Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: MSP (Mahtomedi, MN, USA) - Delta hub captive, Marriott Gold, US Mint Silver, CVS Red
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"...Cost of flight instruction is roughly $230/hour for flight time..."
since this is the only figure mentioned in your post, hopefully you can clarify a few things.
the casual reader might think that for $230, with no previous flight training, you can take off and fly and land your own place (with an instructor), taking a bunch of pictures and generally having a grand old time, making out like a bandit in terms of "fun hawaii stuff per dollar" terms, as long as you don't crash!
I suspect you had to sit through at least a few hours of classroom before getting behind the wheel, etc...
If you can, please summarize the total time and dollar investment you made.
Aside from this question, anyone know of a similar deal on the island of Kaua'i ? It sounds like a BLAST to me! And got to be twice the fun on the Garden Isle compared to Hawai'i !!!