Good on you, Hannah! If you can find a copy on Amazon, get hold of Ernest K. Gahn's book FATE IS THE HUNTER.
And if you live in the midlands, we have 15 people near your age in our gliding club at Shenington who enjoy yakking about it all! They usually go solo on the 16th birthday! (weather permitting). Friday evening is the usual meet up time, but during winter, the kids turn up on Sundays.
as the old song has it, "....I became a bore when I learned to soar, just watch them edge away....!"