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Old 29th Mar 2016, 20:49
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pilotbarony
 
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Hello,

Thanks again for the information!

I live about 2 buses, 3 trains & 6 hours from Portmoak, so apart from a gliding camp that's not really going to work for me unfortunately.

Strathaven is the closest gliding centre, and that's a few hours away too. The easy airport for me to get to is Cumbernauld, where I've taken some lessons so far. Is it an idea to hang around there a lot? Get my face known? From the model club, which has a lot less of a "money" feel to it, I went up there every club day & people spoke to me & let me try their aircraft too after a while. I'm not sure how the school's work, but there is a prominent money-orientated feel to let you do anything there.

Or should I just keep doing the model aircraft until I'm 17 then do the PPL?

And to add, the local Air Cadets in my area last went flying about 3 years ago. So I want to avoid them. Quite a bit.

Should be my last questions :P
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