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Forum: Private Flying

25th Feb 2014, 07:44

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I'm not an experienced instructor compared to...

I'm not an experienced instructor compared to many - but it took me probably 30 hours of instructing to work out that it was vital to get people's skills right in the upper air first, then once you...

Forum: Private Flying

22nd Feb 2014, 22:18

Replies: 191

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

The difference being that most people being...

The difference being that most people being taught to RAF training standards aren't trying to pass a degree at the same time, with lectures on all the same days of the week that are available to go...

Forum: Private Flying

22nd Feb 2014, 20:23

Replies: 191

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

No, nor for me. It left me feeling poleaxed at...

No, nor for me. It left me feeling poleaxed at the time. However, I managed to stay friends with the organisation and a lot of the people. That did take some effort. I think that the...

Forum: Private Flying

22nd Feb 2014, 19:36

Replies: 191

Average hours to first solo

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

But I'll bet you could turn most safe drivers...

But I'll bet you could turn most safe drivers into somebody who can get an F1 car around a track fairly well, given enough time. And if you'd got that elderly gent 20 or 30 years earlier?

I...

Forum: Private Flying

22nd Feb 2014, 18:53

Replies: 191

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Ability, in any case, is quite frankly overrated....

Ability, in any case, is quite frankly overrated.

I probably am a fairly reasonable pilot these days, although I most certainly was not when I started learning. The reason I am now pretty good is...

Forum: Private Flying

22nd Feb 2014, 14:36

Replies: 191

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I most certainly wasn't a sky-god, but I was...

I most certainly wasn't a sky-god, but I was young and managed to work in aviation full time from the age of 18 so for me it's all just been part of one very big and complex journey.

So, I...

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