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stories • pics • sports www.elvaq.com 4 Wednesday, September 18, 2013 www.elvaq.com NEWS Student Pilots Get Their Wings at GCC a medical certificate signed by a FAA doctor who conducts a physical and checks vision, blood pressure and other bodily functions that directly affect flight. e third and final requirement is flight training which is half oral exam and half flight. According to Potter, the exam “can last up to three hours. e instructor wants to be sure you know what you’re doing up there.” From there the Designated Pilot Examiner or DPE gives a recommendation and decides an aspiring pilot’s destiny. Sanchez’s advice to young pilot’s was simply, “Get good grades, practice multi-tasking and just keep going.” e cost for private pilot flight training at GCC, which cover lab fees, tuition fees, books, supplies, FAA knowledge test fee, FAA medical exam fee and FAA examiner’s fee is $8,000. According to Potter, obtaining a private pilot’s license can cost anywhere from $10,000 to $12,000. license at GCC, transfer, get his bachelor’s degree and join the Airforce. “Flying is simple and easy, it’s landing that’s hard,” Sanchez said. Another student on the flight path to get his pilot’s license is Angel Maravelas, 19, an aspiring Airline Transport Pilot. “Ever since i was a kid, I loved the thrill of looking at planes in the sky and wondering how they worked,” said Maravelas. His first flight was at the age of 7 where he went to Whiteman Airport. Pilots there were giving free one-hour discovery rides. According to Maravelas, “it was scary” but as a child, he was “amazed. His inspiration comes from the Blue Angels, a team of top navy pilots that put on public air shows. On a personal level, his inspiration comes from his uncle, who recently passed away. “He guided me through my childhood. He was the one saying ‘You can do whatever you want to do,’” Maravelas said recalling his uncle’s words of inspiration. Maravelas plans on getting his private pilot’s license by the end of the semester and wants to go all the way to commercial flight training at GCC. e flight program opened his “eyes to so many things.” Maravelas said he saved “money and time.” GCC owns two Cessna 172 airplanes for the pilot training program, both equipped with avionics, including Garmin 430 GPS navigation systems, in-flight traffic information service and terrain avoidance displays. ere are three requirements for earning a private pilot’s license and it takes two semesters to complete. e first requirement is passing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) knowledge test, which is made up of 60 multiple-choice questions and requires a score of at least 70 percent to pass. Private Pilot Ground School is made up of two private pilot labs, an overall 48 hours of flight instruction and 11 hours of solo flight. e second requirement is Alexandra Duncan can be reached at [email protected] [Pilots, from page 1] Look for these stories online: ABOVE GRIFFITH PARK: Student aviators look down at the observatory from 2,000 feet in the air. Photo by Kathy Bakowicz • Arena soccer is now open at the Glendale Civic Auditorium across from campus. • L.A.Woman - Art exhibit at Forest Lawn • Good Ol’Freda - Review of the Beatle’s secretary’s biopic. • Welcome Back BBQ - Slideshow. • Incredible photos from above campus and online exclusives at www.elvaq.com

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Student Pilots Get Their Wings at GCC

a medical certificate signed by a FAA doctor who conducts a physical and checks vision, blood pressure and other bodily functions that directly affect flight.

The third and final requirement is flight training which is half oral exam and half flight. According to Potter, the exam “can last up to three hours. The instructor wants to be sure you know what you’re doing up there.” From there the Designated Pilot Examiner or DPE gives a recommendation and decides an aspiring pilot’s destiny.

Sanchez’s advice to young pilot’s was simply, “Get good grades, practice multi-tasking and just keep going.”

The cost for private pilot flight training at GCC, which cover lab fees, tuition fees, books, supplies, FAA knowledge test fee, FAA medical exam fee and FAA examiner’s fee is $8,000. According to Potter, obtaining a private pilot’s license can cost anywhere from $10,000 to $12,000.

license at GCC, transfer, get his bachelor’s degree and join the Airforce.

“Flying is simple and easy, it’s landing that’s hard,” Sanchez said.

Another student on the flight path to get his pilot’s license is Angel Maravelas, 19, an aspiring Airline Transport Pilot.

“Ever since i was a kid, I loved the thrill of looking at planes in the sky and wondering how they worked,” said Maravelas.

His first flight was at the age of 7 where he went to Whiteman Airport. Pilots there were giving free one-hour discovery rides. According to Maravelas, “it was scary” but as a child, he was “amazed. His inspiration comes from the Blue Angels, a team of top navy pilots that put on public air shows. On a personal level, his inspiration comes from his uncle, who recently passed away.

“He guided me through my childhood. He was the one saying ‘You can do whatever you want to do,’” Maravelas said recalling his uncle’s words of inspiration. Maravelas plans on getting his private pilot’s license by the end of the semester and wants to go all the way to commercial flight training at GCC. The flight program opened his “eyes to so many things.” Maravelas said he saved “money and time.”

GCC owns two Cessna 172 airplanes for the pilot training program, both equipped with avionics, including Garmin 430 GPS navigation systems, in-flight traffic information service and terrain avoidance displays.

There are three requirements for earning a private pilot’s license and it takes two semesters to complete. The first requirement is passing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) knowledge test, which is made up of 60

multiple-choice questions and requires a score of at least 70 percent to pass. Private Pilot Ground School is made up of two private pilot labs, an overall 48 hours of flight instruction and 11 hours of solo flight.

The second requirement is

Alexandra Duncan can be reached at [email protected]

[Pilots, from page 1]

Look for these stories online:

ABOVE GRIFFITH PARK: Student aviators look down at the observatory from 2,000 feet in the air.Photo by Kathy Bakowicz

• ArenasoccerisnowopenattheGlendaleCivicAuditoriumacrossfromcampus.

• L.A.Woman-ArtexhibitatForestLawn• GoodOl’Freda-ReviewoftheBeatle’ssecretary’sbiopic.• WelcomeBackBBQ-Slideshow.• Incrediblephotosfromabovecampusandonline

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