FOR PILOTS ONLY...I AM CONSIDERING TAKING FLYING LESSONS..Is it difficult to learn?

Question

do you think it is safe to fly alone after 50 hours instruction?

Answer 1

First flying Solo - your instructor will not let you fly alone untill you are absolutely ready.

Second - learning to fly in total is challenging for many people and one of the following will be a challenge to most. Aviate - Flying the plane safely and within the rules. Navigate - using your common sense and the instruments to know where you are at all times and how far it is to your next check point. The amusing part is that the new handheld GPS units and installed GPS inside aircraft make this stone simple, but you need to know backup and primary instruments like VOR instruments in case the GPS unit fails. Communicate - how to talk on the radio and to whom. This is one of your basic tools for safety..if lost or uncertain about weather, airport conditions.

At first each task will be a bit hard, sometimes scary, and not at all comfortable. You will quickly master a series of tasks and stay ahead of the airplane and aware of your surroundings so you do not stray into closed airspace or strike another object. You will earn how to take off , fly a pattern, exit a pattern and apprach and re-enter the pattern and land safely. You will soon be competent and safe. However, if you do not like or feel comfortable with your instructor, get rid of him. For example - we once had a high wind front come through the airport, my instructor insisted I fly the plane in a cross wind onj landing that approached the maximum the plane is rated to handle. I was very green, it was uneccesary to push me that hard, I fired him and found an instructor who taught just a little quicker than I could learn, gentle pushing and it worked. I like instructors who were already flying big planes for the airlines, a little more money but all were very good. In fact, one guided me through a complete electriucal system failure without a hitch, not an emergency but not something you ignore.

Flying is great, it is not easy in total but each little step is easy in the end, O.K.l except for maybe landings and navigation....these can stretch some folks.

Do it and you will like it..

Answer 2

The physical act of flying is by far the easiest part to learn.It is the good judgment, applied skill, dedication, maturity and calmness in adversity which are the things which designate a good, safe pilot from an unsafe or mediocre one. The average pilot takes about 60 hours to get their private pilot license, and once they do, the true learning about how to fly is just beginning. Once the FAA examiner signs you off as a pilot, that is when you become truly responsible for yourself and everyone and everything that you can land on or crash into. I've met pilots that can yank, bank and turn as well as Chuck Yeager used to, but they didn't have a lick of common sense and judgment, and I refused to fly with them. Aside from all the alleged 'glory and honor' that pilots have, its what between the person's ears which makes them a good pilot, whether it be a Cessna 150 or F-22 raptor - good sense is something that all old pilots posses(and if you are paying for your own lessons, a whole lot of expendable income)

Answer 3

I don't know what all this talk is about soloing after 40 or 80 (or 50!!) hours. You should be ready to solo in maybe 10 hrs, I know I did, your first take off and landings, then you have to fly either solo or with an instructor for lessons, should have your Private certificate in maybe 50-70 hours, then you can take passengers up. You can also take passengers up with an instructor along before you even get a license.

Answer 4

Piloting an aircraft is serious stuff but you and your instructor will know ground school and pilot lessions I flew solo after only 5 hours of instructor flying lessions back in the seventies. Of course instrument rating takes much longer to master. Clear weather flying is addicting you will never want to drive in traffic again.

Answer 5

A man of understanding will see that every night is so small between two beautiful sunny days. Life is the same — your outlook changes. There are people who will not look at the roseflower, they will look at the thorns. They will be in deep despair that existence cannot even produce roses without thorns, but they are paying more attention to thorns than to roses. A man of understanding will love the rose, and will take the thorn as a protection for the rose. It is a protection; the same rosebush is supplying juice to both — to the rose and to the thorn. The thorn must have some natural function. Its function is to protect the rose — it is a soldier, a guard. Once you see life just from a different angle, your heart starts throbbing in a different way. Everything can be looked at with negative eyes, and there are people who will think about everything with negative eyes; they may become good critics, but they will be utter failures in life. There is a way to see life with positive eyes: The way of Love. I will like to explain it through an example. Mulla Nasruddin declared towards the end of his life that he had always been miserable, but that suddenly one day he had become happy. The entire population of the village was struck with wonder that a man who had always been depressed, who always used to see the dark side of things, should suddenly have become cheerful. He was a man who had always been pessimistic, who always used to look for thorns. Once there was an excellent crop in Nasruddin’s garden. There were so many apples that the trees were overloaded. In the neighborhood, one man inquired whether Nasruddin could now possibly have any complaint. He said, ”This time the crop is such that it will rain gold. What do you think, Nasruddin?” Nasruddin, in great sorrow said, ”Everything is okay, but where will I get rotten apples to feed the animals?” This man remains miserable: ”Where will I get rotten apples to feed the animals...!” All the apples were good, none were rotten – this was his difficulty. This man suddenly one day became happy, and so the people of the village were curious. They asked, ”You are happy, Nasruddin? Has the kingdom become yours?” Nasruddin said, ”I have learned to cooperate with the inevitable. After many years of struggling, I have realized something. Now I have decided that what must be, must be. Now I cooperate with the inevitable, so now there is no reason to be miserable. Now I am happy.” Flowers are good and thorns are also good... a great necessity. Without thorns, flowers won’t be so beautiful. Against what will they be beautiful? Thorns become the background. Pleasure is there because pain is there. Without pain there would be no pleasure. The way to get beyond the thorns is to celebrate life, is to celebrate that one flower. In fact, that one flower is more precious because there are one thousand thorns. If there were all flowers and flowers and no thorns, flowers would be meaningless. It is because of darkness that the morning is so beautiful, it is because of death that life has such joy, it is because of illness that health is significant. May you always shine like a Star and be fragrant like a Flower, God bless your Life with infinite Love and Peace, Amen.

Answer 6

I am 17 and love flying with all my heart! Learning to fly takes alot of disipline, but is it hard no! If you really truely love it you will find that you don't even realize how much you sacrifice to learn to fly, but after you are finished with your license you realize that it was totally worth every hour and every penny...Good Luck! Hope that you develope the same passion for flight that so many others of us have!

Answer 7

I've only had my license for 3 years but I would recommend it. When I was taking lessons I did not solo until I had 80 hours of instruction. You instructor will tell you can solo when you fell comfortable enough to do so.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Learning to fly is relatively easy. However, there are MANY small components that you have to do while flying and learning all of them (and doing them all safely) takes time and can be overwhelming at times.

Answer 10

I soloed at about 40 hours, it may have been a little sooner. I felt that I was ready before my instructor did, but I had a great instructor. You won't be allowed to solo until you are ready. It is not difficult, but it is costly. I paid about $7000--I loved it.