Know anything about West valley Flying club?
11-03-2009, 12:08 PM
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I flew out of there back in the '80's, so I'm probably not the best person to respond. All I remember is that is was big and expensive. I lived in Menlo Park, so it was close. I moved to Fremont and flew out of Hayward later.
How many hours per month? For what? Are you a student or instructor? It's a flying club, not a flight school. Of course, they have lots of instructors teaching.
How many hours per month? For what? Are you a student or instructor? It's a flying club, not a flight school. Of course, they have lots of instructors teaching.
11-04-2009, 06:29 PM
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Well, as the gentleman said above--WVFC is big and expensive. They haven't changed much.. I know plenty of people who fly there. They have nice planes, but they have draconian policies, higher rates, odd fees and plenty of other little 'gotchas' that have kept me from wanting to fly with them (As a customer, not as a CFI).
Anyway, did you have any more specific question? There are lots of flight instructors that instruct with WVFC, but as the guy said above, it's not intended to be a flight school-- The applicability of your questions to the situation is vague.
Perhaps a more complete question would garner a more complete answer.
~Foxy
Anyway, did you have any more specific question? There are lots of flight instructors that instruct with WVFC, but as the guy said above, it's not intended to be a flight school-- The applicability of your questions to the situation is vague.
Perhaps a more complete question would garner a more complete answer.
~Foxy
11-04-2009, 09:33 PM
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Well, as the gentleman said above--WVFC is big and expensive. They haven't changed much.. I know plenty of people who fly there. They have nice planes, but they have draconian policies, higher rates, odd fees and plenty of other little 'gotchas' that have kept me from wanting to fly with them (As a customer, not as a CFI).
Anyway, did you have any more specific question? There are lots of flight instructors that instruct with WVFC, but as the guy said above, it's not intended to be a flight school-- The applicability of your questions to the situation is vague.
Perhaps a more complete question would garner a more complete answer.
~Foxy
Anyway, did you have any more specific question? There are lots of flight instructors that instruct with WVFC, but as the guy said above, it's not intended to be a flight school-- The applicability of your questions to the situation is vague.
Perhaps a more complete question would garner a more complete answer.
~Foxy
1. Is it common for instructors to get that much time there?
They also say I need to pay for my own checkouts.
I guess I am worried about gettin there paying for a bunch of checkouts and then sitting aroun and not doin much flying.
11-06-2009, 03:32 AM
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11-25-2009, 08:09 PM
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I used to teach at a school right next to WVFC in san Carlos..seemed like a pretty nice place. I even looked into renting a few times but never got around to it...they do have a ton of IP's and planes between SQL and PAO..I did notice that some of the IPs will even charge north of $80/hr..
Other than that they do have several planes I wouldn't mind jumping into
Other than that they do have several planes I wouldn't mind jumping into
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