Best way forward for 15 year old .
Join Date: Dec 2001
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If he's already an air cadet, what about their gliding and flying courses and the scholarships that they recommend?
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Originally Posted by Quietplease
Gliding. Try a trial lesson and if he is hooked do a couple of weeks course. Lasham is good with cheap accommodation.
Continuity is vital at the early stage.
Continuity is vital at the early stage.
Join Date: Jan 2006
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15 is a good age to start training. He can then go solo on his 16th birthday (weather permitting). He then has a full year to complete all the written exams and the rest of his training, with a view to getting his licence, on or shortly after, his 17th birthday.
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15 is a good age to start training. He can then go solo on his 16th birthday (weather permitting). He then has a full year to complete all the written exams and the rest of his training, with a view to getting his licence, on or shortly after, his 17th birthday.
Join Date: Dec 2001
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Not all 15’s are equal.
Some are already young adults and some are still large children. No offense but he simply don’t all mature at the same rate.
Flight training (powered) can be intimidating and frustrating and very costly for someone who can’t find his shoes in the morning.
Glider flying is much more a social event with a lower threshold and likely more people in their teenage years.
As stated above, if gliding can’t hold his interest then certainly powered flight won’t either.
Some are already young adults and some are still large children. No offense but he simply don’t all mature at the same rate.
Flight training (powered) can be intimidating and frustrating and very costly for someone who can’t find his shoes in the morning.
Glider flying is much more a social event with a lower threshold and likely more people in their teenage years.
As stated above, if gliding can’t hold his interest then certainly powered flight won’t either.
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Evewidow I guess your son will still be underage for this but they come around every year HCAP Flying Scholarships
