PPL in 2005

DME the light aircraft flights were certainly good fun.

Thanks for the advice Steve and Ken, will let you know how it all goes.

Andrew, Ian.

some sage advice in the other replies, but the important thing is to go and do it! 🙂 Lots of hard work and I usually feel totally knackered after a lesson, requiring lots of tea and chocolate to recover, but the satisfied glow lasts for ages 😉

Keep us posted

Ken

It’s very much horses for courses on the groundschool; Blue Robin’s advice sounds good, at least that way you’re removing yourself from home or work and getting your studying done in the right environment.

I also found that if I planned my exams over a period of time, it gave me a schedule to work to; I arranged with the flying school that I would sit a different exam every two weeks, Air law, then HPL, etc, etc. This gave me two weeks of studying on each one before sitting the exam; if I passed it, great, move on to the next subject. If I failed, fine, I just re-sit the exam again in two weeks time. During the two weeks genning up on each subject I was doing self tests using the PPL Confuser book; go through and answer the questions, mark them, identify your weaker subjects, read up on them, do the Confuser again, take the exam.

It’s worth pointing out that, as a system for getting through the exams, it worked for me. But it doesn’t mean that you know your subject. Bear in mind that your ground school pass mark is 75%. Which means that you can pass an exam, and get the all-important tick in the box, yet still have a 25% gap in your knowledge. So always remember that you never really stop learning.

Good luck to both of you, Ian and Andrew. And sod the financial worries, just do it!! 😀

Thanks all,

DME – yes I have been in a light aircraft once or twice.

Good stuff. I take it you enjoyed it then 😀

DME

Thanks all,

DME – yes I have been in a light aircraft once or twice.

did my exams in about 4-5 months by doing one Monday night a week study at the flying club. Is the glass half empty or full today RW?

Excellent Andrew, go for it, you’ll love it.

Have you ever been up in a light a/c?

DME

You and me both, as I alluded to on another thread. I’ll wait to see what the New Year brings. I have been prevaricating on this for some time and keep putting it off. However, I am getting to the point that if I don’t do it soon, I never will and I gather from the more learned members that you will never have enough money to really afford it! I know some people recently of my age who have fallen very seriously ill and can now not do what they wanted to because of it. I realise this might be a somewhat fatalistic approach to take (and maybe a little selfish?), but I guess I should do it while I am fortunate enough to be healthy enough, as you never know what is “round the corner”.

Good luck with the trial flight – maybe join you in the not too distant future!