I thought I would resuscitate this thread thread to say that I finally did it! I passed my GFT and I am now a PPL
There were times when I was ready to give-up, there were some long interruptions due to work travel and other commitments which disrupted the rhythm. Looking back over the thread is rather strange, I can't actually think of a lot I have actually
learned in the last 15 months apart from a bit of theory and some motor skills. But somehow I have gone from yanking the controls all over the place and having no time or bandwidth to take-in anything except one urgent task, to planning ahead and having time to chat about the weather and moan about ATC.
Now, serious question, what next ? I want to try a complex a/c, night flying and instrument flying. Still just for fun, but I want to keep working on my skills and being as safe as possible if I fly with passengers. Should I get a bunch of hours in now? Or reasonably quickly try the next thing?