Uprooted,
SoundBarrier has offered some good advice, but could I suggest that you read
this thread over on African Aviation? The originator is from Nairobi, and for him English is not a first language, so his comments are all the more pertinent.
You are twice blessed: a father who has spent time to show you how to fly a helicopter, and an upbringing where English is a first language. Now is the time to capitalise on both