New Sport Training Website

[RyanShort1]

Well, after originally purchasing an aircraft and starting up efforts to offer sport pilot training west of Austin, TX, and then finding out that the aircraft was not LSA eligible, I finally have a new aircraft to use.

We will be offering Sport Pilot training in the Central Texas area in our Taylorcraft BC-12D. I can carry aspiring sport pilots who weigh up to 230 lbs in it.

Visit our new website at: www.TexasSportPilot.net

Ryan

[Merlinspop]

Well, after originally purchasing an aircraft and starting up efforts to offer sport pilot training west of Austin, TX, and then finding out that the aircraft was not LSA eligible, I finally have a new aircraft to use.

We will be offering Sport Pilot training in the Central Texas area in our Taylorcraft BC-12D. I can carry aspiring sport pilots who weigh up to 230 lbs in it.

Visit our new website at: http://www.TexasSportPilot.net

Ryan

Sounds good! Good luck!

Out of curiosity, why the difference if rental rate between dual and solo?

Also, what is "Solo Observation"?

Wish something similar was available around me (Eastern Panhandle of WV). It'd be fun to rent a BC-12D for a few hours a month.

[RyanShort1]

Well, after originally purchasing an aircraft and starting up efforts to offer sport pilot training west of Austin, TX, and then finding out that the aircraft was not LSA eligible, I finally have a new aircraft to use.

We will be offering Sport Pilot training in the Central Texas area in our Taylorcraft BC-12D. I can carry aspiring sport pilots who weigh up to 230 lbs in it.

Visit our new website at: http://www.TexasSportPilot.net

Ryan

Sounds good! Good luck!

Out of curiosity, why the difference if rental rate between dual and solo?

Also, what is "Solo Observation"?

Wish something similar was available around me (Eastern Panhandle of WV). It'd be fun to rent a BC-12D for a few hours a month.

I'm going to probably have to hire someone in town or at the airport to handle some of the solo rental details, so I need to be able to pay them for their time.

Solo Observation - that's a new thing I'm trying based on what an older instructor told me. He had some experiences where student solo pilots up in Alaska were doing their own stuff and not following his instructions. He said that basically if they were paying him, and he was involved in the solo decisions, they were under his signoff, if not, they were acting outside of his responsibility. I'm not sure if I'll keep that, but I thought it was worth a try.

Ryan

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[drseti]

Congrats on the T-Craft, Ryan. Great little plane.

What I do with student pilots is designate all solo flights as "supervised solo." If they"re in the pattern, I'm watching. If they're in the practice area, I listen on the radio. If they're doing solo XC, I'm in the office to brief the student before and debrief after the trip. I don't bill my time by the hour, but rather charge a flat CFI rate per lesson, regardless of whether it involves flight instruction, ground instruction, supervised solo, simulator training, or a combination of those. Thus, since I'm already booked for the lesson, it's not costing the student anything extra to have me hanging around.

Once they're licensed, solo flight need not be supervised. This applies primarily to Sport Pilots upgrading to Private, as well as licensed and current renter pilots.

[Helen]

Students require certain instructor sign-off's per the FAR's. Anything outside that, you might want to discuss with your lawyer regarding potential liability.

Bear in mind too that most flight school insurance contracts discuss "supervised solo" and student flight may not be covered by the insurance if a flight instructor is not on the field to "release" the flight.

Helen