IMHO, most of what you learn when flying is about yourself. What you can and can't do, how you react, the way your mind works, your limitations.
Whirley- Yes! So true. Often, when people ask 'is it difficult to fly an aeroplane?', I think they are hoping I'll somehow compare it to driving a car, which is something they think they may be able to judge it by.
But there is no such comparison to be made, which leaves me in difficulty when I'm (frequently) faced with this question. Thank you for encapsulating it so susinctly.
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