Good idea for a thread. I was given an Airfix DH Heron for my 8th birthday, which started me down the skippery slope. After years of books, films, airshows, museums and joyflights (Tiger Moth, DC-3, Beech 18) I decided I wasn't getting any younger so it was time to see if I could do it myself.
I'm learning on Citabrias (tailwheel, high wing, tandem seats) so there's a definite retro feel. There's a young lad at the school who did his first solo on his 16th birthday in a Tiger Moth. Now that's the way to go.
Still one round of solo circuits to go (tomorrow) before stretching my wings in the training area, but when I get my PPL I'll be flying for the sheer joy of it (Citabrias are aerobatic
), and to get to places which normally take hours to drive to (I'm in Australia). After that, we'll see
.
Iain