Chrism

Wandering Jabs I have to agree Chucky! I find that the trickiest thing to do in my early training has been to steer with the peddlals because of the direct connection to the nosewheel (and my lack of experience!)

Hi to everyone at RecFlying, I feel like the luckiest man on earth....I have always wanted to learn to fly but always been too poor/affraid/unsure/busy to do so. Until my now wife bought me a TIF (my fist of many acronyms, no doubt!)and encouraged me to finally do what I've always wanted. Not only that she's also happy for me to work part-time/casually so that I can make learning a priority. How good is that? ;) Perhaps 20 years of procrastination will pay off....over those years it's awesome to see the ultralight 'world' develop into the RA scene as a cheaper (and better?) way to learn than via PPL, and to have great sites and communities like this one. I have been researching schools/clubs to learn with, and Gostner at Camden seems pretty good to me so far. They offer RA all the way to ATPL , but are more expensive than most for say per hour of a J160. The CFI (I think) has 1000 and 1000's of hrs of instruction so perhaps the extra expense will be well worth it. Does anyone have any recommendations or other suggestions? I live on the inner North Shore. And no I'm not wealthy! Thanks all, I hope my first landing wasn' too 'heavy'! Chrism