Taking my first trial flight!

[Hagar]

[quote]I gotta go against the crowd on this one and say take the camera.

[Jimbo]

Thanks for the advice, we MIGHT and this is a very big might, we are considering having a 4 person cessna. So my father can come aswell, he wouldn't mine, well i hope!
Thanks!

Jimbo

[beefhole]

Thanks for the advice, we MIGHT and this is a very big might, we are considering having a 4 person cessna.

Probably a 172

[dan741749]

I'm surprised about the 30min and 60min lessons.  At my school we are in the air for about 1.5 - 2 hours 3 days a week.  

Enjoy your flight and definitely take a few photos, you'll regret it if you don't.

[C]

[quote]I'm surprised about the 30min and 60min lessons.

[Hagar]

Unless you were reasonably well-off in the early 1960s when I'm talking about, 30 minutes would be all the average person could afford. Although you might not think so, flying is relatively much cheaper now & a Cessna 152 or 172 is much more economical than a Tiger Moth. One benefit of 30 minute lessons is that you get more take-offs & landings in a given number of hours. If it's planned properly by an experienced instructor I reckon you could learn almost as much in 30 minutes as in 1 hour in the air.

PS. I don't know how it's done now but flights were timed from chocks away to chocks under. There was much less traffic around then & not much time was wasted on the ground. I've noticed while hanging around on the runway threshold at Shoreham that some aircraft can hold for up to 15 minutes before taking off. I assume the pupil is paying for all this.

[beefhole]

30-60 minutes for the average lesson? How do you get anything done?

My intro flight was scheduled for like an hour, anticipating 30 mins in the air.  My lessons are scheduled for two hours.  For my first few lessons we only got in an hour air time, but more recently, it's been more like 1.5 hours (Not including the x-country's, of course).  I just don't see how I could get anything done in 30 minutes.

[Hagar]

[quote]30-60 minutes for the average lesson?

[beaky]

Thanks for the advice, we MIGHT and this is a very big might, we are considering having a 4 person cessna. So my father can come aswell, he wouldn't mine, well i hope!
Thanks!

Jimbo

Beware that a C172 will not really fit four adult-size people. That rear seat is OK for two kids, or one adult and a kid. Or maybe a couple of small adults who really like each other...
 It's narrower than the back seat in an old VW Beetle.

BTW: My intro flight (in a Piper Tomahawk) was about 40 minutes on the engine... but I learned a little about taxiing, taking off, VFR navigation, turns, climbs, and descents, flying the pattern, and landing.  My average lesson once I got started was about 1 hour...

[Jimbo]

I will take that advice, as from now my dads on weight watchers. ANd thanks for everyone else on the tips and support! And most importantly enjoy the weekend!

Jimbo

[C]

And most importantly enjoy the weekend!

Jimbo

Well said