Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:18 am
#1852325
Hi all,
I have been reading this forum for quite some time and finally the time has come for me to introduce myself to you wonderful bunch.
Based in south east London, I am about to reach 40 and thinking that I have good 20 years left to enjoy flying. My aim is to get PPL for pleasure flying. I am in full time work so will mainly be learning over the weekends and aiming to get PPL in next 1.5 years enjoying the learning journey rather than setting PPL as a target.
I had this on/off feeling for learning to fly for quite some time now and realised recently that life isn't going to slow down so if I have to do something there is no better time than now. Hence I took the trial lesson last month and felt quite happy about especially the fact that I wasn't scared of heights and being in a tiny aircraft. I did have control of Yoke most of the flight but did not touch rudder pedals/throttle at all as I was overwhelmed with so many things like views/instruments/ailerone and elevator control.
I did read a lot of this forum to select the flying school but settled for North Weald mainly because aircraft/instructors availability over there and their no push attitude which I admire the most. I can do a lot of work/study myself but the moment someone starts selling me something I have hard time trusting they can be fair.
So my first lesson is booked for tomorrow and looking forward to get the feel of all controls. I am not a very active writer but will try to post the most of my journey.
Would love to hear back if anyone is in similar state for sharing tips/tricks and North Weald student will be a bonus.
I have been reading this forum for quite some time and finally the time has come for me to introduce myself to you wonderful bunch.
Based in south east London, I am about to reach 40 and thinking that I have good 20 years left to enjoy flying. My aim is to get PPL for pleasure flying. I am in full time work so will mainly be learning over the weekends and aiming to get PPL in next 1.5 years enjoying the learning journey rather than setting PPL as a target.
I had this on/off feeling for learning to fly for quite some time now and realised recently that life isn't going to slow down so if I have to do something there is no better time than now. Hence I took the trial lesson last month and felt quite happy about especially the fact that I wasn't scared of heights and being in a tiny aircraft. I did have control of Yoke most of the flight but did not touch rudder pedals/throttle at all as I was overwhelmed with so many things like views/instruments/ailerone and elevator control.
I did read a lot of this forum to select the flying school but settled for North Weald mainly because aircraft/instructors availability over there and their no push attitude which I admire the most. I can do a lot of work/study myself but the moment someone starts selling me something I have hard time trusting they can be fair.
So my first lesson is booked for tomorrow and looking forward to get the feel of all controls. I am not a very active writer but will try to post the most of my journey.
Would love to hear back if anyone is in similar state for sharing tips/tricks and North Weald student will be a bonus.