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21 sats \ 13 replies \ @ek 20h \ parent \ on: If you could learn any skill you want without trying, which one would you pick? AskSN
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You do that?!
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I started a glider license a long time ago but I didn’t finish because I didn’t have time next to studying computer science. I wanted to do it in a club because it would be cheaper but you trade money for time. In a 6h day, you would only get once or twice into the air for 20 minutes each (?) because there were many other students (most in school age) and not many planes. They also expected you to do all the maintenance and cleaning and be social ‘n stuff. Makes sense but turned out that wasn’t for me, I’d rather pay money to be done quicker and skip all that club life.
So I postponed getting a pilot license to this year where I should have enough money and time.
But I was immediately hooked the first time I was in the air. The instructor already let me take over the controls for a few seconds.
Additionally, it was "only" a glider plane. I think a single-engine plane is even cooler where you have a throttle.
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I imagine the adrenaline you felt when he let you drive.
I've always wanted to learn to pilot. It's like learning to drive, it's a very useful knowledge.
That's actually amazing. Do they let you screw around and crash in the simulator ever?
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That's wild. How long will it take to get fully certified to fly?
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It depends a lot on how often you have time to fly. You need to fly at least 45 hours from which 10 are solo and 5 are cross country:
The practical part of the training contains 45 flight lessons, 10 lesson hours of which have to be flown without a flight instructor (solo), whereby again at least 5 lesson hours of which need to be cross country flights. One of these cross country flights need to have a minimum flight route of 270 km containing two stops at foreign airports. Furthermore, controlled airports have to be approached as part of the training (such as the airport of Berlin Schoenefeld). On top of that the training contains instructions in instrument rating and radio navigation. Therefore, we are mainly using our Diamonds DA20s, Cessna C-152 und C-172.