any young ones out there?
Bummer being two young like the kentish guy Join Date: Jan 2003
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Although I'm not too young, I can still remember what I was like to fly before I could drive.
I applied to the RAF for a flying scholarship. I was awared it and took it at Manston in Summer of 99. Serious fun!
I'd recommed it to all young aviators that want 20 hours FREE! 
After that when I went to Uni I joined the University Air Squadron and took another 140 hours off the RAF. I'd recommed that process to young people with little cash too.
Now I'm looking around for a job in the industry. It's looking like a though one to crack though.
Is Manston Flying Club still owned/run by the Girdlers? Ted was a fantastic pilot he helped quite a few of my friends pass there handling tests on the Scholarship.
Good luck you young aviators.
I applied to the RAF for a flying scholarship. I was awared it and took it at Manston in Summer of 99. Serious fun!
I'd recommed it to all young aviators that want 20 hours FREE! After that when I went to Uni I joined the University Air Squadron and took another 140 hours off the RAF. I'd recommed that process to young people with little cash too.
Now I'm looking around for a job in the industry. It's looking like a though one to crack though.
Is Manston Flying Club still owned/run by the Girdlers? Ted was a fantastic pilot he helped quite a few of my friends pass there handling tests on the Scholarship.
Good luck you young aviators.
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Well done Oli.
And good to see so many of you starting young. Not possible for everyone, but if you're lucky enough to have the money .... go for it!
smyers
You're a funny one.
You come onto probably the best aviation website in the world, ask for advice on definately the best helicopter forum in the world, get given a whole bunch of good 'inside' info from people in the know who take the trouble to help beginners and then, on your own assessment of the place based on one trial lesson, choose the only flight school you've been warned against and the only flight school nobody recommended!
I don't mean this unkindly, but you sure gotta lot to learn.
Prune is the best source of inside information I know. Professionals with years of experience ask advice from other aviators and you, as a complete beginner, ignore the advice you were given.
If anyone's interested, the thread I'm talking about is Here.
And good to see so many of you starting young. Not possible for everyone, but if you're lucky enough to have the money .... go for it!
smyers
You're a funny one.
You come onto probably the best aviation website in the world, ask for advice on definately the best helicopter forum in the world, get given a whole bunch of good 'inside' info from people in the know who take the trouble to help beginners and then, on your own assessment of the place based on one trial lesson, choose the only flight school you've been warned against and the only flight school nobody recommended!
I don't mean this unkindly, but you sure gotta lot to learn.
Prune is the best source of inside information I know. Professionals with years of experience ask advice from other aviators and you, as a complete beginner, ignore the advice you were given.
If anyone's interested, the thread I'm talking about is Here.
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There's a chap at Sywell who got his PPL at 17, instructors rating at 18, and now is about 20, teaching at weekends and doing a degree in aeronautical engineering in the week - I think he may also now be an examiner.
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SunderlandMatt,
Yes, Thanet Flying Club / TG Aviation is still with the Girdlers, Ted's son Mark is in charge now, and doing a great job. Another Warrior, an Archer and a Stearman have been added to the fleet since 1999.
I remember jealously watching the crowds of youngsters going flying when I was doing my PPL there in 1999 - you must have been one of them. Not so many youngsters around now, now that RAF Manston is now London Manston International, or something...
cbl
Yes, Thanet Flying Club / TG Aviation is still with the Girdlers, Ted's son Mark is in charge now, and doing a great job. Another Warrior, an Archer and a Stearman have been added to the fleet since 1999.
I remember jealously watching the crowds of youngsters going flying when I was doing my PPL there in 1999 - you must have been one of them. Not so many youngsters around now, now that RAF Manston is now London Manston International, or something...
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Wasn't there a fugly with Atlantic who got a command on an Electra on his 21st Birthday?
I personally have 7 under 17 "teenagers" under instruction.
They are a joy to teach, although the maturity level difference between boys and girls is quite marked.
The only problem i find with teaching 14 year old kids is that i won't get to see them develop into full pilots. With any luck i will get 2 fly with them again in something big and noisy 10 years from now.
Good on the lot of you.
MJ
I personally have 7 under 17 "teenagers" under instruction.
They are a joy to teach, although the maturity level difference between boys and girls is quite marked.
The only problem i find with teaching 14 year old kids is that i won't get to see them develop into full pilots. With any luck i will get 2 fly with them again in something big and noisy 10 years from now.
Good on the lot of you.
MJ
