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Old 23rd April 2001 | 00:13
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Tiger_Moth, for once let me provide you with some CONSTRUCTIVE advice (for a change).

1/ Read and digest Trevor Thom Book 1 (Flying Training) paragraphs relevant for your current lessons.

2/ Read Trevor Thom Book 2 (Air Law) and FULLY understand this as you will HAVE to pass Air Law exam before you can go solo.

If you then require ANY constructive advice, just ask on here in the correct way and we will all be willing to help, however more time spent on Trevor Thom and less on the Internet should be the order of the day!.

I personally feel that taking your PPL in a Tiger Moth is wrong, it is certainly not a choice I would advise.

Take your PPL in ANY suitable training aircraft (PA28/C150 etc) then simply get checked out in a Tiger Moth afterwards (maybe 5 hours or so could do it).

I doubt that much of the PPL training in a Tiger Moth would suffice for PPL anyhow, unless of course it has a FULL avionics kit (VOR/ADF/DME/Mode C etc), which is doubtful, I would also reckon that your Nav Qual would be rather difficult as landing taildraggers on tarmac(Nav Qual is usually 2 landings in controlled airspace at 'real' airports) is for the experts, certainly NOT low hour pilots.

It would also be rather difficult (and a handful) trying to manage the cockpit with charts etc in an open cockpit.

Tandem aircraft are really not the best to learn, it is far better having the instructor ALONGSIDE you and being able to SHOW you what to do, this is just NOT possible in a tandem.

C150 or PA28 is best, at least you can trim them in and look at the charts etc!.

And boy oh boy morse is difficult to read in written form,,,,,and I read (and send) morse at 30 wpm!.