Originally Posted by
Maoraigh1
I suggest renting for at least the first 24 hour year as a PPL. You won''t be allowed to fly if not current, and you'll have weather restrictions. And you'll be restricted in the types of aircraft you fly.
I rented for over two years before buying the tailwheel share I've owned for 29 years.
I really wish, in hindsight, I'd done this. Though the group members were great, and I learnt a lot, I think there's a greater chance I'd not be one of the many 'used to fly' pilots out there now if I'd done just that.