brian d wrote:
Frank Whiteley Wrote:

IMVHO, if you want to fly big wings, get an Open Cirrus (German, not
VTC) and enjoy yourself for 2-3 years before moving up.

If you have 500 hours P1, press on.

Help...500 HOURS !!! I had about 70 hours when I ran out of time/money
ect and I didnt even manage to find the time to take my bronze Cert .
The idea of doing an intensive course in the UK plus Spain was to get
the hours in next Spring
then hopefully bag at least a silver C in a Spanish climate which
would give me more flights/hours in less days...I have often been
dissapionted with the hours flying promised on a UK holiday course when
compared with the reality of the hours actually flown.
..and then find a CFI (friendly) and say something like er well er
...ive got nearly 200 hundred hours and a Silver C "WHICH OF THESE DO
YOU THINK I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FLY THIS YEAR ..."

by the way see that trailer over there....
Would you rule out a Lak 12 to fly from somewhere like the Long Mynd
which has tons of room for those long landing runs on spongey soil
I will however look at the Janus do you know if there are any clubs
operating one of these on a instructional course so that I could try
one out ??


Brian,

Frank is talking about the big-wings for which you may not yet be quite
ready. In general I fear you are working too much in your head at this
point. Get a good std class ship, one that will maintain it's resale
value over the next few years, and then fly it as much as your old body
can stand.

One you've done a few hundred hours in it, you'll be ready to get off
the page and into the air with something grander. I know you don't want
to waste time, but certain things cannot be compressed, nor imagined
accurately enough to make up for being there.

No moment spent in the air is wasted, and the pilot you will be a few
years from now is not the one you saw in the mirror this morning. So,
worry less and fly more.


Jack