Not sure how common starting at this age is. But I am! Not sure if that has any special problems.
The place I am going uses the Cessna Ground School online. Any opinions on that? Good/Bad? The online course seems good to me so far.
I am doing first flight next week.
Some quick questions......
When I hear the talk between the pilot and ATC (like on youtube, etc) it seems way to fast and hard to understand. It seems like that might be hard to pick up. My question is if ATC are patient with newer pilots? Or do they get frustrated?
The site I am training at has a Red Bird simulator. Would it be worth a new student to use that for some practice in addition to regular training? Or not realistic enough. I was thinking you could use it to practice things quickly since it can reset to situations quickly. Like landings, etc. But if not realistic I would understand not being useful. It is about 1/2 the cost of a plane hour at this site.
I am sure I will have more questions. I appreciate this forum being here. Thanks for any help!
The place I am going uses the Cessna Ground School online. Any opinions on that? Good/Bad? The online course seems good to me so far.
I am doing first flight next week.
Some quick questions......
When I hear the talk between the pilot and ATC (like on youtube, etc) it seems way to fast and hard to understand. It seems like that might be hard to pick up. My question is if ATC are patient with newer pilots? Or do they get frustrated?
The site I am training at has a Red Bird simulator. Would it be worth a new student to use that for some practice in addition to regular training? Or not realistic enough. I was thinking you could use it to practice things quickly since it can reset to situations quickly. Like landings, etc. But if not realistic I would understand not being useful. It is about 1/2 the cost of a plane hour at this site.
I am sure I will have more questions. I appreciate this forum being here. Thanks for any help!