How long does it take to get a pilots liscense and where are some trainers in the bay area?

Question

I would really love to learn how to fly and one of great friends has two planes and is willing to start me off and get a feel for flying but I would rather have a liscensed trainer teach me.

Where are some places, websites, or trainers in the bay area that can teach me how to fly and roughly how long does it take to learn until I am liscensed.

I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area in California and I'm not a terrorist

I want a solo liscense or multiple persons license for a single prop plane. Like a cessna.

Answer 1

20 hours of flight time, minimum, for the new Sport Pilot license (limited to daytime and plane size and speed). 40 hours total flight time (most people take about 45-50) for a full Private Pilot license. Allows day and night flight of most all single engine planes.

Given good weather and time to study (both for ground school and flight lessons), one might push through it in 2 months. A few weeks in an intensive setting that some AZ or FL flight schools offer.

A lot of flight training is done at Livermore and at Hayward. I'm less familiar with North Bay and Peninsula options. Look in the Yellow Pages, there are flight schools at many general aviation fields. Pop in and ask. They'll be happy to talk to you.

Another option is to take ground school at a junior college (usually cheaper).

Good luck in getting your pilot's license. But it isn't a one-time license to fly. It is a license to learn. How to fly safely.

-David in Alaska

Answer 2

The length of time and education required to get a pilot's license depends on the type of plane you want to fly. If you want to fly in a glider, I don't even think that these planes are under the jurisdiction of the FAA.

Answer 3

I love how people in the various "bay areas" around the country all think everyone will know where they are if they say "the bay area." Tampa? Galveston? San Fran? Monterey?

Answer 4

If you're referring to the san fran bay area, there is a school in cali near lemoore, CA. It only takes a few months, but it costs a few thousand.

Answer 5

you have to do a lot of stuff as soon as my bro is 16 he can get his pilots licence i would say it took him roughly about 1 year but he was slacking on the stuff he should have been doing i would say 3-4 months

Answer 6

Check out www.aopa.org, and look under the 'Learn to Fly' menu option.

Answer 7

40 hrs for private, but it varies with how hard you work at it, how well you retain the information, how often you fly...etc.etc.

Answer 8

go ahead come to sarasota you can train on the same training place as the men who flew the planes into the twin towers.

Answer 9

what COUNTRY are you from??????