Quote Originally Posted by Ray Shipway View Post
I learned to fly in a Quicksilver with a BFI who trained with a USUA syllabus. At that time there were training manuals from both the EAA and the USUA. The training was both thorough and comprehensive to the point I felt confident in progressing in my training. Private land/sea.... Training is the issue and the more the better. The introduction to Flying will begin on many levels but the UL movement provided mine and many, many others.
And the FAA is trying to reinvent GA through old school methods (encouraging F-16 pilots to become ASEL flight instructors) that do not work after killing off the biggest advance in GA in the last 50 years.