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How to find good instruction (and good instructors)

Few articles provide guidance to potential students in identifying good instructors so that their learning experience is rewarding, challenging and enjoyable. Some instructional experiences, by definition, are not and never will be (the military comes to mind.) But for most of the instructional experiences you will experience you'll usually choose the instructor. Here's some practical tips for finding the best instruction.

High-Tech Entrepreneur = Pilot

Forget the Rolex, the Lamborghini, the 100,000 square-foot 'trophy house'. Want to show everyone you've arrived? Get a pilot's license.(Web site version.)

High-Tech Entrepreneur = Pilot

Forget the Rolex, the Lamborghini, the 100,000 square-foot 'trophy house'. Want to show everyone you've arrived? Get a pilot's license.(Canadian publication ProfitGuide version)

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How to Get the Most from Your Dual Instruction

Originally written for pilots, this will give you a good idea of the instructor's perspective on what it takes to be a good flight student. With explanatory notes for the non-pilot.

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Pilots' costs are not always sky high from the Boston.com Travel Section

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Business Appraisal and Evaluation, Aviation Seaplane Operation

We performed a going-concern evaluation of a seaplane business for an investor. This was a decades-old operation serving Cape Cod and the Islands (Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.) The original owner operated it as a 'lifestyle' business, performing many roles (pilot, dispatcher, mechanic). We evaluated the operation (marketing and reservations system, landings rights, maintenance, insurance, pilot requirements, etc.) and develop some pro-forma financials recasting the operation as a profit-making business not requiring the direct involvement of the owner. Our conclusion was that the passenger load had to be doubled, and both the ownership and transferrability of the seaplane landing rights (key to the continuing operation of the business) was by no means assured. Our client declined to move forward with the purchase.

© 2007, Jeffrey Geibel, All Rights Reserved

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