Well this is my story and Im sticking to it..

I joined my local club back in 1990 and back then our club only had 2 real active Instructors. Between my job and trying to get a flight time in with an instructor became very hard to achieve.
I bought the RealFlight Regular Sim when it came on the market and managed to get my eye & hand cordination going.

Well after not being able to get my Solo wings after four years due to work, family life and now I was elected as a club officer, I was running most of what went on in the club. I opted to pay for a flight Instructor and went to 1st US Flight School in the Middle of May 1995 and finally got to Solo.
I came back to my local club and soloed my 1st flight with my club instructor.
I was given a nice little solo certificate and have been flying on my own ever since.

And yes I might add I have returned to
Dave Scott at 1st US R/C Flight Schhol and this past summer. I completed & recieved my Intermediate Aerobatic flight status certificate and can fly a Cap232 Edge 540 60 to 90 size without a problem.

I do agree that a new comer can fly with in 6 hours of flight instruction. I have learned and seen that the younger the student the faster they learn and recieve there Solo status. With us older pilots it takes just a little bit longer depending on the person.
I guess in my opinion if someone is eger and dedicated to learn they will learn. Im not saying go out and pay loads of money to learn to fly (that is what I chose to do) but if you really want to learn, go to your instructor and work on a goal to when you can solo and work your tail feathers off getting there.
Don't be like some people and sit there and wish you can fly and envey the next person that takes off flys and lands on his own.

I have been with my local club for 14 yrs. now and have been everything from the club president all the way down to chief cook and bottle washer.This is called paying your dues sorta speak in the club. And in that time I have seen alot of people come and go. Some people join to learn to fly and leave, so join and have never learned to fly.

You need to have confidience in your self, and in your instructor , once you achieve that your battles half won.
Now when I go fly I set a goal for that day (for example: completeing a full manuver w/o incident) went I complete the manuver, I then move to the next manuver step by step. When I run into throuble with a manuver, I land and try to figure out what Im doing wrong.

So like I said before....Thats my story and Im sticking to it.

And yes I plane on going back to 1st US R/C Flight School next year and going for my Advanced Aerobatic statis. Im makes for a nice vacation, and what to do better on vacation is to fly RC

Well thats my story and Im sticking to it.
NEDYOB