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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Oddly enough, I'm most concerned about mastering flight in controlled airspace, especially tower instructions and patterns. Not that the rest won't be a challenge, but for some reason patterns and controllers really worry me.
Overall though, I'm really pumped. I hope when summer rolls around I can come up with the cash to go through with it. Flying doesn't get much cheaper than $50/hr, but it's still not CHEAP. Especially to get the hours required for a pilots license, then keep my hours up to continue improving.
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While the likes of the professional pilots here will snicker about this, I was plenty nervous when talking to ATC. Once you know the lingo and what is most likely to be said, it gets easier/less daunting, but at first, I would freeze up and panic when trying to remember what to say back to them. I rarely talk to ATC anymore, so I am getting out of practise and still probably come off sounding like a dufus sometimes when I use the system on a long cross country.
It is pretty comical at times to listen to new pilots on the radio. Everyone has to go thru it though.
I have posted this before her, but it probably warrants repeating.....Fly as often as possible and get your private in a few months instead of a few years. You will end up much closer to only paying for 40-50 hrs vs paying for 70+ hrs if you spread it out. I got mine for under three grand in the early 90's flying a few times a week and paying about $45/hr for the old C-150 and about $20/hr for the instructor.