Where can I take pilot lessons to learn how to fly an airplane? I was going to take pilot lessons here in Florida to learn how to fly an airplane but since it is looks like I am going to try to live permanently in Santo Domingo, I probably could take pilot lessons to learn how to fly an airplane in the Dominican Republic. Furthermore, a private pilot's license/lessons here in the USA will run anywhere from 4000 to 8000 us dollars. It is probably more reasonably priced in the DR. Are there any flight schools in Santo Domingo that could help me fulfill my lifetime dream of being a airplane pilot?
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Where can I take pilot lessons to learn how to fly an airplane?
If you don't need to know how to land, there is a big discount at the Mujahadeen Flight School. 
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I suspect it must be Lambada as this is ONE way of earning RD $60,000 per month. Either that or joining one of the cartels to move their contraband around. Maybe he is thinking of becoming the Dominican Republic's FIRST Flying Doctor/lawyer/Engineer (see previous posts for Live_for_Life's experience in these professions folks). :ermm::surprisedWould this be for a commercial licence in order to obtain employment as an airline pilot?
If you take that house at the Military airport Live_for_Life, I bet you could get almost FREE flying lessons by making a 'Friend or Two'. ~ Grahame.:cheeky:
I was anxiously waiting what new post would LFL come up with! He certainly did not disappoint again!!
Didn't do a search, did he?
http://www.dr1.com/forums/living/15197-private-pilots-licence.html
Course that info is 6 years old so needs checking.
I'll be back with a link for broomstick flying licences when I find it.
http://www.dr1.com/forums/living/15197-private-pilots-licence.html
Course that info is 6 years old so needs checking.
I'll be back with a link for broomstick flying licences when I find it
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If you are truly serious about learning to fly then stick to the USA and it's numerous Flight Schools. That's the only place you will learn to fly in a profesional manner.
I seriously doubt if there are any decent flight istructors in the DR who truly have the insight of aviation in a sufficient amount to be effective.
Besides, it will be much cheaper to learn in the states or in Europe.
Texas Bill
If you are truly serious about learning to fly then stick to the USA and it's numerous Flight Schools. That's the only place you will learn to fly in a profesional manner.
I seriously doubt if there are any decent flight istructors in the DR who truly have the insight of aviation in a sufficient amount to be effective.
Besides, it will be much cheaper to learn in the states or in Europe.
Texas Bill
Just FYI............
..........there used to be a billboard on the entrance road to the Santiago Airport that advertised a flight school............never paid much attention to it and don't remember the name............
..........there used to be a billboard on the entrance road to the Santiago Airport that advertised a flight school............never paid much attention to it and don't remember the name............
Would this be for a commercial licence in order to obtain employment as an airline pilot?
No, I want my license to fly my own private jet one day.
Such negativity ! I do not sell drugs nor do I take drugs. I barely drink any cerveza Presidente nor Anejo Brugal nor Ron Ponch when I am in the Dominican Republic for personal health reasons. Whoever wrote the above comment proceeding my comment sounds about educated as white Americans here in the USA who accuse all African Americans (i.e. men like Presiden Elect Obama) that they must sell and take drugs. I encourage all white people who live on planet Earth to get some education and true knowledge about people who are non-white. Ignorance is divine but stupidity is bliss. I plan to spend as little time with gringos when I move to the Dominican Republic in a month or two.
Can I ride in the back seat?
Yes, you can ride in the back seat for 1000 us dollars per hour
The jet I hope to purchase one day is a Beechcraft Premier IA light business jet. I might let you even bring a piece of luggage or two along Keep the gringos away however.
Who knows..... maybe one day you can buy your own business jet if you save enough pesos on your generic Cialis!
t'
Oh, ....... Are you African American then? Sorry I didn't realise that I had to watch what I said in my reply so as not to upset your sensitivity. I thought my reply was good for 'Gringos' as well as 'African Americans'? (BTW, why is an extranajeros negro not still a 'Gringo'?).
I wish you well earning enough money down here so as to be able to afford your dream plane - RD $100,000 per month is not going to be enough unless you save 80% of it & that is WITHOUT your mortgage on the property in San Isidro (or wherever). ~ Grahame.
In that case, don't even think about getting your flight training in the DR.
Go to a flight school in the States, get your Private, Commercial, Insrtument and Type Ratings (you'll need a type rating to act as Pilot-in-command of any pure-jet powered aircraft), build up your flying time, then buy yourself a Cessna Citation (you can fly one of those "single-pilot" without a co-pilot).
Don't "Poor-Boy" your flight training; That'll get you killed real fast.
All this from a 30,000 hour ATP Flight Instructor.
Texas Bill
While you're at it you might try to quit jumping to conclusions about the racial issue you seem to be hung up on. Grahamme didn't mention ANYTHING about RACE in his first response. That all came from your own twisted little mind.
TB
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http://www.concordesst.com/anecdotes.html
Very wise advice from one who knows. LFL, it's been a long time since I did my pilot's licence but at the time I was told the following & I pass it on in case it might be helpful:
1) Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.
2) If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the stick back-then they get bigger again.
3) The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire
4) The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane used to keep the pilot cool. When it stops, you can actually watch the pilot start sweating.
5) A 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' landing is one after which they can use the plane again.
6) Try to keep the number of landings you make equal to the number of takeoffs you've made
7) In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminium going hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet to lose.
Since you're going to be flying your own private jet I found you a link to a very important checklist - the Runaway Seat proceedure. This is when the ball bearings jam in your pilot's seat & it starts running forward or backward. Previous generations of pilots know this as the Jammed Balls Checklist.
http://www.concordesst.com/anecdotes.html
Could someone tell me the most appropriate Spanish for the title of this checklist? Then I can forward it to Dominican flight schools.
With apologies to fellow pilots for whom this is an old chestnut. But it's still funny.
Very wise advice from one who knows. LFL, it's been a long time since I did my pilot's licence but at the time I was told the following & I pass it on in case it might be helpful:
1) Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.
2) If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the stick back-then they get bigger again.
3) The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire
4) The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane used to keep the pilot cool. When it stops, you can actually watch the pilot start sweating.
5) A 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' landing is one after which they can use the plane again.
6) Try to keep the number of landings you make equal to the number of takeoffs you've made
7) In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminium going hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet to lose.
Since you're going to be flying your own private jet I found you a link to a very important checklist - the Runaway Seat proceedure. This is when the ball bearings jam in your pilot's seat & it starts running forward or backward. Previous generations of pilots know this as the Jammed Balls Checklist.
http://www.concordesst.com/anecdotes.html
Could someone tell me the most appropriate Spanish for the title of this checklist? Then I can forward it to Dominican flight schools.
With apologies to fellow pilots for whom this is an old chestnut. But it's still funny.
funny, very funny...
Now to the OP's original question. Yes, you can learn to fly here in the DR, In fact, there are some good pilots here. I cannot say whether they are good instructors, because i have never taken classes with them
I think you will have more issues with the equipment, as it might not be a carefully maintained as one would like...however, to get your basic knowledge and ticket, I'd say, why not?
Of course for you to fly in the US you'd would have to pass a whole set of tests up there, but that is SOP anyway.
I do wish you well, since one of those little jets will set you back at least a million, won't it>>?? But then you are talking a few years down the line...since flight hours do take 60 minutes just like they do on the ground...1000 hours = 40 days more or less.., now that is a lot of time to be in the air.....especially when you are paying for every hour...
HB
Now to the OP's original question. Yes, you can learn to fly here in the DR, In fact, there are some good pilots here. I cannot say whether they are good instructors, because i have never taken classes with them
I think you will have more issues with the equipment, as it might not be a carefully maintained as one would like...however, to get your basic knowledge and ticket, I'd say, why not?
Of course for you to fly in the US you'd would have to pass a whole set of tests up there, but that is SOP anyway.
I do wish you well, since one of those little jets will set you back at least a million, won't it>>?? But then you are talking a few years down the line...since flight hours do take 60 minutes just like they do on the ground...1000 hours = 40 days more or less.., now that is a lot of time to be in the air.....especially when you are paying for every hour...
HB
Lambada;
You forgot the one that goes "Keep up thy airspeed, lest the ground rise up and strike thee". ( from the "Fighter Pilot's Ten Commandments")
TB