PPLM onto JAA PPL
Hi
I have been wanting to fly for a while now and now have decided that it is time to start, I have been to my local school run from a private strip as Southampton Airport have pushed GA out! They have said that my best plan is to start with the NPPLM as it is the cheapest way to get in the air and hone my skills as a pilot (rather than just be a license holder) and then move on up the ranks to the JAA PPL and onto IR and eventually CPL.
They say that in the early stages unless you have deep pockets most GA will be from private strips who do not have any instrument systems for poor weather flying nor lit runways so until you require this there is little point in flying pipers's or Cessna's
I would like to end up with my cpl and instructor cert to become and instructor maybe somewhere else in the world instead of my current IT job hopefully.
Im 32 now and would just like to hear other comments on the best route to get where I want to be.
The 3 axis Ikarus does look good fun from what ive read and then onto something like a Tecnam and onto a piper.
I would appreciate your comments guys and girls.
My old man had a caa ppl a while back and had a Grunman AA5 which I kinda learnt the basics in and it was good fun!
Cheers
Paul
Southampton UK