Once you start flying, your ideas and what you want to do may change.
I went for a trial lesson, then asked the instructor if flying to France for lunch was a realistic ambition...it was something I'd always wanted to do. Yes, he said, but from as far North as we were, maybe for a weekend would be better. So I took the plunge.
I've done that weekend in France. I've done two trips there for several days. I've also done trips to Scotland and Ireland. I've flown in the USA and Russia.....but hiring when I got there, haven't tried that sort of real long distance trip yet (though you could). I've learned to fly fixed wing aircraft and helicopters, got to first solo in a flexwing microlight, had a go in a seaplane, glider, tiger moth, cub, and a few aircraft I probably can't recall right now. Oh, and swapped a helicopter flight for a balloon flight. And flown over 8,000 ft mountains and through a circular rainbow and down a canyon and low over beaches. And landed on tiny runways with the sea at either end, and high in the mountains in California, and on the beach at Barra in the Outer Hebrides, and at big international airports where I once had to wait for a 737 on final. And made lots of new friends. And finally, got myself a whole new career.
To summarise, flying has totally changed my life. And never would I have dreamed that any of this would be possible the day I walked into Welshpool Airport and said nervously, "Errrr, I'm thinking of learning how to fly".
So you see, you don't really know where it will lead. Go for it; you'll never regret it.
