So earlier this year I took the skies for my first flying lesson at a local school called Cranfield Flying School.
When I arrived I was met by my flight instructor and had a good chat about the training and what was involved. We then went out to the plane a Cessna 172 where he explained a bit about the aircraft and did all the pre-flight checks.
I then was allowed to taxi down the runway before my instructor took off and before I knew it we were airborne after a few short minutes I was given the controls and we went through some basic manoeuvres.
This was honestly one of the best days of my life and even though the time in the air was only around 20 minutes I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. I knew this would happen and it was why I put of taking to the skies while I saved.
Since my lesson, I have been saving money to be in a position to start training and now is the time. I am 30 years old and not getting any younger, it is time to start training towards my commercial licence and the first step is the PPL.
I am going to book another lesson for next week and then look at getting my class 1 medical done before I take any more. The reason for this is because I plan to go all the way, I want to become a commercial pilot and without a class 1 medical you have no chance of that happening. Anyone who plans to follow this route I suggest you do the same before ploughing so much cash into this.
I plan to stay in my current career as long as I can so I can keep money coming in to fund this. The more I can fund without touching what I have saved so far the better.
I plan to share my journey with you on this blog as I make my progress.
