! God Bless and Godspeed 🙏
Too funny Jimmie, that is exactly what I did over 50 years ago. Bought a Luscombe 8A, got my license and sold the plane for more than I paid and covered my instruction.
50 years ago: when maintenance, insurance, real estate/hangar/ramp space, aircraft, fuel, instruction, etc was all 1/20th the cost it is now. Commercial flight schools were not as prevalent then as they are now, due to pilot demand. GA planes have skyrocketed in cost due to pilot demand / boom in flight training (supply and demand). Renting is normally 1/4 the cost of owning due to the volume flight schools fly to offset costs. Schools also have professional full time instructors who are proficient by flying 100-150hrs/mo in the exact plane they’re teaching you in - versus - a weekend warrior hobbyist instructor that is not proficient / safe in your make and model aircraft.
If anyone wants to fly at KBFD, there's a flight club. my dad's a cfi-i. and there's a VOR, and like, zero traffic. My dad got his license working at the Piper factory, back in the day. and my grandpa was a corporate pilot. Went to FL with piper in the late 90's as well.
Very good advice Jimmy. The key to flying is to get in the stream than to remain on the shore to watch. I jumped in and was willing to do anything just to be around airplanes. Years of work and a ton of money to get the ratings. The result was an enjoyable career with over 41 years flying a 737. It was worth everything for the time and effort.
Sport is the option that doesn't require a medical. Way different than ultralight. Lots of cool LSA planes to fly. Also with MOSAIC, sport is very attractive.
Jimmy, I needed this video 2 years ago. Thank you for preaching such sound advice. I went the 141 route and looking back at it, doing it your way is the best course!!!!!!
1:26 It is easy, unless you have had, say, a heart attack or have diabetes, then it is much more challenging. I’ve been waiting nearly a year to hear back from the FAA on whether I am cleared for a medical.
I learned to fly as a teenager. I worked at my local airport for flying lessons and time. It was free for me that way. You’re right! When things go wrong and the FAA (that’s here to help you) gets involved the first thing they do is blame the pilot. When that falls through they blame the mechanics, and when that falls apart they look to see what happened….this is somewhat sarcastic but close. 55 years as a pilot.😎🇺🇸
I'm in this process right now! Well, slightly different. I'm an APIA, so my plan is to get medical (check), pass written (almost ready), and work for CFI time. I currently have 20 hours "banked" with CFI who has a classic restored 172. After that, I'll be looking to buy a 182. PS careful about the engine "rebuild" vs "overhaul". There's a big difference....
Jimmy, I am 6ft4in, got my private in 1974 in a 150. My CFI was a big guy, I think between the two of us we were pushing the weight limit. I remember one time after pre-flight we were sitting in it and time to start the keys were in my pocket, I had to get out to get the keys. I took my check ride at Renton Washington, pattern and landing no problem, taxiing saw lights from the tower. Honestly thought it was part of the test, Tied the 150 down, took the oral, examiner watched me pre-flight, got in the airplane, started the airplane and discovered the battery was dead or dyeing. ( Reason for the lights from the tower) the examiner looked at me and said OK prop start. I freaked out, he did, passed the test, 50 years ago and I still remember my solo and that great understanding examiner.
Excellent video Jimmy. There is a guy in the UK who started out by washing aircraft at the weekend for free. This built up over the years, the owner paid for his PPL-A and now he flies passengers in Spitfires. As you said, Just Go Do It.
I did very similar but incurred one big obstacle, insurance, they wouldn’t cover me with low hours. I was fortunate to have an instructor that I showed as an owner.
When I started taking lessons in the early 90s my instructor took me up while he was doing fire watches. I received 3 or 4 hours of training for the price of one hour. If you can find something like that, it'll save you thousands!
I did 1000 hours instructing in the late 80's/early 90s, and i am now a 20,000 hr airline pilot. I've seen a lot of the industry. Every word Jimmy says in this video is gold. Get your medical and theory first. Learn in your own aeroplane, split it with others if you can't afford the whole thing yourself, explore seller finance, work on it yourself, find an older career instructor (watch out for shysters though). If you're in Australia a C210 family aircraft will give you hours on a useful (i.e. a first likely job) type rather than a piper. Then sell the aircraft.
Good advice! I learned to fly in our Pacer, my dad was the instructor, so it only cost me gas. (until we groundlooped!) Took my checkride in the FBO's TriPacer.
One thing to look out for is if you buy a pretty nice plane check to see if your state has "use tax". Basically the same as sales tax. If you buy a nice 172 for about 200k you could be looking at 16k in use tax if your state's sales tax is 8%. Also, check what insurance is going to be as a student pilot. Might be 2-3k. Property tax. Some states you need to pay property tax on the plane. Usually 1 or 2% of the value. On a 200k plane that would be 2-4k/year. Annual inspection. 2-3k if you're lucky for a 172. Hangar rental. $300/month depending on where you live. Tie downs $50/month? Unplanned Maintenance? If the plane has a GPS you'll need to update the databases. $500/year for Garmin stuff. Pitot static and transponder inspections about $300 every two years.
That the price for admision ticket. Annual's make you bleed money, especially on an older aircraft or very new complicated ones with turbo's and lots of bells and whisstles.
Very good to think about! If I was consulting with an aviation CPA this is probably what he/she would be telling me. In California I did pay a yearly property tax on my Cessna 152 before I sold it.
You would be jealous of me. I got my private in 1978, 21st of September, to be exact. It was in a PA 140 at the Army flying club at Biggs Feild in Fort Bliss. $8.00 an hour back then. I was also able to fly T41, Bird Dog, Arrow, and a 210 for multi training. Only had to miss the occasional dinosaur, lol.
The restriction on training in an experiment aircraft where a LODA (letter of deviation authority) was required, was eliminated 2 years after it went into effect. It still remains however if the CFI owns the aircraft or in aircraft offered for flight training.
When I learned to fly in the early 70's I went to a major private/corporate airport and my instructor was a former Alaska Bush Pilot. He was good. I also hung around another field known for the antique airplanes hangered there. In fact, a modern airplane might be asked to leave if an antique was looking for a hanger. Among the people in the FBO was Helen. I don't know her last name, but there were pictures of her standing on the top wing of a biplane her husband was flying during the barnstorming days. I flew with her a few times after I was licensed, she gave me my first biennial flight review and thought because I had a Bellanca Tripple Tail I was instrument rated. I was not, but passed anyway. On one flight she talked to me about making an emergency landing. When you are talking to someone who has done it 16 times you listen. She knew the Wright Brothers, and Charles Lindburg. I heard she was in a Hall of Fame, but I have not found one with her name yet. I wish people like that were around today. There is more to learn than the books will ever tell you. BTW, here is my favorite question to a flight insturctor: What happens when the flaps come on too fast? BTDT in a plane I was not flying, and I can tell you the airplane may stop flying. I thought I was dead, but the 1924 Fairchild finally took hold and I flew it back to the final approach myself.
I agree I’ve done some videos on the cost breakdown on my channel of rent vs buy and time to make it to a 100k or above job. We bought a cheap Grumman AA1B and my kids are at paying jobs 2 or 3 years before a degree and 4 year college.
Good advice. Remember when you are up in the air, and something goes wrong, you can't just pull over to the side of the road and check it out. Realize that when you fly, there is a higher likelihood of death and/or injury than there is when driving a car, even though statistically, air travel has less fatalities than auto accidents. (More people driving than flying.) It is always better to err on the side of caution and safety, because you might not get a second chance. All of this sort of reminds me of getting certified to scuba dive in that as a pilot or a scuba diver, you have your life literally in your own hands. Be the best you can be and that increases your potential for longevity. :)
I started in a Cessna 152 and my instructor was 6ft 6 inches!!! He made me a deal that he would cut 1/3 off of his instruction fee if I upgraded to a C 172. We did my instructions and I soloed at 14 hrs. Well, he transferred to Houston, Tx and I was left to find another instructor. I found an older man and WOW!!!!! what a crank he turned out to be!!!!! I did 4 more hours and all he did was badmouth my former instructor. I told him to kick rocks!!! I was so soured on him. Unfortunately, medical for my daughter interfered and I never finished. Now I am 74 and probably can't start over.....
For the writtens, I used both Gleim and Sheppard Air. The higher you score on the written, the less questions required to be reviewed by the DPE come checkride time.
I started the process of getting my PPL, when I went to get the medical, my blood pressure was slightly high, and the AME 'deferred' me to the FAA, that was 6 months ago! My blood pressure is normal and I don't take meds. Probably was a little nervous that day. I sent a certified letter to the FAA with my doctor's prognosis saying I'm normal but I'm STILL waiting for the FAA to give me a 3rd class medical. BEWARE, do everything you can to AVOID getting a deferral to the FAA if you apply for a medical. It's AT LEAST a 6 month delay, maybe longer!
Jimmy, that's a great approach - I did it the "traditional" way (flying school) but now I have my PPL, and I'm renting aircraft. Biggest problem: hangar space. I can probably afford to purchase an airplane, but the wait list for hangar space is over two years here in the Denver area. With the snow and hailstorms, I don't want an outdoor tie-down. Any suggestions?
I didn’t know that you could use an experimental aircraft for flight training. I’m glad to know that. I might be able to save some people a lot of money by loaning out my plane for training purposes. I wonder about the liability repercussions if they do something stupid and hurt themselves?
Question: I use a wheelchair and I drive a car with some modifications. Have you ever seen a plane with anything like that or do you know any pilot that is also a wheelchair user? I know the feet usually controls the rudder, but it can be moved, right? ;-)
I know a pilot who broke his back in a motorcycle accident and was able to have his plane modified to accommodate the inability to use his legs. There is also a woman who was born without arms and owns and flies her own plane. Ercoupe planes have rudder control coupled to the aileron control, so no need for rudder pedals.
having flown in the high sierras. on mexico to jackson hole and owned a 182 and T210 on dirt and pavement. proper airspeed on approach. know your plane and get instruction.
Btw even if you don’t sell the airplane you still made the gain on the airplane by offsetting the instruction w value of the airplane or by by offsetting the cost of renting school Airplane. Either way you win Airplanes almost always go up in value some faster than others but typically across the board airplanes go up Over time
I have a recent graduate child who got first job at Textron (Cessna). They will subsidize getting a private license and they have company employee aviation club that owns planes for you to use.
I have a question that hope I knew the answer to. I worked at lanceair (the faa aircraft) before cessna bought them in Bend Oregon. One of the perks was getting to go on test flights. I didn't log those hours as training. Should I have? I was left seat with a test pilot. I guess he shoulda known more than me.
I have to come to the defense of a 152 if Jimmy hasnt been in one... I started renting a Cherokee 140 and 172 and recently bought a 150. I'm 6' 2"" and 170lbs. Yes it small but honestly not that much tighter than the flight schools 172. My CFI is a good bit shorter than me and 180 lbs. If you haven't ever been in a small plane it may be worse at first. As long as you are not 6' 6'" or taller and/or decently overweight (Jimmy is neither) I think you will be okay. Obviously mileage may vary and temperature and time of year matter. I'm in not so cold NC and bought in September but its a great trainer and slightly more fuel efficient than a 172 (for training not travel)
All good advice JImmy, from the voice of experience. I have to admit I cringed several times seeing some of the junkers you got into. and I'm not referring to a German plane from WWII. Here are a couple training nuggets for you to chew on. The small FBO I worked for as a mechanic had a fairly nice Cessna 150 for a trainer. One customer learned to fly in it and was going to go to a distant airport for his final check ride. The check airman was a big guy, 6 foot 6 inches and around 235 pounds. We did a weight and balance with both of them figured in, and came up with it was legal to fly with MINUS .6 of a gallon of Avgas. Well, he went anyway and got it done. I guess if you can take off and handle that plane with that load, you were good to go as a licensed pilot. Another customer, a woman around 55 or 60 decided she wanted to learn to fly. I think we had a PA-28-151 at that time. After a couple lessons, our instructor left for a different state. A part time instructor took over and on the second flight with her, he told her "No more, you are going to kill yourself if you continue to try to learn to fly." He later told me she just got airborne off the runway and yanked back on the yoke. The instructor thought they were done for but he managed to get the yoke forward quick enough to see another dawn.
Buy into a partnership instead. At our airfield we had 4 students who bout a 150 for $35k. That's only $9k ea. Then sell your share to the next student.
I moved north to where NIMBYs are treated like they should be wrt aviaton especially military aviation, and it is wonderful (Sweden). Wish I could partake in this and make a dream come true, but this is where the process of getting a drivers license and lessons is a €2000+ affair in the interest of safety, even though it feels like nine out of ten jobs demand you have a B class license and your own car.
21:06 😂😂my wife bought me a discovery flight for fathers day and I got a Skyhawk 172. I’m not small by any means 6’1 atleast 350😬😬😬 well I got there the normal checks I close the door and Jesus I never knew how close I’d get to a random stranger he said I did very well especially holding altitude but damn was I all over that taxi way those small adjustments now seem so small now😂😂 if there was cones I was weaving in em.😂😂😂 first flight ever
im gonna get that crackhead intensity going on. thx man lmao i do like cessna 150's tho and im a big dude. do you really recommend experimental? if so-do you know of any that are similar to a cessna? tricycle and high wing. thx! huge fan of the videos and thanks:)
So with that, all being said, I would love to get my private pilots license to be able to fly a plane although I just don’t know how I would feel behind the controls of one. Would you be willing to take me up and let me hold the stick for a couple minutes
Jimmy l have been a private pilot since 1968 in Canada and have meet a pilot at my condo complex in Fla who has his private license but has no sight in one eye...this has totally stumped me as l have no idea how a person with no depth perception could pass a medical let alone land an aircraft...might you know how this would be possible?
I did that but with a hitch. I bought my first airplane for 1 bitcoin. Then sold it for 2 bitcoin. Then bought into a partnership in a faster airplane for 1 bitcoin. So before I had 1 bitcoin. At the end I had 1 bitcoin and an airplane. I got the airplane for free.
Crackhead comment was pure gold Jimmy!!! And thank you for all of the fantastic advice! This video just supercharged me to continue my aviation goals!!!🙏🏼
I can attest to the fact that 2 different planes of the same model fly different. I flew an old Piper Tomahawk trainer. Half way through my training the flight school bought a brand new Piper Tomahawk trainer. It was very different. I would disagree with doing all your training in one model. By flying a variety of planes you learn to adapt. There is consistency in the differences you learn to adapt to. Some planes mechanisms are tighter than others. Require more force to move the controls. That was the main difference between the 2 Tomahawks. Some planes are heavier than others. Some have more power etc. Practicing adapting means it's easier to adapt when you need to.
I dont think i could ever buy a plan unless it was around $500 im so glad. I have a Imagination cause if I didn't have that I wouldn't ever have anything.
21:18 Nonsense... I trained in a 152 and it was fine. I'm 5'10" and athletic build, my instructor was taller and heavier... I enjoyed flying that airplane. Funny when someone who admits that he has never flown in one is also sure that you should avoid it.
What Jimmy said is definitely not nonsense. I trained in a 152 back in 1988. Like you, I'm also 5'10" and my instructor was about 5'8". We were both slender to medium build. Our first flight was in a 172 and it was fine. The next day, as soon as we climbed into the 152, we knew it wasn't going to work. We had to take off our jackets to be comfortable. We literally sat shoulder-to-shoulder. You say you enjoyed flying the 152, but you failed to mention if you had someone next to you.
Thats why I'm so passionate about politics and involved as a journalist. The right to the Freedom of the Press is to hold our Government and those in it accountable and personally responsible for fulfilling their duties or suffer severe consequences. I love that you're involved with Hillsdale. I am so passionate about the Constitution as much as I am aviation. It's awesome that you made this video Jimmy.
Jimmy.....followed you since the beginning because i can't fly anymore (medical) and love flying I have been looking at sim flying instead. I want a sim with great GA planes singles or doubles prop.....not big jets.... and a sim, not a game. Do a video on sim flying. Software and software and computers. Keep it wheels down.
Go right now to www.hillsdale.edu/jimmy to enroll. There’s no cost, and it’s easy to get started.
Boats and airplanes the only thing Free refers to is the day you sell them and Free yourself from all the expenses of owning them . LoL 😂 👍
@@mhughes1160 - I totally agree with you. Only that you forgot to include Motor-homes in that list, they are the same, repairs, repairs and more repairs, just to keep them going, (ask me how I know that)... Just look at the couple of videos that Jimmy has in this channel with his RV.🤑🤑🤑 👈
Jimmy I AGREE, at 76 I bought a 1946 Ercoupe 415C. I got a local guy to teach me to fly it, the check ride was difficult to arrange, but doable. And now 2 years later I have a little airplane that I will fly for my aviation career and it's a hoot... I could go on and on but I will stop... keep putting out those videos...
I’m a student pilot and at 43 years old I kept putting it off and I’m so happy I finally decided to work on my PPL.
Im 41 and well on my way to becoming a professional pilot. FOLLOW Jimmy's advice! IT IS THE WAY!
I'm 26 and decided to go through with it right away. Taking the PPL will eat a lot of my free time and I'd rather do it before having kids. It's like buying a house - the best day to start is always yesterday
@@Review-This I’m 44 unfortunately I gave up on the dream a few years back. When I really wanted to fly have wanted to since I was 16. I was soo close but once I cleared my medical class 1 back in 2021 again PASSED. And the Faa sent me a nasty stating they needed it back due to me having anxiety at 17 years old haven’t had it since!!! So I gave it up and won’t fly ever again.
@@Review-This am 39, started last month 😊
Jimmy, I'm a 42 Y/O man. And I've been watching your videos for a LONG LONG WHILE NOW. And want you to know that I personally have MUCH RESPECT FOR YOU Sir! God Bless and Godspeed 🙏
Too funny Jimmie, that is exactly what I did over 50 years ago. Bought a Luscombe 8A, got my license and sold the plane for more than I paid and covered my instruction.
50 years ago: when maintenance, insurance, real estate/hangar/ramp space, aircraft, fuel, instruction, etc was all 1/20th the cost it is now. Commercial flight schools were not as prevalent then as they are now, due to pilot demand. GA planes have skyrocketed in cost due to pilot demand / boom in flight training (supply and demand). Renting is normally 1/4 the cost of owning due to the volume flight schools fly to offset costs. Schools also have professional full time instructors who are proficient by flying 100-150hrs/mo in the exact plane they’re teaching you in - versus - a weekend warrior hobbyist instructor that is not proficient / safe in your make and model aircraft.
If anyone wants to fly at KBFD, there's a flight club. my dad's a cfi-i. and there's a VOR, and like, zero traffic. My dad got his license working at the Piper factory, back in the day. and my grandpa was a corporate pilot. Went to FL with piper in the late 90's as well.
Hillsdale. . Good for you my freind that’s an awesome. Sponsor. Good stuff
Very good advice Jimmy. The key to flying is to get in the stream than to remain on the shore to watch. I jumped in and was willing to do anything just to be around airplanes. Years of work and a ton of money to get the ratings. The result was an enjoyable career with over 41 years flying a 737. It was worth everything for the time and effort.
Sport is the option that doesn't require a medical. Way different than ultralight. Lots of cool LSA planes to fly. Also with MOSAIC, sport is very attractive.
Yes. I think technically it's called a Light-Sport Aircraft.
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I've got my sport and we have a ctls. Very much looking forward to mosaic. 😊
Great Job Jimmy God Bless You & Let the Kids know about Civil Air Patrol
Jimmy, I needed this video 2 years ago. Thank you for preaching such sound advice. I went the 141 route and looking back at it, doing it your way is the best course!!!!!!
1:26 It is easy, unless you have had, say, a heart attack or have diabetes, then it is much more challenging. I’ve been waiting nearly a year to hear back from the FAA on whether I am cleared for a medical.
I learned to fly as a teenager. I worked at my local airport for flying lessons and time. It was free for me that way. You’re right! When things go wrong and the FAA (that’s here to help you) gets involved the first thing they do is blame the pilot. When that falls through they blame the mechanics, and when that falls apart they look to see what happened….this is somewhat sarcastic but close. 55 years as a pilot.😎🇺🇸
I'm in this process right now! Well, slightly different. I'm an APIA, so my plan is to get medical (check), pass written (almost ready), and work for CFI time. I currently have 20 hours "banked" with CFI who has a classic restored 172.
After that, I'll be looking to buy a 182.
PS careful about the engine "rebuild" vs "overhaul". There's a big difference....
Jimmy, I am 6ft4in, got my private in 1974 in a 150. My CFI was a big guy, I think between the two of us we were pushing the weight limit. I remember one time after pre-flight we were sitting in it and time to start the keys were in my pocket, I had to get out to get the keys. I took my check ride at Renton Washington, pattern and landing no problem, taxiing saw lights from the tower. Honestly thought it was part of the test, Tied the 150 down, took the oral, examiner watched me pre-flight, got in the airplane, started the airplane and discovered the battery was dead or dyeing. ( Reason for the lights from the tower) the examiner looked at me and said OK prop start. I freaked out, he did, passed the test, 50 years ago and I still remember my solo and that great understanding examiner.
Excellent video Jimmy. There is a guy in the UK who started out by washing aircraft at the weekend for free. This built up over the years, the owner paid for his PPL-A and now he flies passengers in Spitfires. As you said, Just Go Do It.
I did very similar but incurred one big obstacle, insurance, they wouldn’t cover me with low hours. I was fortunate to have an instructor that I showed as an owner.
When I started taking lessons in the early 90s my instructor took me up while he was doing fire watches. I received 3 or 4 hours of training for the price of one hour. If you can find something like that, it'll save you thousands!
I did 1000 hours instructing in the late 80's/early 90s, and i am now a 20,000 hr airline pilot. I've seen a lot of the industry. Every word Jimmy says in this video is gold. Get your medical and theory first. Learn in your own aeroplane, split it with others if you can't afford the whole thing yourself, explore seller finance, work on it yourself, find an older career instructor (watch out for shysters though). If you're in Australia a C210 family aircraft will give you hours on a useful (i.e. a first likely job) type rather than a piper. Then sell the aircraft.
Good advice! I learned to fly in our Pacer, my dad was the instructor, so it only cost me gas. (until we groundlooped!) Took my checkride in the FBO's TriPacer.
this is exactly what I did over 40yrs ago.Great advice
And just like a crackhead if you sell the plane you buy another to get another hit. 😂
One thing to look out for is if you buy a pretty nice plane check to see if your state has "use tax". Basically the same as sales tax. If you buy a nice 172 for about 200k you could be looking at 16k in use tax if your state's sales tax is 8%. Also, check what insurance is going to be as a student pilot. Might be 2-3k. Property tax. Some states you need to pay property tax on the plane. Usually 1 or 2% of the value. On a 200k plane that would be 2-4k/year. Annual inspection. 2-3k if you're lucky for a 172. Hangar rental. $300/month depending on where you live. Tie downs $50/month? Unplanned Maintenance? If the plane has a GPS you'll need to update the databases. $500/year for Garmin stuff. Pitot static and transponder inspections about $300 every two years.
That the price for admision ticket. Annual's make you bleed money, especially on an older aircraft or very new complicated ones with turbo's and lots of bells and whisstles.
Very good to think about! If I was consulting with an aviation CPA this is probably what he/she would be telling me. In California I did pay a yearly property tax on my Cessna 152 before I sold it.
Wow I wish I had known this 40 years ago when I got my private pilot license!!! Great advice Jimmy! Thanks!!!!
I'm a pilot student and endorsed to solo by the October 13th. Been enjoying solo flights
You would be jealous of me. I got my private in 1978, 21st of September, to be exact. It was in a PA 140 at the Army flying club at Biggs Feild in Fort Bliss. $8.00 an hour back then. I was also able to fly T41, Bird Dog, Arrow, and a 210 for multi training. Only had to miss the occasional dinosaur, lol.
@@paulendicott9151 $8 is ~$39 today, but that's still not too bad 😅
The restriction on training in an experiment aircraft where a LODA (letter of deviation authority) was required, was eliminated 2 years after it went into effect. It still remains however if the CFI owns the aircraft or in aircraft offered for flight training.
Great video Jimmy. I’d still love to get my PPL. Thank you for sharing what you’ve learned.
What a wonderful knowledgeable informational video. Loved your secrets to share with us. I am 46 and I am gonna get my PPL.
I took my flight training in a 152, after every lesson I was so happy drive my ultra roomy Smart Cat home!
I was fixed on every word! Thank you Jimmy!
When I learned to fly in the early 70's I went to a major private/corporate airport and my instructor was a former Alaska Bush Pilot. He was good. I also hung around another field known for the antique airplanes hangered there. In fact, a modern airplane might be asked to leave if an antique was looking for a hanger. Among the people in the FBO was Helen. I don't know her last name, but there were pictures of her standing on the top wing of a biplane her husband was flying during the barnstorming days. I flew with her a few times after I was licensed, she gave me my first biennial flight review and thought because I had a Bellanca Tripple Tail I was instrument rated. I was not, but passed anyway. On one flight she talked to me about making an emergency landing. When you are talking to someone who has done it 16 times you listen. She knew the Wright Brothers, and Charles Lindburg. I heard she was in a Hall of Fame, but I have not found one with her name yet. I wish people like that were around today. There is more to learn than the books will ever tell you. BTW, here is my favorite question to a flight insturctor: What happens when the flaps come on too fast? BTDT in a plane I was not flying, and I can tell you the airplane may stop flying. I thought I was dead, but the 1924 Fairchild finally took hold and I flew it back to the final approach myself.
Great video. Answered a lot I’ve things I have always wondered about.
I took both online courses. Checkride prep.Have Private Pilot lifetime Membership
I agree I’ve done some videos on the cost breakdown on my channel of rent vs buy and time to make it to a 100k or above job. We bought a cheap Grumman AA1B and my kids are at paying jobs 2 or 3 years before a degree and 4 year college.
The engine rebuild requirement is something I’ve never experienced. I’ve insured lots of high time engines with older rebuilds with no problems.
I saw the Lancair in Mcminville, right where you left it behind the museum
Good morning from Minnesota! Good episode
Good advice. Remember when you are up in the air, and something goes wrong, you can't just pull over to the side of the road and check it out. Realize that when you fly, there is a higher likelihood of death and/or injury than there is when driving a car, even though statistically, air travel has less fatalities than auto accidents. (More people driving than flying.) It is always better to err on the side of caution and safety, because you might not get a second chance.
All of this sort of reminds me of getting certified to scuba dive in that as a pilot or a scuba diver, you have your life literally in your own hands. Be the best you can be and that increases your potential for longevity. :)
I started in a Cessna 152 and my instructor was 6ft 6 inches!!! He made me a deal that he would cut 1/3 off of his instruction fee if I upgraded to a C 172. We did my instructions and I soloed at 14 hrs. Well, he transferred to Houston, Tx and I was left to find another instructor. I found an older man and WOW!!!!! what a crank he turned out to be!!!!! I did 4 more hours and all he did was badmouth my former instructor. I told him to kick rocks!!! I was so soured on him. Unfortunately, medical for my daughter interfered and I never finished. Now I am 74 and probably can't start over.....
For the writtens, I used both Gleim and Sheppard Air. The higher you score on the written, the less questions required to be reviewed by the DPE come checkride time.
Hey Jimmy! Don’t forget Sport Pilot. No medical. Planes are bigger than ultralights, and also have some legacy designs included in that category.
I started the process of getting my PPL, when I went to get the medical, my blood pressure was slightly high, and the AME 'deferred' me to the FAA, that was 6 months ago! My blood pressure is normal and I don't take meds. Probably was a little nervous that day. I sent a certified letter to the FAA with my doctor's prognosis saying I'm normal but I'm STILL waiting for the FAA to give me a 3rd class medical. BEWARE, do everything you can to AVOID getting a deferral to the FAA if you apply for a medical. It's AT LEAST a 6 month delay, maybe longer!
Great tutorial for the neophyte.
trudat!
I did the same to get my PPL in 2016 by buying a used SR20. Sold it, made money on and moved into a Cirrus SR22
very smart video. ive been telling people for years to do this.
Really like all your videos I own a Grumman fly with basic med
Learned on a Cessna 140. Yeah. Became an Aircraft mechanic in the Navy in 1976 till 1980.
P3 Orion. I became a CDI, Inspector .
Jimmy, that's a great approach - I did it the "traditional" way (flying school) but now I have my PPL, and I'm renting aircraft. Biggest problem: hangar space. I can probably afford to purchase an airplane, but the wait list for hangar space is over two years here in the Denver area. With the snow and hailstorms, I don't want an outdoor tie-down. Any suggestions?
I didn’t know that you could use an experimental aircraft for flight training. I’m glad to know that. I might be able to save some people a lot of money by loaning out my plane for training purposes. I wonder about the liability repercussions if they do something stupid and hurt themselves?
Wish I could meet ya, unfortunately I’ll be in Orlando with no room to spare, but I will be at EAA summer 2025!
... and naturally you forgot about Sport Pilots, and the upcoming MOSAIC changes
, Hello Jimmy That question for ya why do you have your license? Do you have to renew every five years and 10 years
once a pilot always a pilot :) (need to keep it current and medicals, but license never expires)
Thank you 👌
Question: I use a wheelchair and I drive a car with some modifications. Have you ever seen a plane with anything like that or do you know any pilot that is also a wheelchair user? I know the feet usually controls the rudder, but it can be moved, right? ;-)
check out the er coupe. ercoupe.com/story_6.php
I know a pilot who broke his back in a motorcycle accident and was able to have his plane modified to accommodate the inability to use his legs. There is also a woman who was born without arms and owns and flies her own plane. Ercoupe planes have rudder control coupled to the aileron control, so no need for rudder pedals.
@@kr6dr thanks!
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My wife and i tried it for her license. It didnt quite work out for her license but it is for mine and she gets to stay current
Back in 1982, I took my ground school at the local JC. Of course, that was before they started charging. I did pay for my books, however.😁
another nice video THANKS
What do you think about Verhees D2 kit plane?
It's fantastic
You didn't mention sports pilot just need a drivers license as medical
having flown in the high sierras. on mexico to jackson hole and owned a 182 and T210 on dirt and pavement. proper airspeed on approach. know your plane and get instruction.
Btw even if you don’t sell the airplane you still made the gain on the airplane by offsetting the instruction w value of the airplane or by by offsetting the cost of renting school
Airplane. Either way you win
Airplanes almost always go up in value some faster than others but typically across the board airplanes go up
Over time
I have a recent graduate child who got first job at Textron (Cessna). They will subsidize getting a private license and they have company employee aviation club that owns planes for you to use.
I have a question that hope I knew the answer to.
I worked at lanceair (the faa aircraft) before cessna bought them in Bend Oregon. One of the perks was getting to go on test flights. I didn't log those hours as training. Should I have? I was left seat with a test pilot. I guess he shoulda known more than me.
I have to come to the defense of a 152 if Jimmy hasnt been in one... I started renting a Cherokee 140 and 172 and recently bought a 150. I'm 6' 2"" and 170lbs. Yes it small but honestly not that much tighter than the flight schools 172. My CFI is a good bit shorter than me and 180 lbs. If you haven't ever been in a small plane it may be worse at first. As long as you are not 6' 6'" or taller and/or decently overweight (Jimmy is neither) I think you will be okay. Obviously mileage may vary and temperature and time of year matter. I'm in not so cold NC and bought in September but its a great trainer and slightly more fuel efficient than a 172 (for training not travel)
Clickbait title, but we still love you Jimmy!
THANKS A LOT
All good advice JImmy, from the voice of experience. I have to admit I cringed several times seeing some of the junkers you got into. and I'm not referring to a German plane from WWII. Here are a couple training nuggets for you to chew on. The small FBO I worked for as a mechanic had a fairly nice Cessna 150 for a trainer. One customer learned to fly in it and was going to go to a distant airport for his final check ride. The check airman was a big guy, 6 foot 6 inches and around 235 pounds. We did a weight and balance with both of them figured in, and came up with it was legal to fly with MINUS .6 of a gallon of Avgas. Well, he went anyway and got it done. I guess if you can take off and handle that plane with that load, you were good to go as a licensed pilot. Another customer, a woman around 55 or 60 decided she wanted to learn to fly. I think we had a PA-28-151 at that time. After a couple lessons, our instructor left for a different state. A part time instructor took over and on the second flight with her, he told her "No more, you are going to kill yourself if you continue to try to learn to fly." He later told me she just got airborne off the runway and yanked back on the yoke. The instructor thought they were done for but he managed to get the yoke forward quick enough to see another dawn.
I have thought of the seller financing when selling, but I am apprenhensive about how one secures a mobile asset. Any thoughts on that?
Nice great info 👨🏽🏫
I'm too poor to get a license for free 😢
Buy into a partnership instead. At our airfield we had 4 students who bout a 150 for $35k. That's only $9k ea. Then sell your share to the next student.
😂 That was funny.
I moved north to where NIMBYs are treated like they should be wrt aviaton especially military aviation, and it is wonderful (Sweden). Wish I could partake in this and make a dream come true, but this is where the process of getting a drivers license and lessons is a €2000+ affair in the interest of safety, even though it feels like nine out of ten jobs demand you have a B class license and your own car.
Jimmy all the books I saw where printable PDF, how do you order them for free?
21:06 😂😂my wife bought me a discovery flight for fathers day and I got a Skyhawk 172. I’m not small by any means 6’1 atleast 350😬😬😬 well I got there the normal checks I close the door and Jesus I never knew how close I’d get to a random stranger he said I did very well especially holding altitude but damn was I all over that taxi way those small adjustments now seem so small now😂😂 if there was cones I was weaving in em.😂😂😂 first flight ever
im gonna get that crackhead intensity going on. thx man lmao
i do like cessna 150's tho and im a big dude.
do you really recommend experimental? if so-do you know of any that are similar to a cessna? tricycle and high wing. thx!
huge fan of the videos and thanks:)
So with that, all being said, I would love to get my private pilots license to be able to fly a plane although I just don’t know how I would feel behind the controls of one. Would you be willing to take me up and let me hold the stick for a couple minutes
Jimmy l have been a private pilot since 1968 in Canada and have meet a pilot at my condo complex in Fla who has his private license but has no sight in one eye...this has totally stumped me as l have no idea how a person with no depth perception could pass a medical let alone land an aircraft...might you know how this would be possible?
Jimmy what does a calendared out jet engine mean?
I did that but with a hitch. I bought my first airplane for 1 bitcoin. Then sold it for 2 bitcoin. Then bought into a partnership in a faster airplane for 1 bitcoin.
So before I had 1 bitcoin. At the end I had 1 bitcoin and an airplane. I got the airplane for free.
this is a great video
Hey jimmy! I would love to know if if you have every heard of a pilot that was able to get a medical with past epilepsy episodes.
The magnitude of my extracurricular activities have always been regulated by my desire to not become homeless like a crackhead.
Crackhead comment was pure gold Jimmy!!! And thank you for all of the fantastic advice! This video just supercharged me to continue my aviation goals!!!🙏🏼
I fly a Powered Hang Glider. Technically an Ultralight per FAR 103. Hard to explain how it works but I have many videos on my TH-cam Channel ;-)
extraño al pastor Jimmy
I can attest to the fact that 2 different planes of the same model fly different. I flew an old Piper Tomahawk trainer. Half way through my training the flight school bought a brand new Piper Tomahawk trainer. It was very different. I would disagree with doing all your training in one model. By flying a variety of planes you learn to adapt. There is consistency in the differences you learn to adapt to. Some planes mechanisms are tighter than others. Require more force to move the controls. That was the main difference between the 2 Tomahawks. Some planes are heavier than others. Some have more power etc. Practicing adapting means it's easier to adapt when you need to.
I dont think i could ever buy a plan unless it was around $500 im so glad. I have a Imagination cause if I didn't have that I wouldn't ever have anything.
Very well said, Jimmy. How bad to you want to fly? Where there's a will there's a way!!
Carpe Diem! !! !!!
What about insurance
After attempting flying lessons I realized that owning the aircraft was the only way to go.
Does a gyrocopter need a liscence ?
21:18
Nonsense... I trained in a 152 and it was fine.
I'm 5'10" and athletic build, my instructor was taller and heavier... I enjoyed flying that airplane.
Funny when someone who admits that he has never flown in one is also sure that you should avoid it.
What Jimmy said is definitely not nonsense. I trained in a 152 back in 1988. Like you, I'm also 5'10" and my instructor was about 5'8". We were both slender to medium build. Our first flight was in a 172 and it was fine. The next day, as soon as we climbed into the 152, we knew it wasn't going to work. We had to take off our jackets to be comfortable. We literally sat shoulder-to-shoulder. You say you enjoyed flying the 152, but you failed to mention if you had someone next to you.
Any CFI in Arizona I’m a student pilot and would love to fly more then 1-2 hours a week I’m doing now
Sheppard Air doesn’t offer a study course for the private certificate.
Thats why I'm so passionate about politics and involved as a journalist. The right to the Freedom of the Press is to hold our Government and those in it accountable and personally responsible for fulfilling their duties or suffer severe consequences.
I love that you're involved with Hillsdale.
I am so passionate about the Constitution as much as I am aviation.
It's awesome that you made this video Jimmy.
I'll stick with flight sim 2020
Certainly don’t bother with MSFS 2024, at least not for another several months. Oof, what a disaster.
Jimmy.....followed you since the beginning because i can't fly anymore (medical) and love flying I have been looking at sim flying instead. I want a sim with great GA planes singles or doubles prop.....not big jets.... and a sim, not a game. Do a video on sim flying. Software and software and computers.
Keep it wheels down.
70 years old. 30 years a pilot with every rating available. NOTHING free! 3000 + hours
I've been trying to get in contact with you about pilot training. Niel should have forwarded my info to you.
I just saw a app in vr on quest 3 i might try it i think its $5 a hour to lean how to fly i can do that once i get caught up