AOPA Aerobatics Course
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No argument from me there - of course the point I was making is that it is no bad thing for someone new to aerobatics to realise that few aircraft will achieve the performance we are accustom to seeing in the media and if you really wish to fly at that level it will be a costly business. My hours in an Extra are some of the best flying hours but equally so are my hours in far less capable aerobaitc aircraft and as you righly say they are rewarding although in for me I would have to say not as rewarding!
No argument from me there - of course the point I was making is that it is no bad thing for someone new to aerobatics to realise that few aircraft will achieve the performance we are accustom to seeing in the media and if you really wish to fly at that level it will be a costly business. My hours in an Extra are some of the best flying hours but equally so are my hours in far less capable aerobaitc aircraft and as you righly say they are rewarding although in for me I would have to say not as rewarding!
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True. If you expect to be capable of doing Red Bull Air Races or unlimited display aerobatics after eight lessons, you need to think again.
Heck, even competing at the BAeA "Basic" level will take quite a bit more than eight lessons. (Unless you do it accompanied by a safety pilot, BAeA "loop" days style - which comes highly recommended by the way.)
Heck, even competing at the BAeA "Basic" level will take quite a bit more than eight lessons. (Unless you do it accompanied by a safety pilot, BAeA "loop" days style - which comes highly recommended by the way.)
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True. If you expect to be capable of doing Red Bull Air Races or unlimited display aerobatics after eight lessons, you need to think again.
Whichever you are right, eight lessons will at best achieve a basic level of competance from which to start learning your trade. In my experience some will be far from comfortable after eight lessons but inevitably a few will take to it like a duck out of water.
I always doubted my ability to recover when things went wrong and it took me a long time to convince myself that I could probably cope with most eventualties (if not all
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