1) Excellent weather for flying most of the year.
2) Learn and get qualified quickly. (4 weeks for a PPL(A))
3) Aircraft hire (including an instructor) is $125 per hour for a Cessna 152. UK price £133 per hour.
4) Plenty of flying schools.
5) Learn to fly in a holiday destination.
Negatives
1) Need to get US visa involving lots of form filling, lots of fees, and an interview at the US Embassy in London (allow a whole day for an interview that lasted 1 minute). Allow a couple of months for this process.
2) Allow for cost of flights and accomodation.
3) Need to be able to take a month off work.
4) Be aware that this is not a holiday and involves hard work especially if you are studying for the written exams as well.
5) It can be very hot and humid in the high summer months which is why I am going in February.
In my next post I will cover the good and bad (so far) about the Naples Air Center.
Phil
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