As I described earlier this month, I starting thinking recently about taking flying lessons. That led me to attend a Zoom meeting of a local flying club. When I introduced myself and explained why I was there, one of the members recommended a book called How to Fly: For People Who Are Not Sure They Want To, by Gordon Baxter. I finished reading it last night. . . .
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I’ve 80% decided that I’m going to make a self-study project this winter of doing my ground school training in preparation for taking actual flying lessons once the pandemic is over. . . .
Learning to Fly
For reasons that aren’t entirely clear to me, I’ve starting thinking about taking flying lessons when the pandemic is over. My primary concern is that flying is not an inexpensive hobby. I’ve read that one should expect to spend about $10,000 getting a private pilot’s license, and a friend of mine said that flying regularly once you have a license is likely to cost a similar amount each year. . . .