| The Post Solo Training Costs associated with the | | | | Simulated Instrument Time |
| Private Pilot License are normally close to the pre solo | | | | Vor Navigation |
| phase but will burn your money up the fastest. Once | | | | Cross Country Flight Training |
| you break this down you want to look at the big | | | | Now the Hour Requirements are just for the Private |
| picture of the entire license. You don't want to get | | | | Pilot License Aeronautical Experience but you have to |
| stuck and run out of money because in this phase of | | | | have logged the above subject areas. I also Include the |
| your training, you are doing longer flights and will have | | | | Dual Cross Countries Day and then all the night time |
| more ground instruction. | | | | Required. |
| Once again there are some requirements put out by | | | | 1.5 Hours Dual Instruction for Soft-Field / Short-Field |
| the FAA that have to be done before you can do | | | | Takeoffs and Landings |
| your solo cross countries. Some training syllabuses will | | | | 2.2 Hours Dual Instruction / Simulated Instrument |
| do some of the things I list below before solo but I like | | | | Instruction |
| to build each lesson on top of the other so you learn | | | | 4.4 Hours Dual Instruction for Cross-Countries |
| one thing and then integrate it into the next lesson. | | | | 2.5 Hours Ground Instruction |
| A perfect example is the simulated instrument training. I | | | | 3.0 Hours Dual instruction for Night Flying |
| have this broken into 2 post solo flights. That will get | | | | 5 Hours Solo Cross Country |
| about 2.2 hours of simulated instrument time. Then I | | | | In my syllabus, I have two dual cross-country flights, |
| have a lost procedures lesson where we will get | | | | and each averages 2.2 hours. The FAA only has an |
| about another .3 hours then the rest I will pick up at the | | | | hour requirement for the private pilot certificate, but I |
| flight test preparation stage. Bottom line is you need | | | | personally think that students need two different |
| the three hours but if you are getting a little here and | | | | cross-country flights and about 2-3 hours of ground |
| then a little there, chances are someone misses it and | | | | instruction. I am also going to add the solo cross |
| the examiner picks it up on flight test day and then | | | | country hours here since the goal here is to get the |
| walks out because you aren't qualified. | | | | solo cross country requirements and move on to the |
| The other thing that can happen is your instructor picks | | | | flight test preparation portion of your Private Pilot Flight |
| it up and then up you go for an extra flight. The same | | | | Training. |
| thing can happen with the night time. I can't tell you how | | | | If we add this all up we get the following cost for this |
| many times it has even happened to me no matter | | | | part of your private pilot training: |
| how careful I was. Now I do all the night time in one | | | | Private Pilot License Post Solo Cost |
| flight so it is over and done with. You don't want to get | | | | 11.1 Hours of Dual Instruction @ $165 Per hour $1831.50 |
| a call from your instructor the night before your flight | | | | 2.5 Hours of Ground Instruction @ $45 Per Hour |
| test telling you to meet them at the airport to get | | | | $112.50 |
| some more flight time. | | | | 5 Hours of Solo Cross Country Flight $600.00 |
| For our purpose here I will just list the requirements and | | | | Total $2543.00 |
| then give you an estimate on the cost. The Private | | | | Once again with a good instructor and flying |
| Pilot Post Solo requirements can be found at the link | | | | consistently, you should be close to this amount for this |
| below. I will just outline the cost for you: | | | | phase of your Pilot License Training. |
| Private Pilot License, Post Solo Requirements | | | | Depending on the instructor or the syllabus you may |
| Basically there are 5 things needed before you can go | | | | do one day cross country and then one night cross |
| on solo cross countries. | | | | country. I personally have two different day cross |
| Soft Field Takeoffs and Landings | | | | countries to different types of airports. |
| Short Field Takeoffs and Landings | | | | |