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Old 11-17-2006 | 12:33 PM
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Default RE: Online Training?

Nah. 'Cause as soon as you start on line training someone will try and take it out of context at a
real life airfield and problems will arise.

Step 1.) Take off.

Be sure to return in one week for the next installment: Turn the Plane.

Seriously, there is so much that can happen and is wind/weather/conditions dependant that there can be no substitute for a "real time" instructor. It's like driver's ed. You need to have someone present to say "Look out for THAT pedestrian" instead of having read "Be sure to look out for pedestrians" in the handbook. Having someone look over your shoulder and say "before you attach that wing don't you think it would be wise to connect the aileron plugs?" can mean the difference between a lifelong hobby and a disappointing waste of money in an abandoned investment.

I can tell you the secret to self-help is to taxi, gradually trying it ever faster and then at slightly increasing heights.