One of my life ambitions is to gain a pilots license, so bearing that foremost in my mind I decided to take full advantage of the flying lesson experience day I received and hastily booked my lesson.
I have no fear of heights, therefore to be given the opportunity to take a lesson which enables you to actually take over the controls and count towards a private pilot’s licence was like a dream come true.
On arrival I was directed to an informal seating area and introduced to my instructor, the great advantage is that with this experience I was given one-to-one training and the instructor’s undivided attention throughout. After signing the papers and answering some straightforward questions, the guy talked me through the details and explained some fundamentals of flying. This was my first time at this, I was itching to get going and get in the air.
Once in the plane he showed me the instrument panel and carried on explaining bits and pieces before putting on my headset, this enabled me to listen to him and the control tower as we taxied down the run way, my heart beat increased and my nerves tingled, very quickly we were in the sir and flying!
This was brilliant, the instrument panel showed the altitude we were climbing too and the level of the plane, I’ve seen all of these before on the television and looked at photographs etc. but to see them first hand and working was fantastic. It wasn’t long before I took the controls, following all advice and instruction began to thoroughly enjoy myself, this flying lesson experience certainly lived up and surpassed my expectations. I was astounded that the instructor let me take the controls so quickly, I knew it was dual control so any wrong doings were soon rectified, this guy was extremely patient, it was little wonder that he was an instructor, he was so calm and explained everything in easy to understand language, no technical jargon to try and confuse me!
We flew to a set course and although I was concentrating on the flying aspect there was plenty of opportunity to look outside, somehow the sky seemed much bluer and the clouds whiter than they look from the ground. The feeling of flying a plane is awesome, you check the dials and manoeuvre the plane, taking into consideration the wind speed and the odd air pocket which makes the plane appear to drop a bit, I was in my element.
Sadly the flight was nearly over and the instructor resumed control, I listened to the conversations with the tower, as we began our descent I gazed out feeling pretty pleased with myself, this experience has most definitely confirmed my thoughts and notions of taking up flying and getting my own pilots licence. The enthusiasm of the instructor was catching, my flying lesson experience over we touched down onto the runway and taxied back to the hang area. A dream fulfilled!
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