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30-09-08, 05:31 PM

Anyone got a pilots license or microlight jobby?

I quite fancy having a go, and by the looks of things a microlight licence is the most economically viable.

30-09-08, 05:33 PM

death on a stick.

30-09-08, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by dissuade

death on a stick.

Says the girl who's just bought a CBR600RR!

30-09-08, 05:41 PM

Make yourself a flying suit, no licence required. An old pair of curtains should do

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F9RJSPnf8A

glade · 30-09-08, 05:45 PM

Have a look at gliding. I used to be staff at an RAF volunteer gliding school, which provides training courses and experience flights for the Air cadets.

Best thing i've ever done, should have stuck at it when I went to uni

EDIT: Or parascending... that looks great, and isn't too expensive. You can do a 1 day course for £100 which will let you know if you like it. iirc a £1000 course will get you to solo level... Then £1500 for your own kite thing.

30-09-08, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMC

Make yourself a flying suit, no licence required. An old pair of curtains should do

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F9RJSPnf8A

Holy poop. I need one of them!

Bluepete · 30-09-08, 05:48 PM

Go for it fly boy, just remember, they land like a ballerina with a broken leg!!

the_lone_wolf · 30-09-08, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

Anyone got a pilots license or microlight jobby?

I quite fancy having a go, and by the looks of things a microlight licence is the most economically viable.

considered paragliding? much cheaper i'd imagine and much easier to take off / land wherever you need

30-09-08, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

considered paragliding? much cheaper i'd imagine and much easier to take off / land wherever you need

Always struck me as a bit limiting. I'll have a look though

the_lone_wolf · 30-09-08, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

Always struck me as a bit limiting. I'll have a look though

i doubt being at cloudbase suspended by strings a bad chinese stereotype would happily floss with feels limited...

30-09-08, 05:31 PM	#1
gettin2dizzy Guest Posts: n/a	Learning to fly Anyone got a pilots license or microlight jobby? I quite fancy having a go, and by the looks of things a microlight licence is the most economically viable.

30-09-08, 05:33 PM	#2
dissuade Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Learning to fly death on a stick.

30-09-08, 05:41 PM	#4
DMC Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Learning to fly Make yourself a flying suit, no licence required. An old pair of curtains should do http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F9RJSPnf8A

30-09-08, 05:45 PM	#5
glade Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leeds Posts: 431	Re: Learning to fly Have a look at gliding. I used to be staff at an RAF volunteer gliding school, which provides training courses and experience flights for the Air cadets. Best thing i've ever done, should have stuck at it when I went to uni EDIT: Or parascending... that looks great, and isn't too expensive. You can do a 1 day course for £100 which will let you know if you like it. iirc a £1000 course will get you to solo level... Then £1500 for your own kite thing. Last edited by glade; 30-09-08 at 05:50 PM.

30-09-08, 05:48 PM	#7
Bluepete Member Mega Poster Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex motorcyclist Posts: 1,961	Re: Learning to fly Go for it fly boy, just remember, they land like a ballerina with a broken leg!! __________________ https://www.facebook.com/pete.philli...04?ref=tn_tnmn

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