Instructor w/ airplane and DPE all in one place?

[mikes]

I am interested in a 337s. I would like to find an instructor with 337 and a 337 DPE all in the same area.

Is there anyone like that? I don’t mind going out of town or out of state for a few weeks.

Thanks!

[hharney]

If you are willing to travel you might check with this recommendation from Lost Kiwi


http://www.337skymaster.com/messages...ead.php?t=3869

[mikes]

Thanks!

I'll give them a call today and I'll report back here what I find out.

Thanks again.

[mikes]

I just called and talked to Maria.

I explained that I wanted to get my MEIL rating and asked if they did that. She said they weren't doing that at the current time but that they may start sometime in the future. She said that if I would send her an email she would notify me if and when they started MEIL training up again.

Thanks again for the lead!

[hharney]

In my opinion, I would go get your MEL in a regular twin at a school like ATP or something. take a week at a time and punch it out. Then find out what the insurance needs to fly your Skymaster. Most of the time it might only require a mentor time to get enough hours to be on your own as PIC. Then you have a full Multi Engine certificate that gives you lots of options down the road.

https://www.skywarriorinc.com/multi-engine

https://usaeroflight.net/best-school...ight-training/

https://www.faaflightschools.com/multi-engine-training/

Lots of guys say they will never fly anything but a Skymaster so it's a waste of money and time. Well with the lack of Skymaster CFI's and DPE's I have to say that it's really the most logical choice. Also if you go somewhere away from home base and can just focus on training and not day to day interruptions it will be a much more useful situation.

[patrolpilot]

Originally Posted by hharney

In my opinion, I would go get your MEL in a regular twin at a school like ATP or something. take a week at a time and punch it out. Then find out what the insurance needs to fly your Skymaster. Most of the time it might only require a mentor time to get enough hours to be on your own as PIC. Then you have a full Multi Engine certificate that gives you lots of options down the road.

https://www.skywarriorinc.com/multi-engine

https://usaeroflight.net/best-school...ight-training/

https://www.faaflightschools.com/multi-engine-training/

Lots of guys say they will never fly anything but a Skymaster so it's a waste of money and time. Well with the lack of Skymaster CFI's and DPE's I have to say that it's really the most logical choice. Also if you go somewhere away from home base and can just focus on training and not day to day interruptions it will be a much more useful situation.

I sure agree with this advice!

[Ed Coffman]

One of the pilots that flies Skymasters for Orion is a MEIL CFI. He has over 1600hrs in our 337s in the last 7 years. I am willing to rent one of our skymasters for training, and we have an excellent DE that comes to our field regularly. Contact me at 919-742-4866 and we can see if something can be worked out.

Ed

[mikes]

Thanks everbody!

Ed I'll call you Monday morning.

Thanks again.

Mike