tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729757784879740471.post5149483274411119737..comments2020-06-08T05:28:13.591-04:00Comments on Local Flight East: Stuff I don’t rememberLocalFlightEasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00874275201319246223noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729757784879740471.post-31863817748316874422013-09-19T16:33:08.374-04:002013-09-19T16:33:08.374-04:00I often wonder if we, as pilots contribute to this...I often wonder if we, as pilots contribute to this a little bit as well. I mean we want it to sound hard and difficult because we want people to acknowledge what we've achieved.<br /><br />Of course it is hard and difficult, but it isn't impossible, it just seems that way when you first start!<br /><br />I firmly believe that if I can do this then ANYONE can.LocalFlightEasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874275201319246223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729757784879740471.post-53798943674694833112013-09-18T22:02:36.399-04:002013-09-18T22:02:36.399-04:00I have pondered the "why don't people who...I have pondered the "why don't people who profess a desire to fly actually do it?" question. I boiled it all down to the obstacles people deliberately and unwittingly place in front of their ambitions.<br /><br />Here's an example of an unwitting obstacle.<br /><br />"It's too expensive." A rather ignorant statement that with a bit of diligent research and financial nous can be quantified and compared with your current financial situation. For some people it will be too expensive, but considering I know a teenage girl who stacks supermarket shelves to pay for her flying training where there is a will there is a way.<br /><br />Here is an example of a deliberate obstacle.<br /><br />"I am too uncoordinated/stupid/mechanically illiterate to fly." You and I are both in the category that the majority of student pilots start in. Not naturally gifted. Flying just like any learned skill is just that, a learned skill. Just like driving a car or operating a mobile phone, it is a skill that can be acquired by just about anyone with the drive. I have met someone who simply isn't a pilot, but this is an extreme case.Flyinkiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01057331856341066749noreply@blogger.com