Zander72

Heya,

Hi there Alex and welcome!I embarked on the journey you're contemplating about two years ago. I went through RAAus, much easier on the wallet. Where am I now? I have my pilot certificate with cross country and passenger endorsements, and my own plane to be able to fly anywhere in Oz, OCTA. All up about $10K, not including the cost of my plane.

 

The path I took could also lead to PPL, but at this time that's not the way I want to go. Mind you, RPL plus controlled airspace endorsement is tempting.

 

If you look at taking a lesson per week or fortnight, you will do well. I found that the most difficult step with getting your license or certificate is the first one. I'd suggest you contact your nearest flying school of your chosen path (RAAus or CASA) and book in for a TIF (Trial Introductory Flight). You will not regret it.

I was reading the other day that SOAR has a weight limit of 110kg, and unfortunately I'm a bit more of a faty than that. So I suspect I'll have to be giving recreational aircraft a miss - or, I just badly need to loose weight (I've done it before, and this might be the motivation I need... heh).

For the moment, this is on my backburner until after I complete the year at Uni (which consists of finishing my honours thesis and also one other assignment).

Hi Zander, welcome to the forum. This is an Australian form although it's dot com. I'm from near Ringwood, where are you located?

Hi there, I'm Alex (or Zander, ha). I'm a 45 year old writer, gamer, dreamer from Victoria Australia, and I'm currently contemplating my options for flight lessons.

I've loved the idea of flying for a really long time, and never got around to doing anything about it (aside from a try it thingie I did 20 or so years ago). I think my ultimate goal is a PPL.

It's great to be here and meet fellow aviation enthusiasts!

Zander.