OK,

A whole lot of you are for clubs, and I admit having the experience and help of others is always better.

However let me now relate to you the rest of the story so you understand fully my reluctance to bother.

I joined my local club when I got into this the first time. They promptly lost my application and record of the fee. In their defense, they accepted my word that Id sent it and let me in anyhow.

So began countless hours at the club field waiting for someone to show up that could help me learn to fly. No instructors were available during the hours I was (Evenings and weekends). Again, in their defense i only asked a couple times and gave up..

I really did not like sitting for hours and not flying..

Now, the club has matured, grown, and prospered. They sport one of the finest flying sites in the NW, right behind the Evergreen Aviation Museum.

I fully intend to start checking them out again, and hopefully find a contact I am not intimidated by who can help me learn what I missed the first time around. I sincerely hope that what I have seen so far is not the norm.. No one is EVER at the flying site.. an occasional Line control flier but I never see anyone at the RC site during the hours I can be there. I have to wonder what the point was in paving the runway and drive road if they aren't there 90% of the time. I don't think my hours are abnormal, evenings and weekends are when most working class can go play..

Again, in their defense, I have only just recently been watching the field, (As in the last week or so)

Add to that, making this whole line of thinking moot, I freely admit that trying on my own will be foolhardy given my financial state, and intend to stick to my Simulator till I can get my AMA, right before I get new batteries and a better charger..

In the mean time I am asking around these places to get info to do it right, which you guys are giving freely.. Thank you! My next step is to go to a flying event this weekend and meet some of the people.

Then I fix the wing issue, then the rest will fall into place (hopefully)