Jiri Pittner's Flying Page

Jiri Pittner's Flying Page - USA

Although my light sport pilot license is not valid in the USA, I could still fly a general aviation aircraft with a local instructor, since many flight schools offer "intro" or "discovery" flights to the laymen public. I had a very positive experience, most flight schools responded quickly to the email or web form enquiry and I was able to organize three flights at different locations during a two-week holiday in Florida. I was actually surprized that they booked a plane and instructor for a complete stranger from a foreign country without asking for a credit card in advance :-).

Flight at Saint Petersburg FL

I did fly a C172 of the flight school St. Pete Air from the Albert Whitted Airport (KSPG)

Departing from KSPG with view of the Saint Pete Pier

Saint Pete downtown and the Albert Whitted Airport

Saint Pete waterways and coast

Saint Pete beach

Pier at Fort De Soto

Little islands and shallow lagoons

Must be nice to live here and anchor your boat next to the house

Isla del Sol with a fountain in the lake

Somebody having fun on jet skis

We had to land asap. due to approaching heavy rain

Flight at Melbourne FL

I did fly a C172 of the flight school Melbourne Flight Training from the Melbourne International Airport (KMLB) Unfortunately the ATC controller was too busy to clear us into the Cape Canaveral airspace to make a low approach over the space shuttle runway, so I got only views of the space force base from about 3000 feet and some distance