A way to get over my very real fear of flying.
The original plan was to get comfortable enough to be able to sit in the right hand seat while my PPL husband flew. And maybe be able to help him enough to take the controls when he needed his hands to do other tasks.
I took the ground school because the theory interested me. then I planned to take about ten hours of lessons.
Well I had an instructor who obviously had different plans, he treated me like a pilot - to - be who could do this. There was something exhilarating about conquering you deepest fears every lesson, having survived the ordeal for that day!
I became too stubborn to quit!