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Manassas, VA Flight School - Which One?
from Mac46
wrote 4 years 13 weeks ago
Wow. This thread brought back some distant memories. I first started to learn to fly out of the since developed Woodbridge Airport. Old Charlie Ben owned that FBO. Then I transferred to Dulles Aviation to finish up. Now keep in mind at that time it was an uncontrolled field with a single runway back in 1980. I flew with Don Conway and my Examiner was Everett Noel. They were the only concern going. Colgan Airways was there once upon a time and had a lackluster flying program but DAI buried them. Heck I worked for DAI as a lineman for a while. Does Belton Gardner still own the FBO? They had a better selection of aircraft back then as well. Everything from a C-152, C-172, C-172RG, C-182, Beech A-36, Piper Archer, Piper Warrior, and the Arrow. They also had a Seneca but it was a hangar queen. They had a decent operation then. Can't answer for it now.
Manassas, VA Flight School - Which One?
from Mac46
wrote 4 years 12 weeks ago
[QUOTE=Fluky;2954]Wife of Charlie is former WASP Velta Benn and she is still around at 92 and was still giving FAA flight exams as a DE but I had heard she may have stopped. It sounded like she would like to continue. Don Conway gives the CATS written tests. Gardner's sons run DAI now.[/QUOTE] Thanks. I worked with Joe but I forget the other one. Joe had a Mach II Mustang that used to blow water pumps on a regular basis. :p I wonder if he still owns it..........................
What does everybody do?
from Mac46
wrote 4 years 12 weeks ago
I fly for the heck of it in C-150, C-152, C-172, C-172RG, C-182, C-182RG, C-206, C-207, T-210, C-310, Tomahawk, Warrior, Dakota, Arrow, Aztec, M-20, Beech A-36, Cougar, C-90, Beech 18, and NA B-25.
Piper Cherokee 6 for a beginner?
from Mac46
wrote 4 years 13 weeks ago
You can buy the plane but I would first learn in something a bit less complex. Getting insured for something like a Cherokee Six as a student pilot would be prohibitively expensive if not impossible. I bought a wrecked T-210 and rebuilt it. I had just recently got my high performance sign-off but the insurance just about killed me in cost. And that was in 1980. I am not saying you couldn't learn to fly in it but it might prove to be impossible to solo in it.
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