Helicopter I flew (R22) used the same. I also love that despite all the instruments - this is so effective.
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It boggles my mind that you can go 100's of kms in these things from a single launch. It's pretty cheap to learn, and 10 mins drive from home. I took a video of someone else getting a winch launch (big V8 engine on the end of the rope) and it looks pretty exciting!
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PPL remains one of the things I did years ago that I wished I'd kept going, getting aloft and trimming the Cessna (152 IIRC) and then just sitting back and almost watching if fly itself was deeply pleasing.Simon wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 11:41 amNice one! Looks great. I love that bit of string that's always stuck to glider canopies.
My brother got his gliding wings in the RAF cadets at school. I would never have the bottle to do it properly because the lack of engine noise or 'pull' would freak me out.
When I went up for a trial (prop) flying lesson 10 years ago in Shoreham the instructor showed me the effect of getting the mixture wrong at altitude. As the engine spluttered and slowed I found myself instinctively reaching forward for the mixture lever to correct it before it died. I didn't fancy a 'glide' back to base in our little Piper PA28!
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Same. I got 10.5 hours and a solo into a PPL then stopped because it was so fudging expensive. That was 19 years ago, shudder to think what it costs now.
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I had planned to start my PPL this summer but shit happened. Oh well there’s always 2019...
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My brothers do paragliding (let me know if you’re going to Tenerife and fancy being hurled off a mountain strapped to a bloke) and they can stay aloft for hours at a time in the right conditions and climb thousands of feet on nothing more than warm air. Mind boggling.
I always wanted a pilots licence when I was younger but my colour blindness and short sightedness meant I could never be a commercial or military pilot, the picky bastards. Flying a Cessna was a bit dull, if I’m honest. If I could fly a Hawk T2 I’d reconsider
I always wanted a pilots licence when I was younger but my colour blindness and short sightedness meant I could never be a commercial or military pilot, the picky bastards. Flying a Cessna was a bit dull, if I’m honest. If I could fly a Hawk T2 I’d reconsider
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When I did it, it was around 90 quid an hour. I checked recently and think it was something like £110 an hour so not too bad for nearly 20 years cost increase.
Edit - It's the min 50 hours you need to qualify that kills it of course
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50 x 110 = £5500
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45 hours I thought, of which 5 can be with an approved flight simulator...
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I had an acrobatic flight a couple of years back where I got to perform some loops, wing overs, barrel rolls and general pissing about in the sky. I was amazed at how easy flying was. Navigation and radios looked like a pain in the arse but flying was great.
I've just put a glider flight on my 50 before 50 list.
I've just put a glider flight on my 50 before 50 list.
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i thought the first series was excellent - then Danny DeVito turned up and hijacked it - and in my opinion - it stopped being funny.