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Blue Goose Aviation, Inc. Office: Meadow Lake Airport Email: flybga@msn.com
7975
½ Cessna Drive (719) 393-5550
Mountain Back Country Course Objective: Blue Goose Aviation Mountain Back Country Course is designed for a pilot that has limited mountain flying experience and wants to gain knowledge and experience to use the awesome back country airstrips in the west. (If you are looking to fly from paved airstrip to paved airstrip in the mountains look at our Mountain Orientation Course.) Experience: This course is designed for the pilot who has at least a Private Pilot Certificate. We recommend at least 100 hours total time and 30 hours cross country time. The pilot needs to be proficient in short and soft field take-off and landings, slow flight, and stall recognition prior to starting the course. If you are not proficient in the above areas add one day to the course for aircraft proficiency/ Equipment: We prefer to use your airplane; however, our minimum requirement for this course is 160 horsepower. If you do not have an airplane that meets the minimum horsepower, contact us to see what is available, or what airstrips we may fly into with your aircraft. Schedule: The course is customized for each individual student. The course can be from three to seven days depending on the student’s expectations and proficiency. The following schedule is a typical three-day course from Polson, MT. We also offer a three day course starting in Colorado Springs, CO. this summer.
Day One: Day Two: Mountain Flying Flight into the mountains practicing above criteria with a landings at grass runways agreed upon by instructor and student. Airports selected will depend on students proficency, aircraft, and runway conditions in the area. We will plan on flying into three or four grass runways and between two and four hours of flying.
Day Three: Lodging: The instructor knows the area and can reserve lodging at excellent facilities or is willing to camp in the back country airstrips. Excellent fly fishing can be found at many of these locations for late afternoon and evening entertainment. Discuss your needs and desires (your idea of roughing it) with the instructor. Cost:
$1,000.00 for a three-day
course in your aircraft. This includes the instructor being available for questions and instruction during the entire course. A minimum of 8 hours of ground school including pre and post flight briefings. A minimum of 8 hours flying time over the three days. Flying time may be increased or decreased at students request. This quote does not include airplane and expenses involved with the airplane, lodging, or meals. Remember this course is tailored to each student’s individual needs! Call us to design a training course for your skill and aircraft performance. Additional days into some more difficult airfields may be added at $350.00 per day. We can also do a two day course with the same amount of ground training and only flying 3-5 hours for $800.00 - Only one day will be flying into the backountry airfields.
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