Thinking about becoming a pilot
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Thinking about becoming a pilot
Just found a link on this site that gives an "introduction to flying" for £482 on a simulator. Anyone think its a good idea or can start me off in another direction?
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Forget the £482 for the simulator, that is 4hrs in your logbook towards your PPL, seriously, I spent £600 for an hour in a BA777 at Cranebank years ago, great experience, but a serious waste of resource if you want to start flying.
Forget the £482 for the simulator, that is 4hrs in your logbook towards your PPL, seriously, I spent £600 for an hour in a BA777 at Cranebank years ago, great experience, but a serious waste of resource if you want to start flying.
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Pop down to your local airfield and have a discussion with the schools rearding trial flights and training information. I wouldn't do the sim flight, if aviation is what you want to do one thing is for certain it will cost you. Your £450 odd will just about cover your intial class one medical not including travelling expenses.
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Pop down to your local airfield and have a discussion with the schools rearding trial flights and training information.
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Just found a link on this site that gives an "introduction to flying" for £482 on a simulator. Anyone think its a good idea or can start me off in another direction?
Get up in a light a/c, and see what its really all about bopping about in the chop!
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I had a couple of mates that have learnt at East Mids. Have a look on the net.
Also you find a lot of schools do PPL starter packages for around 500 quid, which usually comprises of 5 hours flying, so that may be worth thinking about.
Also you find a lot of schools do PPL starter packages for around 500 quid, which usually comprises of 5 hours flying, so that may be worth thinking about.
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If you're looking to take a flight in the midlands then Atlantic Flight Training - Home might be an idea?
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I am lucky enough to have access to full flight sim's and have to say if you have never flown you cannot beat going to your nearest aerodrome and go for 1 hours flight (approx £130) in a light a/c,its real and great fun plus you can log that hour. Learning to fly is a great adventure,simulators are fun for a while only.
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East Mids Flying School
starbuck123 - East Midlands certainly does have a flying school; have a look at www.donair.co.uk . I've done 6 hrs with them so far; the instructors/staff have been really helpful and they even have the good manners not to scream at the impact testing I conduct on their fleet of 152s (I think I've heard others refer to it as "landing"). Just don't look at the air law book first - it'll scare the life out of you!!!
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thanks for the link, I shall take a look. If I decide to go ahead and get my licence what jobs are there I could work to before I can get a commercial licence?
You can't fly for hire or reward on a PPL.
You'll need a CPL (and realistically an Instructor's Rating and/or Instrument Rating and Multi-Crew Co-operation Course) before you can get a flying job.
You'll need a CPL (and realistically an Instructor's Rating and/or Instrument Rating and Multi-Crew Co-operation Course) before you can get a flying job.
