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Old 5th Jan 2020, 17:15
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taxydual
 
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OK, you want to be talked out of it. Here goes. In the event of a crash, because you sit at the front of the aircraft, you will be the first person to be hurt/killed. Aircraft do not, knowingly, reverse into mountains etc. The other factor is , are you good enough? My posting name on here says it all, dual I was fine, solo I was crap. Sh*t scared, I never got over it. I knew from that first solo that I would be no good at fulfilling my dream. There are an awful lot of people alive today because I realised that I was no good at aviating. I kept my feet on the ground, albeit still in aviation, and after a 45 year career (smelling the Avtur, Avgas fumes), I knew I had made the right choice.
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