Real world flying

[Mr_Average]

I've seen that a few on here talk about some 'real' flying. As someone who has just started on the path to ppl greatness, I thought that I'd start an off topic thread for the flying buffs.

So far I've flown (only as a student) a C152, a C172 and a DR400. Only 10 hours towards the ppl and I've not done my solo yet.

[ZATZAi]

Haven't done any real world piloting myself sadly, tis an expensive thing to do and for the time being I put my money into other things. That said I do enjoy FSX now and again, have not picked up Prepare3D just yet.

[Somerled]

Was in the ATC in my youth (Air Training Corps/Cadets).

Flew a Chipmonk a few times - Google it!

Best memory was flying over the Forth road and rail bridges. When the instructor decided to turn around and fly underneath them and doing a loop back over the rail bridge.

Pretty spectacular stuff for 16 year kid!

[Mr_Average]

Was in the ATC in my youth (Air Training Corps/Cadets).

Flew a Chipmonk a few times - Google it!

Best memory was flying over the Forth road and rail bridges. When the instructor decided to turn around and fly underneath them and doing a loop back over the rail bridge.

Pretty spectacular stuff for 16 year kid!

The club that I fly at do aerobatic sorties for the un-initiated. A fellow student went and vowed never to do it again, so I haven't been tempted. Slow and low is my favourite.

[Cait Kryos]

I did about twenty-five hours in a Cessna 152 when I was a not-quite-kid.

Sadly it was far too expensive to continue, although I had done a few solos by the time I had to quit, so it was still a pretty good experience.

Although, while the space faring me is pretty casual about flight, even through hard vacuum, the real me has - weirdly - developed something of a phobia about it now. Which kids kind of strange. I figure it's my subconscious trying to make sure I don't spend any more money.

[Mr_Average]

Yeah it's not a cheap hobby. Costs 130€ per hour where I go. Plus you eventually need a headest, maps, club fees and federation fees. Luckily landing fess are very cheap in France, except for the big airports.

[QTQ11]

Slow and low is my favourite.

Quick and low is much more exciting

[Cmdr Kharma]

That's not what my wife says............

[Mr_Average]

That's not what my wife says............

She doesn't do much talking with me.

[Cmdr Kharma]

Too busy laughing......