Just completed a float rating with Ocean Air in Victoria. Excellent all around. David Budd went out of his way to accomodate me even though my time had to be cut short he made sure I got the rating done. Great guy, good instruction.

There is at least one private flight school that maintains their planes to very high standards. Stratford Flight Services...two older C150's, a five year old C172 and a darn near brand new C172 glass panel G1000. Always clean and up to date...and any issue promptly taken care of...reasonably priced ...

Reminds me of the days when our revolver club would invite the local police to a falling pin match. One cop actually had rust on his .38 when he drew it out of the holster. Could TC buy a proper bush plane and pay an inspectors salary to employ a float pilot to ferry them about...or would that gener...

wrenching and offroading my 1958 land rover
riding my motorcycle in the summer
working out
mountain biking
long range rifle and handgun shooting
restoring my schoolhouse
daydreaming about closing my construction business and flying for a living, er well flying anyways

Interesting thread. I completed my ppl less than a year ago, and I am about halfway thru my cpl. My first instructor was great...excellent teacher, very enthusiastic about flying and supportive. Loads of positive reinforcement mixed with just enough strong "what the hell are you doing..." when it wa...

I feel like an interloper here, but I have to say this is the best thread on any forum by a long shot. It's not helping me study for my commercial exam, but the pictures are amazing and the comments very interesting. Cheers.