I have to tell someone.....

[NorthSouth]

Fuji Abound:

You will get bored with flying around the local cabbage patch eventually

I wouldn't bank on it. Our PPL members never do anything else. Personally I can't understand why they carry on, but it's all they ever seem to do despite all kinds of encouragement and assistance offered to go further afield.
NS

[Lister Noble]

Each to his own!

Well I get all my pleasure flying around East Anglia ,on my own, mostly without landing away.
I learnt to fly ,suprisingly,to fly!
I don't want downtime eating a greaseburger or drinking ultra weak coffee.
I don't want the hassle of flying abroad,as my airline pilot PPL pals say,
"let someone else do it mate,sit back and have a G&T"

Lister

[effortless]

Yes Lister but doing it around somewhere else can be even more stimulating. I just want to get in and fly but doing it away from home adds to that.

[Fishtailed]

You will get bored with flying around the local cabbage patch eventually

I can't agree with that, and I'm sure there's more out there who just enjoy being UP THERE!

I can't understand why they carry on

I can. The local area is never the same twice for allsorts of reasons, different crops at different times of year, different light giving different shadows, new buildings, buildings dissapearing, floods, tides, etc. I fly so I can look down on a living map, I don't want to fly in bad weather or in the dark. In twenty years I have done some landaways, had some good days out with the wife and kids, but I will never be bored with Fleetwood-Garstang-Kirkham.

[Fuji Abound]

I can't agree with that, and I'm sure there's more out there who just enjoy being UP THERE!

Well I hope so. The drop out rate is enormous. It would be intersting to know what the main factors involved are.

[effortless]

The drop out rate is enormous

Well I, for one, am probably glad of that. Imagine how crowded the circuit would get if they all kept at it!

It would be intersting to know what the main factors involved are.

Dosh!

[DavidHoul52]

I will never be bored with Fleetwood-Garstang-Kirkham

.. and you have the Lake District and the Yorkshire moors within spitting distance!!

[DavidHoul52]

You will get bored with flying around the local cabbage patch eventually

Head for the Highlands! Breathtaking scenery and local flying clubs rates more reasonable than in the South.

[Human Factor]

What is "touring"?

Getting away from the £100 bacon buttie. I'm referring to heading for Europe for a week for example, or the Highlands and islands and clocking up some serious hours. My in-laws do quite a bit and seem to head for Germany and France several times a year for a few days.

My aeroplane won't get that far unfortunately but then I prefer flying upside-down or near other aeroplanes. One day I'll get to do both at the same time with any luck.

[Fishtailed]

.. and you have the Lake District and the Yorkshire moors within spitting distance!!

Exactly, over Morcambe Bay, up Coniston, down Windermere, 60 minutes.
Bloody marvelouse!!

And when you can see things like this


it's all worth the effort, don't you think?

[Sultan Ismail]

Congratulations Beatnik
enjoy the moment and enjoy the future.
You have the right attitude "let the real learning now begin!!"
Cabbage patch or touring it's all the same, you are in control of your destiny.
I've been "learning" for 39 years and I still get the same thrill when that brown book with very faded gold lettering gets the annual stamp.
Well done
Sultan Ismail

[sollas]

Thanks beatnik