I personally feel that a person should get an instructor to learn to fly for two reasons. The first reason is safety. Before you learn to have control of an airplane it can spin around and go places that you can't imagine very quickly. The second reason is to save ones self alot of money. What I don't understand and may never understand is why people always have to throw in the occasional shot about maybe having to go to the hospital and all this garbage. The way some talk on here makes it seem that a person should NEVER eat alone(you could choke), never weed eat your yard alone, never mow your lawn alone, never walk down into your basement alone(you could fall down the stairs and who would be there to help you). The list could go on and on but the way some people make this hobby sound and the reasons they give are blasphemous. This hobby requires COMMON SENSE to stay safe. This is no more dangerous than ANYTHING else one does dozens of times a day. PLEASE everyone use common sense and stay safe while enjoying our wonderful hobby (you can be hurt) but your odds of being hurt while walking across the street are much greater. All I'm really trying to say is I don't understand why there are CONSTANT references to hospitals and medical care and the like on here ALL THE TIME. USE SOME COMMON SENSE AND WELCOME TO THE GREATEST HOBBY IN THE WORLD.