Sport Pilot Talk

2 hours? Assuming the candidate has passed written test, has good background knowledge, etc.

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I did accelerated training at Lockwood to finish my Sport Pilot Cert. 3-4 hours a day, depending on weather. Any more than 4 a day will wear out a student quickly.

1.5 in the morning and another 1.5 in the afternoon worked well for me.

Suppose it depends on the amount of ground that you're doing before flying the airplane.

If done correctly, a one-hour flight lesson ends up being a much longer process. Student arrives, talk through XYZ, then go preflight, then actually fly XYZ, put the plane away, debrief, etc.

I'm with Scott. My standard lesson block is three hours. Typically, that's an hour of individualized one-on-one ground instruction, about 1.3 of actual flying, and about 3/4 hour of debrief, which includes outlining the homework assignment for next lesson (every flight lesson has an associated reading assignment, a PowerPoint lesson online, and a worksheet). With that kind of schedule, it's really not possible to get in more than one lesson a day. I realize that's more structure and rigor than some folks will want; my curriculum isn't for everybody.

As previously stated, it is key to have study material done. I insist that my students have the written successfully completed before I'll solo them. My lesson blocks are also about 3 hours depending on the stage. I also provide video for them to review after key flights. My point being that the headwork takes more time than flying the airplane.

For us older folks stamina is also an issue. 5 or 6 circuits in the landing pattern is about tops on a hot summer day. Two-a-days usually has the student losing focus (airspeed starts to wander) by the end of the second flight.

Reference: http://lsaeronaut.blogspot.com/2015/07/ ... eview.html

I don't go quite as far as Dave, in that the FAA knowledge test is not a prerequisite to the solo (though of course my own pre-solo written, which is aircraft-specific, is). But as soon as the first solo is completed, the student takes a break from flying. He or she needs to decompress, and then prepare for and pass the written before commencing with post-solo training.

MrMorden wrote:I did accelerated training at Lockwood to finish my Sport Pilot Cert. 3-4 hours a day, depending on weather. Any more than 4 a day will wear out a student quickly.

How did you find Lockwood? I talked with them at the Expo.

Cluemeister wrote:

MrMorden wrote:I did accelerated training at Lockwood to finish my Sport Pilot Cert. 3-4 hours a day, depending on weather. Any more than 4 a day will wear out a student quickly.

How did you find Lockwood? I talked with them at the Expo.

Excellent. Some of the staff has changed, but my primary instructor at Lockwood was Jeff Hudson, and he's still there. IIRC he has several thousand flight hours, all in airplanes 1320lb or less. I had been flying for about 25 hours before I started with Jeff, but he taught me how to really fly, mainly because he emphasized proper rudder use.