muleywannabe
Pre-takeoff checklist
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- Dec 30, 2013
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Cherokee235
I would reiterate what others have said....have FUN!
but also to expect 'bumps'. the plane sometimes drops a bit or climbs a thermal. expect it and have fun with it. I think for my discovery flight I wasn't prepared for it so it shocked me a little, but now I don't even notice them, and sometimes they are fun! I am NOT trying to scare u in any way, it really isn't bad at all, I just didn't expect it so figured I'd let you know ahead of time. ENJOY!
EDIT: you know, for some reason I thought you were asking about your first discovery flight, but now I see it's your first lesson. so I'll just say again, have fun and pace yourself, it will be a long fun aggravating rewarding road.
Luckily, I have been able to quite a few hours in a smaller aircraft over my lifetime, between bush planes in alaska and local aircraft here. I have two good friends that are pilots and have over 12,000 hours combined. One has a cirrus SR22 and one has a Cessna 421, both very high performance aircraft but I have been able to learn a great deal from them for asking questions and one is a CFI but does not have time to teach due to job constraints. I would say I have approximately 100 hours in a small airplane, some rough, some smooth and some really rough. It never bothers me, I enjoy some of it as its a rush but the real rough stuff makes you think twice, thats for sure.