Advise on flying lessons
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Mad Jock, be honest you haven't tried hard to get out because you are a lazy barstool.
To the OP MJ's advice is excellent, you may get better value out of a microlight lesson and whether the flight can be logged or not is largely irrelevant, you want him to enjoy flying first an hour of single flying here or there isn't going to stack up much relative to the fistfuls of dosh you're going to lay on in 5 years.
Love the idea of a lesson in a microlight and then taking him for a fish and chips run, may do that with my snotlings when they are big enough
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Good luck, I hope your boy realises how lucky he is
To the OP MJ's advice is excellent, you may get better value out of a microlight lesson and whether the flight can be logged or not is largely irrelevant, you want him to enjoy flying first an hour of single flying here or there isn't going to stack up much relative to the fistfuls of dosh you're going to lay on in 5 years.
Love the idea of a lesson in a microlight and then taking him for a fish and chips run, may do that with my snotlings when they are big enough
.Good luck, I hope your boy realises how lucky he is
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I dont know if Shoreham is convenient for you, but i can reccommend Stuart Mckinnon of phoenixflying.org, he is a BA pilot and has renewed many virgin atlantic pilots PPL priveleges, a good guy.
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i would also say that 4 hours is quite a lot in a weekend, 45 minutes airborne is about right for a first air experience, maybe another sortee later that day, but dont forget clock change/less daylight and autumn weather may play a role.
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Why not nip in to Booker Aviation at Wycombe Air Park and tell them what you need,the instructors are second to none,also there is a Virgin Captain there that flies an RV12. The advantage for Wycombe Air Park is that they have both grass and hard runways,under persistant rain White Waltham can be closed for days.
