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 XPost: rec.aviation.student 
 From: charles.k.scott@dddartmouth.edu 
  
 On 26 Aug 2004 16:55:47 GMT, Rich Lafferty 
  wrote: 
  
 >In 2000 I started towards my PPL at the Montreal Flying Club. I soloed 
 >in mid-November, and shortly after that a combination of money issues 
 >and difficulty getting to the club (a 1h commute on public transport) 
 >during daylight hours grounded me for the winter, and I never quite 
 >got going again after that. 
 > 
 >I'm now in Ottawa and ready to start again once I find a flying 
 >school here. I spoke with the chief instructor at my old school; 
 >they still have my old Pilot Training Record, which is an official 
 >copy of my logbook in which my instructor logs my hours of instruction 
 >in the air and on the ground. 
 > 
 >I'm trying to figure out if I need/want to get my PTR. I had about 
 >fifteen hours in the air when I stopped, and I'd completed ground 
 >school. It's been four years since I've flown. Picking up the PTR 
 >would involve going to Montreal to get it in person. I still have 
 >*my* logbook; it's just not good enough for Transport Canada on 
 >training issues. 
 > 
 >Is there any reason why I *should* go out of my way to go down to 
 >Montreal (~2h drive) and pick it up? 
 > 
 >Once I have an instructor I'll just ask him or her, of course, but 
 >I don't yet, and if I'm down that way prior to finding one I might 
 >as well swing by the old club. 
 > 
 >Thoughts? 
 > 
 >  -Rich 
  
 The fifteen hours you logged is time built towards your PPL.  If you 
 start over, you'll have to pay for that time again.  If cost is no 
 object then go ahead and do it again, but it sounds like cost is an 
 object. 
  
 I can only speak from my experience here in the states: I completed 25 
 hours towards my pilot's license back in 1966, then went to college 
 and never had the money to finish after that until recently.  The 
 flight school accepted that time, 36 years ago at the time I began 
 lessons again, as time towards my PPL. 
  
 That's time I did not have to pay for again. 
  
 Corky Scott 
  
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