The Real Cost to Become a Private Pilot
Getting Your Wings
After Clay Presley, ceo of Carolina Pad & Paper, crash
landed into New York s Hudson River aboard U.
S.
Airways in January 2009, he faced his fears: He
enrolled in flying lessons.
In June 2011,...
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The Real Cost to Become a Private Pilot
Getting Your Wings
After Clay Presley, ceo of Carolina Pad & Paper, crash
landed into New York s Hudson River aboard U.
S.
Airways in January 2009, he faced his fears: He
enrolled in flying lessons.
In June 2011, Presley earned
his private pilot certification (which most hobbyists
and all commercial pilots achieve).
Take a look at
http://en.
wikipedia.
org/wiki/Private_pilot_licence for
more details.
Three months later, he and Jeff Skiles,
the very first officer on that U.
S.
Airways flight,
enrolled in a class to get their seaplane ratings -allowing them to land in water lawfully.
Agreeing with the FAA, Presley is among 600,000 pilots in the
U.
S.
"It is a thrill that very few people have," he says.
Health Test
A physical checkup is your
passport to the cockpit.
If you fail
it, may very well be unable to to
get any kind of pilot certification.
If
you choose to not get a medical,
you can still get a sport pilot
certificate.
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