Comm Land & Sea
COMBINED INITIAL COMMERCIAL LAND AND SEA COURSE
COST: $2,995 (EXAMINER FEE NOT INCLUDED)
TYPE AIRCRAFT/EQUIPMENT: LAKE BUCCANEER LA-04-200
COURSE DESCRIPTION: THIS IS A THREE-DAY COURSE STARTING WITH GROUND SCHOOL AT 10:00 A.M. GROUND SCHOOL COVERS ALL SUBJECTS REQUIRED BY THE COMMERCIAL PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS FOLLOWED BY SEAPLANE GROUND SCHOOL.
DAY TWO INVOLVES A FULL DAY OF FLIGHT TRAINING IN THE LAKE BUCCANEER ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER. TRAINING CONSISTS OF WATER TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS, TAXIING, BEACHING, MOORING AND DOCKING ALONG WITH THE COMMERCIAL MANEUVERS CONSISTING OF CHANDELLES, LAZY EIGHTS, EIGHTS ON PYLONS, STALLS, STEEP TURNS, SOFT AND SHORT FIELD LANDINGS AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.
THE FINAL DAY CONSISTS OF PREP FOR THE CHECK RIDE.
COURSE INCLUDES: INSTRUCTOR AND AIRCRAFT. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN HEADSET PRE-COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
- VALID FAA MEDICAL
- BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR PASSPORT
- ORIGINAL COMMERCIAL WRITTEN EXAM TEST RESULTS
- 20 HOURS OF DUAL TRAINING TO INCLUDE:
- 10 HOURS OF DUAL COMPLEX (ARRIVE WITH AT LEAST 6 COMPLEX HOURS)
- TWO HOUR DUAL, DAY, VFR, 100 NM (STRAIGHT LINE DISTANCE) CROSS COUNTRY
- TWO HOUR DUAL, NIGHT, VFR, 100 NM (STRAIGHT LINE DISTANCE) CROSS COUNTRY
- 10 HOURS DUAL INSTRUMENT-NOT NEEDED IF INSTRUMENT RATED ALREADY 250 HOURS OF TOTAL TIME 100 HOURS PILOT IN COMMAND 50 HOURS CROSS COUNTRY PIC 10 HOURS OF SOLO TO INCLUDE:
- 300 NM CROSS COUNTRY WITH 3 FULL STOP LANDINGS, ONE OF WHICH IS 250 NM STRAIGHT LINE DISTANCE FROM POINT OF DEPARTURE
- 5 HOURS OF NIGHT SOLO, AND IN THOSE FIVE; 10 TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS AT AN AIRPORT WITH A CONTROL TOWER
