Well hello and welcome back. You are on the right track. I actually envy you because I take my 5 yr old boy to the field weekly and he seems more interested in the Disney movies in my iPad than in the airplanes.<div>One of the Clubs I belong to is in Christmas Fl, not too far from you. We have instructors and like everybody else said we have a " prove us you can fly" policy.</div><div>Real flight is my simulator of choice and it helps a ton. It's not, I repeat not the same as stick time at the field but it helps.</div>