any young ones out there?

[oli carley]

Hey,

Just completed my solo cross country out of leeds to newcastle and teeside and am shortly to take the skills test.
Whats different though is im 17.
Cant find anyone else my age
reply to this if u know anyone of same age.

Or any pilots owning big planes that wanna take me up for that matter!!
Also, anyone got any tips on what to expect in the skills test (like what the examiner looks for)

Cheers!

[TheKentishFledgling]

Hey oli

I'm 15, and a student PPL at Manston.

I've got five hours PPL timed logged (would be many more but wx has not been nice!), but also over 50 hours pax time in over 22 types.....so all I can say, is go for it :) :)

The very best of luck in the skills test...do let us know how it goes!!

tKF

[charlie-india-mike]

oli

Although I'm not what you would call young, I recently passed my skills test and from my limited experience (only took the test once), just fly as you have been taught and you should have no problems (assuming that you have been taught correctly). Treat it as a normal dual XC with a bit of handeling revision thrown in.

The examinars are human and don't expect everything to be perfect.

C-I-M

[Copter Driver]

Started flying fixed wing at 12, stopped at 16, then did private, instrument, commercial and CFI in a helicopter. Finished up at 19. Still got a while to go till 20 and flying with students double and triple my age. I always get the question, your how old?, do you even shave yet?

oh well, time to grow a beard.

[M14P]

I got my Airbus A319 command aged 25 - Still love light aeroplanes and still fly lots of 'em! Keep at it - whether you intend to do it as a living or not.

Good on yer!

[Geoff565]

Hey Oli Carley,

Congratulations on the Solo! Glad it all went well! I'm currently 16 yrs of age, obtained approximately 40 hrs DUAL in a
PA28. I was fortunate to have my first solo on my 16th which was fantastic.
I'm currently studying towards my NAV and have to get the ground exams out the way before can i obviously Solo. I'm loving it up to now.
Also had the fortunate experience of having 7 hrs on 757 flightsim. :)

Cheers!

[Ian_Wannabe]

Hey - Started when I was 17 in the USA, now 18 and waiting for the weather to be nice to me :D - Aren't we all?? :rolleyes:

[chrisbonfield]

I'm 16 and in the circuit

[Coke611]

Hi Oli.

I'm 15- a student pilot at Stapleford. At the moment I have very little hours actual flight time, but in the summer (my 16th birthday) I should get up to solo and then by my 17th I should be getting round to somewhere around the end of the course. Well, thats the plan anyway, the british wx will probably have something to do with it!


Cheers,

Louis Coke

[smyers]

Congrats Oli!!!

Who are you learning to fly with?

What aircraft are you training in?

Thinking about starting my PPL(H), at Helijet in Coney Park. I'm 17 on Wednesday, are you still at school/college?

Good Luck.

Scott

[Final 3 Greens]

Oli

I'm an old b*gger unfortunately, but well done anyway mate.

[Tiger_ Moth]

I've just turned 19 recently and I've done about 30 hours and i'm doing navigation. Might get my licence when the good summer weather comes along.

Copter driver, how did you get enough money to progress so far SO quickly?? Did you rob a bank? Well done!

[OBK!]

I'm young! Same age as yourself. I got my License through the door on my 17th birthday. I did my skills test when I was 16, 2 weeks prior to my 17th birthday.

Got my IMC, multi/night to come. 130hrs. Last August I flew single handidly to Sabadell via some French airfields (Visit ANDERNOS if you ever get the chance! Great airfield nice and slack staff :D). Also flown to Bern (Belp), Switzerland...my most favorite airfield EVER!
Currently doing Mod 1 ATPL's witih Bristol, due to take exams early April.

Don't worry about your skills test, be confident and most of all ENJOY it! Seriously, it cheers up the examiner too! The thing that most people do forget tho is remember to keep your eyes 90% of the time OUTSIDE the cockpit!

[oli carley]

i passed the skills test on friday morning and am well chuffed!

oli: D :D :D :D

[charlie-india-mike]

Well done Oli

:O :O :O

[TheKentishFledgling]

WELL DONE!!!!

tKF

[CrazyOne1203]

Congrats Oli,
I'm 17 and I've got only a few more flights to go til my Checkride. You are definitely making the right choice by flying. I fly in the U.S. In Florida so the weather isn't as much of an issue as it is for most of the PPruners. Lucky Me. :) lol. Congratulations again

Kevin

[Pilot16]

Congratulations!!

Im 17 doing PPL beginning NAV

I had some tough times with instructors who have restricted intructors license and couldnt bother getting someone else to authorise for first solo :mad:

Thank God (I mean it) I now have a very good experienced instructor now and I hope ill stick with him through rest of the course.

(I have drained loads of cash with them restricted instructors :mad: and now its time for some quality flight time.

Who is your instructor coke?

OBK, how many command hours did you have before doing your multi engine rating...also are you doing any academic courses eg. A Levels?

P16

[OBK!]

Pilot 16, sorry for leaving this so long! I just revisted my deleted items folder, and found that i hadnt replied to this topic.

All I have academically is 10 GCSE's, and 3 AS Levels. I discontinued college, basically because I hated it. I didn't enjoy it at all. My dad offered me the oppurtinty to do my ATPLs. He said he had faith in me etc and I told him that I could do it. Anyway, I have 6 weeks to go before Mod 1 brushup course, and coping well. I haven't come across anythint that had any relevance to AS Level Maths/Physics or Computing. I am using GCSE knowledge, and it works fine :> The hardest (if you can call it hard) thing is trigonometry really, and thats it.

As I said in the post I have my Multi/Night to come, and infact, I am down in Nottingham Wed/Thu/Fri this week doing my multi rating in the Seneca 200T, G-BNRX. I am planning on staying in Nottingham whilst doing it. You must have 70 hrs P1 in order to get your class rating for multi engines. I currently have about 140hrs, about 90P1, so I fit in well there :D I am just doing some reading up about variable pitch props and assymetric flight. All pretty much straight forward. I'll go through it all again tho in mod 2 with my ATPLs! doh!

Cheers

[busz]

Hey, well done Oli. I am 18 and will be beginning my training in Florida this summer. :cool:

Alex

[OBK!]

Passed my multi today! Spent 2 nights in Nottingham (3 days) with a superb team of instructors/straff. I would recommend them to anyone! Goto Truman aviation!:cool:

[Holloway]

im 22 :) Bummer being two young like the kentish guy :) he he

[SunderlandMatt]

Although I'm not too young, I can still remember what I was like to fly before I could drive.
I applied to the RAF for a flying scholarship. I was awared it and took it at Manston in Summer of 99. Serious fun!:cool: I'd recommed it to all young aviators that want 20 hours FREE! :eek:
After that when I went to Uni I joined the University Air Squadron and took another 140 hours off the RAF. I'd recommed that process to young people with little cash too.
Now I'm looking around for a job in the industry. It's looking like a though one to crack though.

Is Manston Flying Club still owned/run by the Girdlers? Ted was a fantastic pilot he helped quite a few of my friends pass there handling tests on the Scholarship.

Good luck you young aviators.:p

[Chuck K]

Well done Oli.
And good to see so many of you starting young. Not possible for everyone, but if you're lucky enough to have the money .... go for it! :ok:

smyers
You're a funny one. :confused:
You come onto probably the best aviation website in the world, ask for advice on definately the best helicopter forum in the world, get given a whole bunch of good 'inside' info from people in the know who take the trouble to help beginners and then, on your own assessment of the place based on one trial lesson, choose the only flight school you've been warned against and the only flight school nobody recommended!

I don't mean this unkindly, but you sure gotta lot to learn.
Prune is the best source of inside information I know. Professionals with years of experience ask advice from other aviators and you, as a complete beginner, ignore the advice you were given. :rolleyes:

If anyone's interested, the thread I'm talking about is Here. (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=77743&referrerid=60590)

[expedite_climb]

nicely done.... still just the start of an expensive hobby tho..:D

[Heliport]

The thread Chuck refers to is a classic example of how to put experienced people off giving their time helping beginners who ask for advice.
Thankfully, it happens very rarely.

[Genghis the Engineer]

There's a chap at Sywell who got his PPL at 17, instructors rating at 18, and now is about 20, teaching at weekends and doing a degree in aeronautical engineering in the week - I think he may also now be an examiner.

G

[CBLong]

SunderlandMatt,

Yes, Thanet Flying Club / TG Aviation is still with the Girdlers, Ted's son Mark is in charge now, and doing a great job. Another Warrior, an Archer and a Stearman have been added to the fleet since 1999.

I remember jealously watching the crowds of youngsters going flying when I was doing my PPL there in 1999 - you must have been one of them. Not so many youngsters around now, now that RAF Manston is now London Manston International, or something...

cbl

[Holloway]

Im doing my PPL at manston now, I could do with some free 20hrs :)

[mad_jock]

Wasn't there a fugly with Atlantic who got a command on an Electra on his 21st Birthday?

I personally have 7 under 17 "teenagers" under instruction.
They are a joy to teach, although the maturity level difference between boys and girls is quite marked.

The only problem i find with teaching 14 year old kids is that i won't get to see them develop into full pilots. With any luck i will get 2 fly with them again in something big and noisy 10 years from now.

Good on the lot of you.

MJ

[Chuck K]

I got a PM from 'smyers' telling me he can't see what's funny and he's able to make his own decisions just by looking at a school.
Pretty impressive at 17 years! :cool: