Pilot Assist Flying Camp

[g_conaty]

Does anyone know anything about the Pilot Assist Flying Camp which i s held in Huntingdon, Cambs, UK over a 4 week period every year?

P.S. Sorry about all the other postings. Ive also let a few of my friends use my account in order to post topics so they werent all me

[Wrong Stuff]

Well they're plainly not good friends coz they were making you look a prat.

This post doesn't help much either. Typical troll technique to ask such a blindingly obvious question. Giving you the benefit of the doubt for the moment, sticking "Pilot Assist" into Google came up with <a href="http://www.pilotassist.com/" target="_blank">http://www.pilotassist.com/</a> as the very first link. If you have some more specific questions after reading their site, why not try a search in the Wannabees forum where this has been discussed in the past. If you still have further questions, I'm sure someone on the site would be happy to help.

[SteveR]

[quote]Ive also let a few of my friends use my account<hr></blockquote>

As if!!

Why didn't your friends just get their own accounts? Getting a PPL is a bl**dy sight more difficult, so if they can't manage to register for themselves, they're doomed.

(In about 5 years, when we've all got mobile internet access, Flyer Boy is going to be posting things like:. ."Just a quick question. I'm currently at 2000', in IMC, with failed electrics, failed vacuum and the passengers are all screaming - can anybody give me any advice please?")

SteveR (who is going to stop wasting bandwidth on this stuff now).

[Keef]

Ich glaube, wir haben hier einen Troll!

Or maybe a wind-up merchant. Giving my normal charitable benefit of the doubt, someone who needs to buy a copy or two of Flyer and Pilot and do some reading up on flying...

[FNG]

I would have joined in the Evo's accusation that Flyer Boy is really Tricky Woo in wind up mode, but if it had been he, the wind ups would have been so much the wittier. Perhaps it is a reincarnation of the Guvnor, seeking his revenge on Captain Pprune by seeking to jam all fora simultaneously with daft questions. Silly old us for replying, really.

By the way Keef, re PPL costs, my copy of "Come Flying With Me" (1953) reckons that a PPL ought to cost £79 8/ 4d, so it seems that we've both been had. That does, however, include 2 guineas for club membership, which seems a bit steep, especially as they were then selling the very same rock buns as still grace the counter today.

[g_conaty]

I do let a few mates use it. They havent got time to register at school so i just let them use mine when im logged in.

At least one thing is reasuring, i can always count on the guys at pprune to take the p**s.

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

[Evo7]

I remember Tiger_Moth starting off a bit like this, and he's calmed down now. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Flyer boy, if you're for real then you'll find an extremely helpful bunch of people here, with experience ranging from zero-hour PPL to world class - there are few places where you will see questions answered by the likes of John Farley and Alan Cassidy. However, if you keep on just spaming it (or let your mates spam it) with questions that you could answer in 30 seconds with a search here or with a copy of Pilot or Flyer then you'll just get flamed. Calm down! <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

If you are a windup, then as FNG says, silly old me for replying.

[ 19 February 2002: Message edited by: Evo7 ]</p>

[djk]

Flyer Boy,

if your friends have enough time to browse to this site, open a new topic and type a reply, then I'm sure they have plenty of time to open a new account. It's hardly rocket science.

[FNG]

Herr Keef ist ohne zweifel korrekt: FliegerJunge ist einfach ein Troll.

But, perhaps some new and worrying troll variant? See his latest on CPL study. Can I have flakies and frosties at the same? Is it possible to walk and chew gum without falling over? Should I ask mum?

Tiger_Moth was much (and in my view unfairly) maligned when he first posted, but always shows an awareness of what one might term aviation culture. I bet that T_M knows who John Farley and Alan Cassidy are: does FB?

[g_conaty]

Ive had enough of this!!!!!!!!

Im just planning on starting training for a PPL and like any other 15 year old, i want to find out as much information that i can before i fork out 5k for a licence.

Ive searched the pprune pages and cannot find anything of use there so i decided to post on here.

IF A YOUNG FLYING ENTHUSIAST CANT EVEN ASK A FEW QUESTIONS THEN THIS BULLETIN BOARD IS SERIOUSLY TWISTED.

I just wanted to make myself clear because ive had nothing but sly remarks on this site for the past week.

[CAHLIBAHN_MK2]

Flyer Boy (what happened to your maiden name by the way?). People will generally find a warm welcome here especially enthusiastic youngsters just coming into aviation. If you review your own postings you will spot many inconsistencies and contradictions which aroused the suspicions of many, including myself. Fora like this are generally most useful for researching rather more than the most basic facts. I'd recommend trying to get hold of as many back issues of Pilot and Flyer as possible and immerse yourself in the aviation culture. Newcastle has a fine public library and I'm sure that you will find many useful books on their shelves. Does your school have a CCF? If so join the RAF section. Have you visited Newcastle Aero Club? If not do so, try to chat to pilots there - you never know you might even get a quick trip if you impress with your enthusiasm and basic knowledge. Now that we know more about you I am sure things will settle down and you will find us to be a friendly and helpful bunch. Treat us with respect by trying to restrict your questions to rather more than silliness such as how many epaulettes you should wear and we will respond in kind.

Finally never let your friends use your login on this forum - they may make you look a fool!

Good luck

. .edited to correct spelling of 'aviation' of all things - Doh

[ 19 February 2002: Message edited by: Cahlibahn_Mk2 ]</p>

[g_conaty]

Thanks. I will do just that. sorry about before, i just got a bit annoyed.

Im not posting anything else on her unless necessary. Hope i can start a new slate with everyone on here.

Sorry about everything ive said which might have offended ppl or made it out that im some kind of fake.

Cheers

[Evo7]

Chin up, Flyer Boy.

As I (probably) started the flaming, then I apologise. At the time it was looking rather like a windup and I hadn't had my coffee. Don't let us scare you off <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

[Whirlybird]

Flyer Boy,

I haven't read any of your (or your mates) previous posts, so I have no idea what's going on here. But anyway, stick around, we're generally a nice lot (at least on this forum <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> ) and you can learn a tremendous amount; I know I have. Let your mates get their own user names, as everyone else has said. Just one point - there are over 40,000 people on here, and anyone can post. No matter what you do, someone will probably object to something you say, and you'll probably get flamed now and then, most likely when you're least expecting it, and for no clear reason. So just bear that in mind and you'll be fine. Good luck with the PPL.

[Tricky Woo]

Flyer Boy,

I'm thinking of becoming a petulant schoolboy, but before I embark on what could be a difficult and expensive exercise, I'd like to ask you a few questions.

I've already bought the following equipment:

Nike trainers. .Gameboy. .School tie (to be used as a belt). .Flared jeans. .P1ss-stained Y-fronts. .Razzle magazine (to be hidden under my bed). .Permanent scowl. .Sulky bottom lip. .M&S shirt (bought by my mum). .Bad haircut. .10 Benson & Hedges. .Box of Swan Vestas

I just wondered if there's anything obvious that I've missed, that needs to be added to this equipment?

Can you recommend a school that can teach me to be a petulant schoolboy? It has to be near my parents, right, but other than that I'm willing to travel on a bus, as long as I can smoke, and make farting noises with my armpits.

Yeah!

TW

[Kirstey]

Tricky Woo - I'm thinking of becoming a kn@b head. Is there any advice you can offer me?

I guess someone with your expertise is qualified kn@b head instructor - possibly even a Cheif Kn@b head?

How many hours of being a kn@b head do you have? What ratings do you have? can you be a kn@b head at night? can you be a kn@b head for financial gain???

answers greatfully anticipated

[Tricky Woo]

Oh my God, I've just been called a knob-head! How will I ever live that down?

You got any more pseudonyms stashed away, Flyer Boy? Strange, seeing as you seem to share them with all your mates.

Might as well have one each, eh?

TW

[Kirstey]

I'm afraid I'm no flyer boy - in fact I'm no boy last time I checked!touch of paranoia there TW?

[Beethoven]

RIGHT!!! Time to lay off the kid now,he has been flamed enough and grown men taking the **** out of a kid really does get my goat.I am sure he has learned his lesson..and a few other ones about human nature that will stand him in good stead for adult life.. .Please leave him alone for your own dignity's sake if nothing else.

[Tricky Woo]

Beethoven,

He's not a kid. It's someone we know winding us up for a laugh.

TW

[Beethoven]

Ahhhhhhh....I see.Oh well at least thats my good deed for the day done even if it was misplaced.Now I can be my evil friday-night self!!. .best wishes,. .Ludwig