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| Earning a PPL | |
Isak Kindgren   28th Jan 2011 17:42:39 | Hi guys,
I've decided I will take a PPL (in a year or so). My teacher flies at the local flyingclub and he will assist me with giving me private training lessons and get me a cheaper price on the theory books (they cost 1500£) The whole education costs about 8500£ where I'll study. Anyway, I guess someone of you have a certificate or studying right now? I was looking for some advices. Every advice you have I'll be glad to hear. If it was anything you thought was hard and advice me to study extra on. I will be flying in this aircraft or maybe the smaller model DA20: [URL=http://img21.imageshack.us/i/img1215hj.jpg/]  [/URL]
The pilot is my teacher! Reagards Isak ps. sorry for the huge picture, advice on how to resize it would be appreciated ds. |
| Isak Kindgren 28th Jan 2011 17:44:18 | Sorry guys not hundred percent sure that it's called PPL in the UK? Private Pilot License just so you know! |
Stephen Dubbie 28th Jan 2011 18:17:48 | Hey Isak,
2 things that you deff need to know are the airspace and the weahter, they are 2 of the hardest topics i know that the UK is alkward and they do things the wrong way (CHRISTIAN) but the ground is harder than the flying but once you know the ground you will be fine best of luck |
| Isak Kindgren 28th Jan 2011 18:19:01 | Thanks Sthepen for your advices! |
Christian Smith  28th Jan 2011 21:26:50 | Pffffttttt! Says the euro yank! :p |
| Neil Veldhuyzen 31st Jan 2011 18:58:07 | Hi Isak
Well your lucky - the flying school I plan to go to costs around £8000 now for the full licence after the UK govornment increased VAT :-( (works out more expensive due the the euro being different from the pound or something) and that is without books -.- Never live in the UK mate, the weathers bad and its like fifty quid to use a public toilet. |
| Stephen Dubbie 31st Jan 2011 19:00:21 | couldnt agree with you more neil
Never live in the UK :P |
| Neil Veldhuyzen 31st Jan 2011 19:04:56 | second attempt at linking image which is apparently filtered. Its a plane by the way, not something naughty which gets filtered. One of the 152s the school i have been to used |
| Neil Veldhuyzen 31st Jan 2011 19:05:50 | http://www.howitflies.com/ |
| Neil Veldhuyzen 31st Jan 2011 19:07:30 | okay the link worked - but to the wrong website :P
http://www.flyleadingedge.co.uk/ There. What school are you going with Isak? |
| Isak Kindgren 31st Jan 2011 19:43:56 | You mean now or when I will take the PPL? |
| Neil Veldhuyzen 31st Jan 2011 19:52:45 | when you take ppl |
| Isak Kindgren 31st Jan 2011 20:26:59 | At my local flying club in Kalmar. I wouldn't call it a school:) |
| Neil Veldhuyzen 1st Feb 2011 17:31:00 | nice :) sometimes the smaller clubs can be more of a community than a big one. Just now I have about 4 nearby schools and clubs i could choose from, though Leading Edge is the cheapest and they have the nice selection of training aircraft :-) The diamond looks nice by the way! and since you were saying you may use the DA20......just a word of warning. Its surprisingly fast at take off! :D |
| Isak Kindgren 1st Feb 2011 19:40:12 | Sounds nice Neil, Thanks for all your advices! |
| Neil Veldhuyzen 5th Feb 2011 12:47:13 |
and heres that image I was trying to link! :P one of the cessnas leading edge uses. Apparently this one is about 30 years old O.o The Diamond is probably 5 times as modern hehe |
| Neil Veldhuyzen 5th Feb 2011 12:49:35 |
You can see all the grime and lime at the bottom of the dashboard :O need to get some Cillit Bang in there :D |
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