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Old 31st July 2001 | 12:34
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backdraftuk
 
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From: Loughborough, Leics, UK
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Blindside, just remember that like all of us you will always be on a learning curve, and for ALL new PPL's it a steep one. Just stick with the basic;

AVIATE. On average you will be no worse or better than a UK PPL at controlling the a/c so a normal 1-2hr club check out will be required.

NAVIGATE. Since all the UK roads are not laid out in a nice grid it will take a couple of nav flights to get up to speed on the "picture" you need to see to navigate successfully.

COMMUNICATE. The R/T is different but at least the language is the same!! Having said that, fly near a controlled airfield and you will soon realise that most UK PPL's speak a foreign language (based on lots of ums and er's) so you can't make more of a fist of it than them.

I have flown on both sides of the puddle and each has its good and bad points and I've found neither is better or worse than the other, just different.
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