First day.

[Builds By Baz]

Started ground school this morning. A little overwhelming at first, particularly the weather charts, but all very enthralling. Adult learning is a little different. It's been decades since I studied anything and the mind is not the sponge it once was.

 

Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow. Flying starts next week.

 

Baz.

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2 hours ago, Builds By Baz said:

Started ground school this morning. A little overwhelming at first, particularly the weather charts, but all very enthralling. Adult learning is a little different. It's been decades since I studied anything and the mind is not the sponge it once was.

 

Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow. Flying starts next week.

 

Baz.

Baz, I had they same trouble, information overload. Same with the flying, learning to work hands and feet while adjusting throttle, flaps, trim and all while trying to remember what to say when speaking on the radio. I eventually realised I could only learn one thing at a time. Once I got used to the radio (armchair flying) then I got the next item sorted then the next. I struggled with most things but steadily each procedure just clicked so I stopped stressing over my slow learning and just took it easy until it all just dropped into place. 

 

It took me near 60hrs to get my RPC but a lot of that was due to long delays between flights. Each time was like a new start so I wasted a lot of time and money by getting stuffed around with unnecessary cancellations and delays from the flight schools. Now with about 100hrs up most things are just automatic, no thinking necessary but all those abbreviations and acronyms still confuse me.