Ausspark Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 HI All, my Wife and I have started training for our ra pilot certificate. She is at s & l and Im one lesson ahead on c & d, we are training with different flight schools at different airports. We are both loving flying and progressing well, we have already found that our instructors have very distinctive approaches to training, being more relaxed and hands on as opposed to clinical and hands off, barring excercises. It will be interesting to see how we progress! Happy aviating:slap: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kununurra Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Welcome and enjoy your journey ✈️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrod01 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 HI All, my Wife and I have started training for our ra pilot certificate. She is at s & l and Im one lesson ahead on c & d, we are training with different flight schools at different airports. We are both loving flying and progressing well, we have already found that our instructors have very distinctive approaches to training, being more relaxed and hands on as opposed to clinical and hands off, barring excercises. It will be interesting to see how we progress! Happy aviating:slap: Welcome Ausspark. You'll be in for a great journey! My wife and I learnt together. Same airstrip, same times, different instructors and different aircraft (Tecnam and Jabiru). Chased each other around the circuits many a time. Great for debriefs over a glass or two. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausspark Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Thanks All, definitely will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Would like to hear the opinions of teaching methods along your journey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausspark Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Hi Camel, will do, we are finding benifits in both meathods for us personally, it cool to have sombody to bounce off. Be nice to swap in circuits for a lesson to compare personally:plane: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Hi Camel, will do, we are finding benifits in both meathods for us personally, it cool to have sombody to bounce off. Be nice to swap in circuits for a lesson to compare personally:plane: It's very interesting different teaching styles, spent Christmas Eve talking to a young grade 1 GA instructor, very interesting with him talking about how he taught subjects and we had a few good laughs about how things were taught, I have had numerous demos of the way people teach and still find some things very funny. I find it weird some instructors allow bad landing and try improve them, I believe it's better to prevent a bad landing and work towards doing good landings, some will disagree ! I hope your training goes well and have a good journey. Look forward to your comments on styles of teaching but of course don't mention names as it is not about criticism but styles or methods of teaching working with different types of people. I teach well, I think ! but like all instructor I can't work out why the student don't remember what I told them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Hello Mr and Mrs Ausspark. Welcome to the forum. I would like to hear of your experiences as well. All the best in your flight training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyG Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Welcome aboard guys. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Couples Welcome, as they say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausspark Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Thanks guys. Camel, I would defintly like to know if i wasnt technically up to speed with landings .Theres alot of info to cram into a small amount of time. I find Revewing the section of the text book after a lesson really does help. We also grabed a copy of mirosoft flight sim x and downloaded flight gear. Wish they could create some resistance on the control colum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Thanks guys. Camel, I would defintly like to know if i wasnt technically up to speed with landings .Theres alot of info to cram into a small amount of time. I find Revewing the section of the text book after a lesson really does help. We also grabed a copy of mirosoft flight sim x and downloaded flight gear. Wish they could create some resistance on the control colum You won't take long to understand the various stages of the landing and the secret is don't rush the landing, seems a big workload at first but try relax and enjoy. I use to have sweaty palms when I was learning, opened all the air vents ! In adverse conditions I see it as a challenge and you must succeed but never land if you think it's going bad ! Go around, I've done a few bounces and scared myself too ! You would be surprised the number of pilots who do bad landings and think they are good ! Most pilots will never be too critical of other pilots landings as everyone will have made a few bad ones ! As long as the plane is useable again it's a great landing one you walk away from is a good one ! Enjoy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausspark Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Ha cant wait. Misses sick this week, no flight for her. I have turning tomorrow morning. Keen to get up there!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Welcome to the wonderful world of recreational aviation guys! I started losing my interest in the flight sims once I started getting into my flight training, it just wasn't the same. Cheers, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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