Clover Park Technical College, Lakewood WA

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05-01-2010, 03:59 PM

vagabond

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Clover Park Technical College, Lakewood WA

Does anybody have any experience with the Private Pilot program at Clover Park? Any pros and cons?

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Needless to say, because of the distance and time demands, I could not continue at Wings Aloft. However, with the coffee shop stabilizing, I am thinking of picking it back up again. Clover Park is very close to my shop. I haven't gone to talk with anyone there yet, but wondered if anyone here could share some thoughts. Non-hearsay thoughts, that is.

05-04-2010, 06:37 AM

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they do the flight training at KPLU and dont really know much about what they do over there. They fly mostly 172s and have a 182 RG that doesnt fly that much. No idea if they are expensive or a good deal.

You should go take a tour of the facility.

They do a lot mechanic training there and I think that is the main thing

05-07-2010, 07:44 PM

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Go to Spanaflight across the field or go see John Atchison at Puget Flight Service. Better airplanes, better prices, and none of the college program BS.

06-19-2010, 10:02 AM

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Clover Park has a good pilot program in addition to the AP/AMT program.

The fleet is Cessna.

No multiengine airplanes.

The students are expected to put in 3 hours a day. Part of that is in ground school, part flying. That's M-F.

If you can't invest that kind of time on that schedule you probably shouldn't go there.