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Old 4th April 2012 | 06:46
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Slopey
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An intensive course is more like 4-5 weeks, with flying 1/2/3 hours a day, probably in 2x or 3x 1 hour sessions (which people tend to do in the US, but lets not get into the usual pros/cons of that plan here).

Be cautious about trying to do 2 hour lessons - 3 will likely be a non-starter (your instructor will need to pee occasionally!).

When you're first starting out, 2 hour lessons will leave you knackered and overloaded - you likely won't get much value out of the 2nd hour.

2 hour bashes around the circuit likewise will leave you shattered.

If you really wanted to do 2 hours, you'd likely do 1 hour, wait a couple of hours and fly the next hour. You'd likely be better served by doing 1 hour, twice per week, rather than on the same day (would also give you some redundancy as you can expect to have a decent proportion of lessons cancelled due to weather).
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