Hey man, why don't you check out that lot at premiair.uk.com from Shoreham, near Brighton.
They've got a number of niffty planes to fly, the instructors ain't too bad and they serve a good drop from the bar afterwards. And it's only an hour's drive from London.
And flying the coastline and the Isle of Wight, with France and CHEAP FAGS AND BOOZE and Jersey only around the corner, surely must beat flying the dull west London misty and polluted terrain, where everywhere you poke your eyes at looks the same.
If you're gonna be a pilot, why not have some fun at the same time! The guys who recommended White Waltham are roughly right (I like that place 'course the girl in ops is really nice, and I nip up there from time to time to test myself with their soggy grass runway), but why not punish yourself by driving all the way to the south coast for some REAL fun.
[This message has been edited by TheCaptain (edited 19 January 2001).]