My Trial Flight Experience + Yours
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I did mine at DDAC too. Was one of the PA38's though. Too many "DD's" to remember which one though. I threw up in my lap so went for a second try on another day and did some circuits which I loved. Would have been a lot cheaper to stick with the sentiments of the first TIF. I see DDAC have just got a new (2005) C172 with G1000 - good on them.
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Hey wwejosh!
Sounds fantastic, welcome to our world!
My first flight at the controls was 18 years ago and I still remember like it was yesterday
Just one word of advice from someone with a teeny bit of experience: don't be so quick to choose a training establishment based on one flight.
It sounds like it was such an exciting, exhilerating experience for you, that you probably would recommend ME if I had been the one to take you up... you get my drift?!
So, look around, ask questions, and spend your money wisely.
And most important... HAVE FUN!!!
Tinpis - so DID or didn't you fly a P51-D?!!!!!
Sounds fantastic, welcome to our world!
My first flight at the controls was 18 years ago and I still remember like it was yesterday
Just one word of advice from someone with a teeny bit of experience: don't be so quick to choose a training establishment based on one flight.
It sounds like it was such an exciting, exhilerating experience for you, that you probably would recommend ME if I had been the one to take you up... you get my drift?!
So, look around, ask questions, and spend your money wisely.
And most important... HAVE FUN!!!
Tinpis - so DID or didn't you fly a P51-D?!!!!!
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I didn't do a TIF.
1985, Casey Airfield, Berwick Vic. I rolled up for an interview (subsidised flying, so they didn't take any old walk-up) and the CFI talked to me about why I wanted to fly and all that sort of thing. As it turned out the next booking in C150 VH-TDX was canceled. Did I want to take my first lesson now? I took that as meaning I had been accepted.
Getting your mitts on the stick for the first time is a buzz replaced only by the first solo flight. Since my solo, nothing I have ever done has equalled that feeling of taxiing back to the apron having brought TDX home with all bits still attached.
So well done, wwejosh, and welcome to aviation.
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1985, Casey Airfield, Berwick Vic. I rolled up for an interview (subsidised flying, so they didn't take any old walk-up) and the CFI talked to me about why I wanted to fly and all that sort of thing. As it turned out the next booking in C150 VH-TDX was canceled. Did I want to take my first lesson now? I took that as meaning I had been accepted.
Getting your mitts on the stick for the first time is a buzz replaced only by the first solo flight. Since my solo, nothing I have ever done has equalled that feeling of taxiing back to the apron having brought TDX home with all bits still attached.
So well done, wwejosh, and welcome to aviation.
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And I was just going to say, wait til your first naked bar lady in Kununurra. Oh man the places you will surely go.
Enjoy and have fun with it. The flying that is! AWwWW heck and the naked lady.
Enjoy and have fun with it. The flying that is! AWwWW heck and the naked lady.
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Tin - oh man how EXCITING!!! (The P51, not the barmaid...) 
Oh, I TOTALLY agree with the First Solo comment!
Doesn't necessarily matter if the bits are still attached but in the wrong PLACE, does it...?!
"Hmmmm?" Says the instructor, scratching his head. "I'm fairly certain the nose wheel was BELOW the engine cowling when she took off?"
Oh, I TOTALLY agree with the First Solo comment!
Doesn't necessarily matter if the bits are still attached but in the wrong PLACE, does it...?!
"Hmmmm?" Says the instructor, scratching his head. "I'm fairly certain the nose wheel was BELOW the engine cowling when she took off?"
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And I was just going to say, wait til your first naked bar lady in Kununurra. Oh man the places you will surely go.
Enjoy and have fun with it. The flying that is! AWwWW heck and the naked lady.
Enjoy and have fun with it. The flying that is! AWwWW heck and the naked lady.
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Quote tin.....KC Yep..had photties too once ..but they went missing in the same album I had the ones of the naked barmaid from Kununurra....
tinne...you must send me a photo of yourself so I can pin it to the wall and bow ....you are now bigger than "Fred Dagg"......in my books!!!!
(will still keep my photo of Fred Dagg,but you will be right next to him.....it doesnt git any better than that mate!!!! )
tinne...you must send me a photo of yourself so I can pin it to the wall and bow ....you are now bigger than "Fred Dagg"......in my books!!!!
(will still keep my photo of Fred Dagg,but you will be right next to him.....it doesnt git any better than that mate!!!! )
.... ta mate
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........."wwejosh".............like all have said in here, welcome to where freedom exists.........but & there's always a but.
Now seeing as yr green as a blade of grass with this there's some good advice here from the 'oldies' & it's free. I'll add my 2 bobs worth here (20cents for you kid).
Seeing as yr a young boy yet to reach the age of pubity may I suggest that you not drag alone a girlfriend whilst you chase planes for say the next 40 yrs or so.
And should you get tied up with one early in yr career as a pilot (silly boy)then secretly put away some money so you can buy her a house & get it out of yr system once & for all............
trust me the money will be well worth putting aside for that "rainy day".........oh & it will 'rain'...........pilots have an IFR rating not to fly in cloud but to wipe away the tears after the divorce !
Kind of kidding there of course...........but then again !
I knew an ex AN 737 cpt who had been married 3 times & ended up staying in the transport industry after all 3 cleaned him out & the collapse of AN, as a taxi truck driver!!!!!!
You'll love flying it's better than sex, lasts longer but costs about the same !!!!
CW
.........but & there's always a but.Now seeing as yr green as a blade of grass with this there's some good advice here from the 'oldies' & it's free. I'll add my 2 bobs worth here (20cents for you kid).
Seeing as yr a young boy yet to reach the age of pubity may I suggest that you not drag alone a girlfriend whilst you chase planes for say the next 40 yrs or so.
And should you get tied up with one early in yr career as a pilot (silly boy)then secretly put away some money so you can buy her a house & get it out of yr system once & for all............
trust me the money will be well worth putting aside for that "rainy day".........oh & it will 'rain'...........pilots have an IFR rating not to fly in cloud but to wipe away the tears after the divorce !Kind of kidding there of course...........but then again !
I knew an ex AN 737 cpt who had been married 3 times & ended up staying in the transport industry after all 3 cleaned him out & the collapse of AN, as a taxi truck driver!!!!!!
You'll love flying it's better than sex, lasts longer but costs about the same !!!!
CW
Baffler,
The photo is part of John Hopton's extensive collection. From my register info, it was probably BAJ. I have lost the original digital that John sent me.
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The photo is part of John Hopton's extensive collection. From my register info, it was probably BAJ. I have lost the original digital that John sent me.
185.
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Remember my first trial flight ('cos I did 2!!) like it was yesterday...
...was 15 at the time and a friend of mine came back from school holidays saying that he was learning to fly...didn't realise that you could start that young so straight away rocked up to a flying school at the local aerodrome...
...D strapped me into a 152 Aerobat and talked me thru starting and taxiing out to the RWY. He also talked me through the takeoff (mind fully blown by this stage 'cos I thought I was doing it all!)...we flew out over the city then descended into (what I found out later was the low flying area) and followed the river at what felt like 20-30 feet...great fun...D then gave me controls and said "have a go...just follow the river"...I remember passing UNDERNEATH a set of high tension lines...a few minutes later we rounded a corner to be confronted with a road bridge at the end of a straight bit of river...as we got closer D took the controls and asked "which span do you want to go UNDER"...can't remember my reply but he pulled up just before the bridge...and I distinctly remember looking in the window of a Newman's bus...reckon I could tell the colour of the driver's eyes!! After that there was no doubt that I would learn to fly!!
Remember my 1st solo too...over 25 years ago now...
...was 15 at the time and a friend of mine came back from school holidays saying that he was learning to fly...didn't realise that you could start that young so straight away rocked up to a flying school at the local aerodrome...
...D strapped me into a 152 Aerobat and talked me thru starting and taxiing out to the RWY. He also talked me through the takeoff (mind fully blown by this stage 'cos I thought I was doing it all!)...we flew out over the city then descended into (what I found out later was the low flying area) and followed the river at what felt like 20-30 feet...great fun...D then gave me controls and said "have a go...just follow the river"...I remember passing UNDERNEATH a set of high tension lines...a few minutes later we rounded a corner to be confronted with a road bridge at the end of a straight bit of river...as we got closer D took the controls and asked "which span do you want to go UNDER"...can't remember my reply but he pulled up just before the bridge...and I distinctly remember looking in the window of a Newman's bus...reckon I could tell the colour of the driver's eyes!! After that there was no doubt that I would learn to fly!!
Remember my 1st solo too...over 25 years ago now...
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Congratulations wwejosh on taking your first step in what I'm sure be a long and rewarding journey.
Welcome to aviation and thanks for reminding us of the excitement we all felt when we started.
Sounds like the bug has bitten and I wish you all the best.
Cheers Sid
Welcome to aviation and thanks for reminding us of the excitement we all felt when we started.
Sounds like the bug has bitten and I wish you all the best.
Cheers Sid
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Hi everyone,
Thanks for taking a look everyone, it was great to hear some stories of your first trial flight. Also would like to thank everyone for their good lucks and encouraging thoughts. I love being able to communicate with industry and am lucky to do so.
Please if you have more thoughts, keep posting.
Thanks very much.
Thanks for taking a look everyone, it was great to hear some stories of your first trial flight. Also would like to thank everyone for their good lucks and encouraging thoughts. I love being able to communicate with industry and am lucky to do so.
Please if you have more thoughts, keep posting.
Thanks very much.
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Indeed congratulations wwejosh, I was bitten by the bug very much the same way. The flight itself to holiday destinations was the highlight of the whole holiday! I took my TIF about a year ago now and am now starting my nav training. Absolutely loving every bit of it! I could easily call my passion for aviation an obsession. And an expensive one at that!
Once again congratulations mate!
I took my TIF about a year ago now and am now starting my nav training. Absolutely loving every bit of it! I could easily call my passion for aviation an obsession. And an expensive one at that! Once again congratulations mate!